Episode #148 Effectively Implementing and Leading Athletes BEYOND Programming with Pratik Patel Muscles and Management

*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*

In this episode, Gerry welcomes on Pratik Patel. Pratik has spent multiple years with high level college and professional organizations and also has a background in nutrition AND training.

To begin, Pratik talks a little about job security with companies or organizations vs. what you can expect in a private sector type environment. He then discusses his experience with his last job with the New York Football Giants and the type of work it took to effectively communicate with all areas of the sports performance model for an NFL organization.

From there, the conversation turns to areas such as the differences between being a good programmer vs. actually leading and implementing a program. The conversation then finishes with player buy-in, how you can ensure you bring something unique and valuable to the table as an S&C professional and much, much more.

All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!

Episode Timestamps

4:00 - Power of the Internet & Changes from Covid
8:00 - Security of a Job with a Company vs Private Sector
20:40 - Things Other than Money That Are Important
27:00 - Programming Ability Doesn’t Equal Leading a Program 
35:00 - Communicating with Other Coaches and People in the Program
39:00 - Getting Credit/Getting Blame
46:00 - Navigating Making Changes to What Athletes Are Used to Doing
52:00 - Getting Players to Buy-in
57:10 - What Do You Do That’s Different?
1:01:10 - Pratik’s Final Thoughts
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