Eric Cressey on Athletic Development, Sports Science, and Becoming a Great Coach

About this episode

Eric Cressey discusses athletic development, the challenges young athletes face, and the role of technology in coaching.

Today I’ve got the man, the myth, the LEGEND Eric Cressey on the podcast. Now you may know Eric as the Director of Player Health and Performance for the New York Yankees, or for his incredibly successful gym, Cressey Sports Performance. But in case you didn’t know, Eric and I go waaaaayyyy back. If you watch the video, you’ll see I actually pull out the old DVD’s we created together back in the early 2000’s and 2010’s. But now that we’ve both been in the game 20+ years, what have we learned along the way? How are young athletes more broken than ever before? How can we use technology to positively impact our assessments and programming? And perhaps most importantly, what can we do as trainers and coaches to help shape the next generation of young coaches and athletes? We cover all that – and much more – in this week’s episode of the Physical Preparation Podcast!   Quotable Quotes: You have to solve a problem, and you have to consistently over deliver on value – and I don’t think people who cut corners will ever do that.   The most important thing that we can do for kids is we’ve got to expose…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Robertson

Guest: Eric Cressey

Topics covered

• athletic development
• sports science
• coaching
• youth athletes
• technology in training

Keywords

• athletic development
• sports science
• coaching
• youth athletes
• technology
• Cressey Sports Performance
• New York Yankees

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Yankees, Cressey Sports Performance

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