In this solo episode, Joel Smith shares 20 coaching ideas that permanently reshaped how he trains athletes and himself. Drawing from influential books, mentors, training systems, personal experiments, and hard-earned mistakes, Joel explores intensity and recovery, potentiation, individualized strength, motor learning, games, rhythm, biomechanics, group dynamics, ritual, and athlete profiling. More than a list of methods, the episode traces his evolution from conventional programming toward a more adaptive, embodied, and human approach to performance.
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The Just Fly Performance Podcast is dedicated to all aspects of athletic performance training, with an emphasis on speed and power development. Featured on the show are coaches and experts in the spectrum of sport performance, ranging from strength and conditioning, to track and field, to sport psychology. Hosted by Joel Smith, the Just Fly Performance Podcast brings you some of the best information on modern athletic performance available.
Joel Smith shares 20 coaching ideas that permanently reshaped how he trains athletes and himself. Drawing from influential books, mentors, training systems, personal experiments, and hard-earned mistakes, Joel explores intensity and recovery, potentiation, individualized strength, motor learning, games, rhythm, biomechanics, group dynamics, ritual, and athlete profiling. More than a list of methods, the episode traces his evolution from conventional programming toward a more adaptive, embodied, and human approach to performance.
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20 Ideas That Changed My Coaching
- 1:09 – High Intensity and Recovery
- 4:55 – Wearable Resistance Potentiation
- 7:12 – Rate, Magnitude, Duration
- 12:20 – Back-to-Back Intensity
- 16:21 – Strength Isn’t One-to-One
- 19:24 – Lift Heavy, Not Hard
- 23:50 – Group Coaching Dynamics
- 26:00 – The Gift of Notice
- 29:04 – Athlete Types and Buckets
- 30:54 – Learning From Adarian Barr
- 39:28 – Natural vs. Manufactured Movement
- 43:55 – Chasing Vibe in Training
- 47:17 – Isometric Holds and Rhythm
- 50:34 – Play, Parkour, and Feet
- 52:53 – Tendon Health and Heavy Strength
- 54:38 – 1×20 and Density
- 59:48 – Games and Speed
- 1:03:16 – Skeleton, Space, and Strength
- 1:05:15 – Rituals in Group Training
- 1:09:19 – The Sprint Quadrant
- 1:11:02 – Differential Learning (Bonus)
About Joel Smith
Joel Smith is the founder of Just Fly Sports and host of the Just Fly Performance Podcast, one of the leading podcasts in strength and conditioning and track and field coaching. A former collegiate strength and track coach, Joel has spent over a decade studying speed, power, and human movement. He is the author of multiple books and online courses on sprinting, jumping, and elastic training, and works with athletes and coaches around the world to develop more powerful and creative approaches to training
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