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Episode 12! It's been such an amazing journey this past year putting out great content for you, the NHSSCA members. Running it back this month with another fantastic episode. My guest this month is coach Scott Pherson, director of fitness and performance for Concord High School in Elkhurt Indiana. Coach Pherson also serves on the Indiana state advisory board for the NHSSCA. We kick things off going through his incredible journey on how he got to Concord. We then go through what his summer program looks like and finish off talking about his podcast "Caffeinated Coaches". Coach Pherson provides a ton of value for us and does an incredible job of providing us a look at his programming in Concord in. Enjoy!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachPherson

Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skottiedoesntno/

Concord Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/concord_strong/

Link for information on the Griffen Scott Pherson Scholarship: https://nhssca.us/griffin-scott-pherson-educational-scholarship/

Video breakdown of 2024 summer training at Concord: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64eoDgVHifI&t=11s

This episode is brought to you by Intek Strength and Iron Neck

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Link to Natcon registration: https://nhssca.us/event/2024-national-conference-texas/

My guest this month is arguably the strongest high school strength coach in the country-Monte Sparkman. Monte is an athletic performance coach at Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville Texas. We sit down and discuss his journey from powerlifter to high school strength coach. Coach Sparkman discusses how he separates his own personal powerlifting training from how he programs for and trains his athletes. Don't worry, Monte gives us a little insight into his own personal training as well. Lastly we also get into the topic of coaches taking care of our own personal health. Enjoy!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MonteSparkman

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/montesparkman/



Articles Monte has written

https://simplifaster.com/articles/author/montesparkman/

https://www.elitefts.com/author/monte-sparkman/

Episode 10! We hit the double digit episode mark with coach Jonmarc Rasberry of Dyer County High School located in Newbern Tennessee. Coach Rasberry is an incredible up and coming strength coach who has been absolutely crushing it the past few years. We sit down and discuss is journey from Tennessee to Illinois, to back to Tennessee where he began his teaching and coaching career. We talk about some of the things required to get into the field such as teaching licensure, certifications and more. He discusses his current role at Dyer County, how he's worked to build trust and buy in and what he envisions the program looking like down the road. Lastly, we discuss how and why he started his own podcast "Conjugate Chats". Enjoy!

Find Coach Rasberry on X- https://twitter.com/CoachRasberry

Find Coach Rasberry on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachrasberry/

Conjugate Chats

Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3sJplorDBNGTtgWFzvQImA

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conjugate-chats-podcast/id1633912070

Gumroad products: https://jmrstrengthscience.gumroad.com/

My guest this month is Kade McGee of American Christian Academy located in Tuscaloosa Alabama. Coach McGee is also the NHSSCA state director for Alabama. With it being clinic season, I sent down with Kade and discuss the organizations two types of clinics - state and #family days. Kade gives us a run down on what people can expect at these types of events. He also, as state director, is able to give us a sort of a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into putting a clinic together. Lastly, we get a sneak peek into his speaking topic for the upcoming Mississippi state clinic in which he is a presenter. Enjoy!

Kade's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kade_mcgee7

Kade's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kade_mcgee7/

Links to other podcasts Coach McGee has appeared on-https://bigtimestrength.libsyn.com/website/size/5/?search=kade+mcgee

https://www.samsonequipment.com/samson-strength-coach-collective/kade-mcgee/

The NHSSCA state clinic calendar: https://nhssca.us/events/list/?tribe-bar-search=state

Alabama state clinic registration link: https://nhssca.us/events/list/?tribe-bar-search=state

Mississippi state clink registration link: https://nhssca.us/event/mississippi-state-clinic-clinton-high-school/



Our sponsors spotlighted this episode are Athletes in Action and Rack Coach

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First episode of 2024! I am kicking off 2024 with coach Pete Arroyo. Coach Arroyo is located in the Chicago area and has been coaching in the private sector for over 20 years. He has worked with all levels, from youth to professional. We discuss his background in strength and conditioning, his evaluation process for new clients, and his training principles. We then get into a discussion about the private sector vs school employed strength coach. What we can do to better build relationships on both sides and how our athletes can benefit. Pete offers a ton of wisdom and value in this episode, enjoy!



Pete Arroyo Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePITPete

Pete Arroyo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p.i.t.ssp/



Coach Arroyo's gumroad: https://thepitpete.gumroad.com/

Coach Arroyo is graciously offering a $100 discount on his programs bundle for all listeners with code "4COACHESBYCOACHES100"

You can also take 20% off any program or book with code "CONJUPIT20"



Pete's articles on Simplifaster- https://simplifaster.com/articles/author/petearroyo/

Pete's articles for EliteFTS- https://www.elitefts.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=pete+arroyo



Our partner spotlight for this episode are Output and Vitruve

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This month's guest is coach Missy Mitchell-McBeth. Missy is a private strength coach located in Texas. She has her own private company called SaFe Iron Training where she offers custom programs, program audits, consultations, speaking engagements and more. Link is below. In this episode, we cover a myriad of topics such as her journey into strength and conditioning, what she has learned from sales, the arguments for and against sport coaches running the weight room and more. Missy provides a ton of value during this episode so enjoy!

SaFe Iron Training-https://www.safeirontraining.com/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/missyMmcbeth

Articles on Simplifaster-https://simplifaster.com/articles/author/missymitchellmcbeth/

This episode is sponsored by Strength Coach Pro and Sorinex

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