Episodes

For the best part of a year we have endeavoured to bring you human performance experts across the world discussing best practice, the role of performance data, and what the future of athlete and intelligence management systems might look like. In this episode, we spoke to Tommy Powers, the strength & conditioning consultant at the NHL's Arizona Coyotes. He also heads up his own performance centre called Empowers Performance, where he works to formulate programmes for individual athletes from y...

For the best part of a year we have endeavoured to bring you human performance experts across the world discussing best practice, the role of performance data, and what the future of athlete and intelligence management systems might look like. In this episode, we spoke to Tommy Powers, the strength & conditioning consultant at the NHL's Arizona Coyotes. He also heads up his own performance centre called Empowers Performance, where he works to formulate programmes for individual athletes from y...

For the best part of a year we have endeavoured to bring you human performance experts across the world discussing best practice, the role of performance data, and what the future of athlete and intelligence management systems might look like. In this episode, we spoke to Tommy Powers, the strength & conditioning consultant at the NHL's Arizona Coyotes. He also heads up his own performance centre called Empowers Performance, where he works to formulate programmes for individual athletes from y...

The Leaders Performance Podcast returns with Andy Friend, the Head Coach of Connacht Rugby. The Canberra native has been coaching for more than two decades across three continents, building the sort of resume that enticed Connacht to charge Friend with sustaining their recent success. Having been forced to retire prematurely due to injury, Friend stayed in the sport as a skills coach and assistant, first with the Waratahs, then with the Brumbies, where he developed a relationship with Head Coa...

The Leaders Performance Podcast returns with Andy Friend, the Head Coach of Connacht Rugby. The Canberra native has been coaching for more than two decades across three continents, building the sort of resume that enticed Connacht to charge Friend with sustaining their recent success. Having been forced to retire prematurely due to injury, Friend stayed in the sport as a skills coach and assistant, first with the Waratahs, then with the Brumbies, where he developed a relationship with Head Coa...

The Leaders Performance Podcast returns with Andy Friend, the Head Coach of Connacht Rugby. The Canberra native has been coaching for more than two decades across three continents, building the sort of resume that enticed Connacht to charge Friend with sustaining their recent success. Having been forced to retire prematurely due to injury, Friend stayed in the sport as a skills coach and assistant, first with the Waratahs, then with the Brumbies, where he developed a relationship with Head Coa...

Welcome to the fourth in a new series of podcasts from the Leaders Performance Institute and our partners Kinduct. Over the course of this series you'll hear from human performance experts across the world discussing best practice, the role of performance data, and what the future of athlete and intelligence management systems might look like. Episode 1 with Kevin Forbes, Enterprise Product Manager at Kinduct, is available here. Episode 2 with Brandon McDaniel, Head of Strength & Conditioning...

Welcome to the fourth in a new series of podcasts from the Leaders Performance Institute and our partners Kinduct. Over the course of this series you'll hear from human performance experts across the world discussing best practice, the role of performance data, and what the future of athlete and intelligence management systems might look like. Episode 1 with Kevin Forbes, Enterprise Product Manager at Kinduct, is available here. Episode 2 with Brandon McDaniel, Head of Strength & Conditioning...

Welcome to the fourth in a new series of podcasts from the Leaders Performance Institute and our partners Kinduct. Over the course of this series you'll hear from human performance experts across the world discussing best practice, the role of performance data, and what the future of athlete and intelligence management systems might look like. Episode 1 with Kevin Forbes, Enterprise Product Manager at Kinduct, is available here. Episode 2 with Brandon McDaniel, Head of Strength & Conditioning...

The Leaders Performance Podcast brought to you in association with our supporters at "First of all, whether it be with the Tigers or the Rockets, it's always been a food-first approach." The Leaders Performance Podcast has asked Javair Gillett, who serves as the Director of Athletic Performance at the NBA's Houston Rockets, how he works to educate their playing group around their use of supplements. "NSF has been instrumental," he continues. "I brought that over from baseball." Gillett spent ...

The Leaders Performance Podcast brought to you in association with our supporters at "First of all, whether it be with the Tigers or the Rockets, it's always been a food-first approach." The Leaders Performance Podcast has asked Javair Gillett, who serves as the Director of Athletic Performance at the NBA's Houston Rockets, how he works to educate their playing group around their use of supplements. "NSF has been instrumental," he continues. "I brought that over from baseball." Gillett spent ...

The Leaders Performance Podcast brought to you in association with our supporters at "First of all, whether it be with the Tigers or the Rockets, it's always been a food-first approach." The Leaders Performance Podcast has asked Javair Gillett, who serves as the Director of Athletic Performance at the NBA's Houston Rockets, how he works to educate their playing group around their use of supplements. "NSF has been instrumental," he continues. "I brought that over from baseball." Gillett spent ...

Eliud Kipchoge ran into the record books in shattering the two-hour barrier for the marathon on 12 October. Beyond the Kenyan’s brilliance, the mastermind of the operation was Sir Dave Brailsford, the Principal of Team Ineos cycling, who served as CEO on the Ineos 1:59 Challenge, spent five months leading a project that proved a triumph of human performance, science and technology. In a Leaders Performance Podcast exclusive, Brailsford goes public with the details of how a large and disparate ...

