Q&A: Strength Training for Young Athletes, Structuring Your Training Schedule, How to Progress Jump Training, VBT, & MUCH MORE!
In today's episode, Julian pools together your audience questions for an action packed second EVER "Q&A." Julian takes some time to answer a few questions related to varying topics in strength and conditioning and sports performance.Specifically, we discuss:Strength movements for youth athletes?How many days per week for lifting and plyos?Advice on VBT for those that don't have bar speed tech.How do you program depth landings?Structuring/progressing jumps/plyometrics.Opinions on foam rolling pre/post lift? Are you a believer that they can reset a muscle’s length? As someone in high school who wants to be a skill/strength trainer, how should you learn? For more information check out Julian on:Instagram: https://instagram.com/julianlocasto/?hl=enTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@julianlocasto?lang=enThreads: https://www.threads.net/@julianlocastoTwitter: https://twitter.com/julianlocastoFor coaching inquiries, programs, guides, and more, check out our website: https://www.challengerstrength.com/OnlyStrength Membership: https://onlystrength.uscreen.io/?_ga=2.253855304.176956583.1666737675-793222946.1666737675
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The Coaches Table Podcast Guest Appearance- Leveraging Your Social Media as a Coach & Private Sector Training
In this episode, Julian was a featured guest on the Coaches Table Podcast, hosted by Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Jackson State Men's Basketball, Kendrick Pratt. We get into a discussion about social media for coaches, creating content that stands out in a crowd in our industry and why coaches need to be on social RIGHT NOW, the private sector vs the college sector and what drew me to the private sector, creating an infectious culture where athletes want to come back, building relationships and buy-in, and program design in the private sector for various levels of athletics. For more information check out Julian on:Instagram: https://instagram.com/julianlocasto/?hl=enTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@julianlocasto?lang=enThreads: https://www.threads.net/@julianlocastoTwitter: https://twitter.com/julianlocastoFor coaching inquiries, programs, guides, and more, check out our website: https://www.challengerstrength.com/OnlyStrength Membership: https://onlystrength.uscreen.io/?_ga=2.253855304.176956583.1666737675-793222946.1666737675
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Guest Appearance on The Project 365 Podcast: Talking All Things Speed Training for Basketball Players
Today is going to be an unconventional episode for you guys. I was recently a guest on The Project 365 podcast hosted by Coach O, Olivier Jean-Charles. Coach O is the Associate Head Basketball Coach of the Orangeville Prep basketball program out of Ontario, Canada. In this episode, I get into my background, how I got into coaching and my journey to get to where I am now, we talk about strength coaches vs the idea of sports performance coaches and the shift in the S&C culture that I’ve been seeing in the space, the gap in the S&C knowledge in the basketball space, the importance of having a strength and conditioning program as a basketball player, Coach O posed the question, “ can anyone get faster?” and my take on that, and lastly, I provide SIMPLE key components to developing speed.For more information check out Julian on:Instagram: https://instagram.com/julianlocasto/?hl=enTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@julianlocasto?lang=enThreads: https://www.threads.net/@julianlocastoTwitter: https://twitter.com/julianlocastoFor coaching inquiries, programs, guides, and more, check out our website: https://www.challengerstrength.com/OnlyStrength Membership: https://onlystrength.uscreen.io/?_ga=2.253855304.176956583.1666737675-793222946.1666737675
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Danny Metser (@dmhoops) Audio Cues vs Constraints, Principles of Specificity as a Trainer, & Pattern Recognition
In today's episode, Julian welcomes on basketball skill development coach, Danny Metser.Danny is an INSANELY smart guy, originally from Tel Aviv, Israel, and currently finishing up his degree at Quinnipiac University. Danny is a basketball skill development coach that specializes in motor learning and overall movement strategy. We dive deep into a bunch of danny’s tweets, dissecting some of his thoughts on topics like: cueing, specificity for skills training, the optimal zone of improvement in your skills training, pattern recognition, and much much more! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dmhoops/Twitter: https://twitter.com/dannymetserThreads: https://www.threads.net/@dmhoopsFor more information check out Julian on:Instagram: https://instagram.com/julianlocasto/?hl=enTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@julianlocasto?lang=enThreads: https://www.threads.net/@julianlocastoTwitter: https://twitter.com/julianlocastoFor coaching inquiries, programs, guides, and more, check out our website: https://www.challengerstrength.com/OnlyStrength Membership: https://onlystrength.uscreen.io/?_ga=2.253855304.176956583.1666737675-793222946.1666737675
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Danny Foley (@danmode_ruderock) Knees, Ankles, Feet: The Triad of Basketball Injuries
On today's episode, Julian welcomes on Danny Foley, Owner/operator of Rude Rock Strength and Conditioning.Danny Foley is entering his 10th year as a high-performance coach and injury management specialist. Throughout his career, Danny has predominantly worked with high-level athletes who are battling chronic pain or injury. He is currently working as an independent performance coach across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, where he works primarily with athletes and individuals dealing with pain and injury. Previously, Danny spent six years as the Head Strength Coach at Virginia High Performance, where he specialized in working with Navy SEAL and Special Operations Command personnel. Through his work at Virginia High Performance, Danny has become very proficient at working with complex injuries, brain injuries, and high-performing athletes.Danny is also the Co-Founder of Rude Rock Strength and Conditioning (2018), which is an online platform providing remote-based training along with a variety of educational and informational content. Danny received both his bachelor's and master’s degrees in exercise science from Old Dominion University. He currently holds certification through the NSCA (CSCS*D, TSAC-F*D), BeActiveated, Square1, and USAW (Level 1). Over the years he has become notably recognized for fascial-based training concepts and anatomy. In addition to numerous presentations, he has published hundreds of articles and webinars on fascia and other performance-related topics. Danny has been a prominent contributor to organizations like SimpliFaster, the NSCA, and others.We discuss Danny's career up until this point, his ventures working with our Navy Seals and Special Operations Command personnel, the triad of basketball injuries, acute-to-chronic work load/ work load management, building the lower legs to build resilient athletes, and much more!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danmode_ruderock/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/danny_ruderock?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Article (The Triad of Basketball Injuries): https://simplifaster.com/articles/knees-ankles-feet-basketball-injuries/Danny's Resources: https://www.ruderockstrength.com/For more information check out Julian on:Instagram: https://instagram.com/julianlocasto/?hl=enTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@julianlocasto?lang=enThreads: https://www.threads.net/@julianlocastoTwitter: https://twitter.com/julianlocastoFor coaching inquiries, programs, guides, and more, check out our website: https://www.challengerstrength.com/OnlyStrength Membership: https://onlystrength.uscreen.io/?_ga=2.253855304.176956583.1666737675-793222946.1666737675
The High Performance Hoops Podcast gives you a one-stop- shop on all things training, sports performance, and nutrition for athletes and aspiring coaches. Julian Lo Casto is a graduate of Caldwell University, former player, and basketball enthusiast. Julian is the Head of Performance and Nutrition at Challenger Strength, located in Northern New Jersey, working with a wide variety of athletes of all sports. This podcast will take on any and all topics in training, sports performance, nutrition, and improving your on-court skill and physical abilities. Julian will take the time to welcome the perspective of some of the best training, nutrition, and basketball minds in the industry. Whether you are an aspiring basketball coach, player, or strength and conditioning professional, you will enjoy all aspects of this podcast as Julian dives into all topics relating to the game of basketball and how to become an elite level athlete.
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