81 - Matt Nein: Salisbury University Performance Coach

Bio

• Current Coordinator of Sports Performance coach & Assistant Athletic Director of Athletics and Campus Recreation at Salisbury University
• 2018 National Strength & Conditioning Association College Strength Coach of the Year
  • finalist for the NSCA College Strength Coach of the Year In 2016 & 2017
• oversees the training programs of 21 varsity teams
• During his tenure as Coordinator, Matt has had the opportunity to work with 14 National Championship teams, 8 individual National Championship athletes, and over 340 All-Americans
• Prior to Salisbury University he spent time as a S&C coach with the Toronto Blue Jays

 

Notes

• Where are we losing out on the little things?
• When we are stepping up to the rack what routine are using to step into our lift?
• We need to visually be able to see it, so the athlete can relate to it on the field
• Find the opportunities to use 
• Tower of annoy (week ¾ of training, week 5 of school)
  • Competing against other teams (iron Sammy)
• In understand the process, and the value of the very next move (pitch)
• Going through your mental routine before you do your set
• Bar speed measures
  • Need to see numbers hit
• Relating concepts in the moment from what we are doing in the weightroom to the field
• How are we still using the concept later on (week 6 and further) to connect the concepts
• Power of the penny
  • Its the compound effect when you pick up a penny each time
  • Anytime you saw change on the ground you picked it up and brought it in
  • Model to show the daily process and the little things that add up to success
• If you are willing to walk over the little things of life you will not be successful
• The things I can control is my fitness level: strength, speed, and diet
• 6 components
  • Lift
  • Conditioning
  • Recover
  • Nutrition
  • Physical Skills
  • Mental skills
• Put players in pressure situations during conditioning (play man up)
• Play the process right, focusing on doing your job right now
• Assess commitment: 
  • Jeff janson - commitment continuum
  • Define it, assess it, and measure it
• Value in the weightroom 
  • Attitude - meet outside our weightoom before they walk in to get in the right mindset.
• Difference between elite and average
• Research related to body contact, and the teams with the most positive touches were the team in the championship
• Feedback 
  • Without value and the vision problems exist
  • Values drive the decisions and accountability can happen
  • Its ok to give both positive and negative but we are going to get better together
• Lead out of love
• Stay simple - what do the athletes need most?
• Assessment is critical - know where you are, so you can plan on where you want to go
• Constantly on players about down contact time
• If you can’t produce force, you won’t be able to produce force quickly
• Long term athletic development: start in technique, and move forward from there
• One leg sport, and that will be mature exercises once they get to that point
• Change the way you brace - rapid/standard bracing and move to rotational bracing
• Quickly brace because all movements through bracing of pelvis
• Everyone starts around the same movements to begin and then develop from there
• Everyone is squatting but rack 1 is different than rack 2 based on what they need
• We may not be lifting ideally, but we are lifting ideally for that moment
• Relationships help build up our trust for feedback on how they are feeling during lifts/movements
• Repetition and reserve 
• RPE - rate of perceived exertion - 
• If you are willing to lie to me how hard practice is we have a bad culture and we will not be as good as it can be
• How can we pull ourselves back and be as simplistic as possible to get the most out of our performance.
• Email manein@salisbury.edu
• DM of facebook or instagram  - Matt Nein