Data management & analysis: The essentials skills needed for the future S&C coach

This week’s guest on the Pacey Performance Podcast is San Antonio Spurs’ Sports Science Coordinator and Performance Coach Ryan Curtis.

He's here to talk to Rob about the link between sports science and coaching, including how he keeps a connection with athletes and what he believes are the minimum data skills required to be an effective strength and conditioning coach. He follows this up with his thoughts on hot topic in S&C – injury predicting technology.

Ryan tells us what his day-to-day approach is when testing and assessing athletes, such as data collection, data capture methods, technology, equipment used, and data points introduced and then removed from his setup. He finishes off by telling us how someone joining an organisation can quickly add value and make their mark, drawing upon his own vast experience. For all this great content and much more from a leading NBA sports scientist, hit the play button now.

This week’s topics:

Keeping connected with athletes as a sports science coordinator
Minimum skills to be effective as a strength and conditioning coach
Concepts and ideas shared on social media that have worked unexpectedly
The concepts that didn’t gain traction, and why
Visualising the impact of data
Ryan’s views on injury predicting technology
Ryan day-to-day testing and assessment of athletes
Data capture methods
Technology used
Equipment
Key data points
How to add value when joining an organisation