Episode 284: Jason Hettler - Speed and agility coach IMG Academy

This episode sees the return of Jason Hettler to the podcast.

Jason is the Speed and Agility Coach at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Prior to this he was the Performance and Innovation Manager at ALTIS in Phoenix, Arizona where his role included leading a group of sprinters, consulting with various professional sporting organizations, creating and editing education content, internship coordination, and media/marketing.

On this episode we discuss:

• Jason's role at IMG
• How did Jason build his COD/ agility model
• Jason shares his annual schedule with his Tennis players
• He discuss performance therapy for tennis players
• I ask Jason about his microcycle set up
• I ask Jason about the differences between training sprinters vs tennis players
• We discuss training transfer and skills vs capacities
• We discuss training load and staying healthy
• What is the biggest thing Jason has changed his mind on lately?
• What is Jason's favorite Glam Slam
• How did Jason develop his ESD model
• How has fatherhood changed him
• What projects is Jason working on?

This was agreat discussion with Jason and I hope you all enjoy it.

Show Notes:

Website - www.hettlerperformance.com

Twitter - @jhettler24

Instagram - jhettler24

Books Mentioned:

Going Somewhere: Truth about a Life in Science

Thinking Fast and Slow 

People and Resources Mentioned:

ALTIS

Rich Clarke

Damien Harper

Gareth Sandford

Jon Goodwin

Stu McMillan

Charlie Francis

Anatoliy Bondarchuk

Derek Evely

Yuri Verkhoshansky 

Matt Jordan

Martin Bucheit