Eliud Kipchoge ran into the record books in shattering the two-hour barrier for the marathon on 12 October. Beyond the Kenyan’s brilliance, the mastermind of the operation was Sir Dave Brailsford, the Principal of Team Ineos cycling, who served as CEO on the Ineos 1:59 Challenge, spent five months leading a project that proved a triumph of human performance, science and technology. In a Leaders Performance Podcast exclusive, Brailsford goes public with the details of how a large and disparate ...

Eliud Kipchoge ran into the record books in shattering the two-hour barrier for the marathon on 12 October. Beyond the Kenyan’s brilliance, the mastermind of the operation was Sir Dave Brailsford, the Principal of Team Ineos cycling, who served as CEO on the Ineos 1:59 Challenge, spent five months leading a project that proved a triumph of human performance, science and technology. In a Leaders Performance Podcast exclusive, Brailsford goes public with the details of how a large and disparate ...

“We’ve used tennis as the platform but really this is a book for sports parents, sports coaches. It’s for athletes who really want to understand how they can create a much more successful life as well as be a successful athlete.” Simon Wheatley recently co-authored with Keith Humphrey a book called The Sweet Spot: Unleashing Potential in Tennis Coaches, Players & Parents. It is going down a treat in the tennis community and he recently spoke to the Leaders Performance Institute about their rea...

“We’ve used tennis as the platform but really this is a book for sports parents, sports coaches. It’s for athletes who really want to understand how they can create a much more successful life as well as be a successful athlete.” Simon Wheatley recently co-authored with Keith Humphrey a book called The Sweet Spot: Unleashing Potential in Tennis Coaches, Players & Parents. It is going down a treat in the tennis community and he recently spoke to the Leaders Performance Institute about their rea...

“We’ve used tennis as the platform but really this is a book for sports parents, sports coaches. It’s for athletes who really want to understand how they can create a much more successful life as well as be a successful athlete.” Simon Wheatley recently co-authored with Keith Humphrey a book called The Sweet Spot: Unleashing Potential in Tennis Coaches, Players & Parents. It is going down a treat in the tennis community and he recently spoke to the Leaders Performance Institute about their rea...

Burnley manager Sean Dyche | Chelsea manager Emma Hayes | Google's creativity guru Kirk Vallis | Internationally renowned storyteller Clare Muireann Murphy. The latest edition of the Leaders Sport Performance Podcast comes from behind the scenes at Twickenham, the home of England Rugby, and, for the first time this year, the flagship London edition of the Leaders Sport Performance Podcast. On the conversational agenda: - The Leaders Performance Institute's Matthew Stone and Luke Whitworth refl...

Burnley manager Sean Dyche | Chelsea manager Emma Hayes | Google's creativity guru Kirk Vallis | Internationally renowned storyteller Clare Muireann Murphy. The latest edition of the Leaders Sport Performance Podcast comes from behind the scenes at Twickenham, the home of England Rugby, and, for the first time this year, the flagship London edition of the Leaders Sport Performance Podcast. On the conversational agenda: - The Leaders Performance Institute's Matthew Stone and Luke Whitworth refl...

Burnley manager Sean Dyche | Chelsea manager Emma Hayes | Google's creativity guru Kirk Vallis | Internationally renowned storyteller Clare Muireann Murphy. The latest edition of the Leaders Sport Performance Podcast comes from behind the scenes at Twickenham, the home of England Rugby, and, for the first time this year, the flagship London edition of the Leaders Sport Performance Podcast. On the conversational agenda: - The Leaders Performance Institute's Matthew Stone and Luke Whitworth refl...

The Leaders Performance Podcast brought to you in association with our supporters at NSF Certified for Sport® “By some we’re viewed as a world leader and by many we’re viewed as a model program – something to base their own programs on.” Jon Coyles, the Vice President of Drug, Health & Safety Programs at Major League Baseball speaks with considerable pride at the status of MLB’s anti-doping program, which is one of the most stringent and transparent in sport. Coyles is joined in conversation ...

The Leaders Performance Podcast brought to you in association with our supporters at NSF Certified for Sport® “By some we’re viewed as a world leader and by many we’re viewed as a model program – something to base their own programs on.” Jon Coyles, the Vice President of Drug, Health & Safety Programs at Major League Baseball speaks with considerable pride at the status of MLB’s anti-doping program, which is one of the most stringent and transparent in sport. Coyles is joined in conversation ...

The Leaders Performance Podcast brought to you in association with our supporters at NSF Certified for Sport® “By some we’re viewed as a world leader and by many we’re viewed as a model program – something to base their own programs on.” Jon Coyles, the Vice President of Drug, Health & Safety Programs at Major League Baseball speaks with considerable pride at the status of MLB’s anti-doping program, which is one of the most stringent and transparent in sport. Coyles is joined in conversation ...