Broken Oars, Episode 25: Professor Stephen Seiler - The World’s Best Sports Scientist on Sports Science and Sporting Approaches - a podcast by brokenoarspodcast

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What can we say about Episode 24 of Broken Oars podcast?

Henley Royal Regatta is in full swing, God is in his launch, and we are back!

Are we talking about the world's most prestigious regatta, Agecroft's attempt to board another crew just off the start and the apparently magnetic booms that are attracting so many crews in the 2021 edition?

Well, we touch on them.

But actually we've returned with an interview we've been sitting on for a little while which we think might be one of the best and most important we've ever done.

This is not down to us, of course, your genial hosts (Posh Southern One, Illiterate Northern One), but the quality of our guest.

Professor Stephen Seiler (https://www.youtube.com/user/sportscientist) is a world-leading academic in the disciplinary fields of sports science, physiology and training. His work has been adopted by coaches worldwide (although, as he points out, not always accurately), and he's an active figure on social media, which he sees as vital for collecting data and disseminating research findings and ideas to those who really need them: coaches, athletes and programmes.

We worked up a series of questions for Professor Seiler, and then proceeded to not ask any of them, as he took us on a fascinating journey from Texas to Norway and through the world of sports and performance.

In a wide-ranging and must-listen episode, he and we discuss, among other things:

- The evolution of sporting models in Australia, Great Britian compared to the Norwegian model:

- Why Norway punches above its weight in international competition.

- That children should be allowed to have fun. Early specialisation does not guarantee success. Generalisation does.

- Why there is no sport in schools in Norway. Or schools competitions.

- How the parent-led club driven model works.

- How multi-disciplinarians achieve more than specialists when it comes time to specialise.

- Serendipity in life.

- Chance and choice, and why both are vital for success.

- His journey into the world of sports science.

- Why gladiators don't always make good crew mates.

- How baselines of fitness work, and how you can apply them to your training to make yourself better, regardless of level.

- Why social media is the next frontier for peer-driven research.

- The future of rowing in a media led market.

- And why the Vikings were nicer than we all thought ...

As a resource for rowers, coaches, clubs, athletes and anyone just interested in the science of performance on a very human level, this conversation with one of the most important and respected voices in the field is pure gold at every stage.

All delivered in an accent that makes Sam Elliott sound uptight.

Not so much a podcast, as one to listen to with a cup of coffee, and then come back to with a notepad.

Outstanding.

(Professor Seiler, not necessarily us).

Stern Four - when I said apply the 80/20 model, what did you think I meant?

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