508: Sarah Miller on Movement Archetypes and the Missing Layer of Athletic Development

About this episode

Sarah Miller discusses her unique journey from dance and theater to strength and conditioning, emphasizing the importance of adaptable movement and the psychological aspects of training.

Sarah Miller is a strength and conditioning coach at Georgia Tech Athletics, blending a background in dance, theater, and stunt performance with collegiate S&C. Her work emphasizes coordination, rhythm, and adaptable movement alongside traditional strength and power development. In this episode, Sarah Miller shares her unconventional path from dance, theater, and stunt performance into collegiate strength and conditioning, and how those roots shape her coaching philosophy. She explores how movement is deeply tied to psychology, emotion, and rhythm, challenging traditional, overly mechanical approaches to training. The conversation dives into habit, inhibition, and awareness, emphasizing the importance of freeing athletes from rigid patterns and reconnecting them with more natural, adaptable movement strategies. Today’s episode is brought to you by Hammer Strength and the Vert Trainer Use code “justfly10” for 10% off the Vert Trainer Use the code “LILAJUSTFLY10” for 10% off any Lila Exogen wearable resistance gear. For this offer, head to Lilateam.com View more podcast episodes at the podcast homepage. (https://www.just-fly-sports.com/podcast-home/) 0:00 – Introduction to…

People in this episode

Host: Joel Smith

Guest: Sarah Miller

Topics covered

• movement archetypes
• athletic development
• psychology of movement
• coordination and rhythm
• strength and conditioning
• adaptable movement strategies

Keywords

• strength and conditioning
• movement patterns
• psychology
• athletic training
• coordination
• rhythm
• adaptability
• dance
• theater
• stunt performance

Sponsors

Hammer Strength, Lila Exogen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Georgia Tech Athletics, Lilateam.com

Products: Vert Trainer

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