Elitefts SPP: Cory Schlesinger Interview - a podcast by Mark Watts

from 2015-05-01T21:02:30

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Cory Schlesinger


Assistant Director of Sports Enhancement for men's basketball


University of Alabama-Birmingham


Topics Covered in this Podcast



  1.  The Nautilus Checklist

  2. A Strength Coach at age 19

  3. Intern to Director

  4. The advantage of being an assistant

  5. General and Foundational Strength

  6. Noon ball to a new job

  7. The Coyote Kettlebell Club with Dan John

  8. Primal Movements - Motor Skills

  9. Movement for Body Awareness

  10. Complexes for multiple modalities

  11. Assessments for basketball players

  12. Joint by Joint from the ground up

  13. Don't need to be a genius to see dysfunction

  14. Modifications by height

  15. Olympic Lifting Variations for taller players

  16. Multiple squat variations

  17. the Wingspan Phenomena; Training Spiders

  18. Off-Season = Should be most variation

  19. Changes in the culture of Basketball

  20. Physicality can dictate the way players play

  21. The beauty of the younger sport coach

  22. The Southern culture in basketball

  23. Players are not education and it's not their fault

  24. Technology in sports performance

  25. Technology reinforces what you already know

  26. How weight training can turn into regeneration

  27. Experience beats technology

  28. Perceived maxes based on velocity: Fast and Smooth

  29. Programming  strength training in-season

  30. Off-Season Training

  31. Linear periodization using RPE

  32. Olympic Complex

  33. Conditioning throw extensive complexes and sled work

  34. Key to communications need to be transparent

  35. Find the universal language

  36. Mentoring

  37. Learning how to learn

  38. Identify how others learn

  39. Feel to replicate

  40. Give credit where credit is due

  41. How to reach Cory.


The Cory Schlesinger File


Cory Schlesinger is an Assistant Director of Sports Enhancement to work with the Blazers' men's basketball program along with the men's golf program.


"Coming to UAB is a dream job and it is a destination," Schlesinger said. "Mainly because I get to work specifically with Coach Jerod Haase. I believe in Coach Haase, and I believe that he will win and win at a high level."


Schlesinger served a pair of internships at the University of North Carolina, in 2008 and 2009, while Haase was an assistant coach on Roy Williams' staff with the Tar Heels.


“Cory’s knowledge for strength and conditioning is something that I love,” Haase said. “He is always trying to learn and grow as a coach, but what he brings with his knowledge is what already really sets him apart from others. He is young and energetic like the rest of our staff and will fit right in.  We have a chance to be really good in a lot of different ways and I think strength and conditioning is in good shape.”


Schlesinger plans to not only get the Blazers' men's basketball players in best possible shape for the upcoming 2013-14 campaign, but also have their bodies ready for the long, grueling season.


"One of my major goals is to impact the team in the offseason but also in season, when traveling with the team on the road," Schlesinger said. "Whether it be training, nutrition, supplementation or regeneration sessions, I want the guys recovered and ready for the next game."


Schlesinger, a native of Hillsville, Va., spent the last three years as Director of Strength and Conditioning at Santa Clara University, working with student-athletes on the men's and women's basketball teams.


Prior to joining the staff at Santa Clara, Schlesinger spent time at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. In addition, he was a sports nutritionist for the San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) along with being a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and also earned certification in United States Weightlifting.


Schlesinger earned his master's degree in education with a concentration in exercise science at Campbell University in 2011. During his time as a graduate assistant, he worked with the volleyball, men's soccer, swimming and diving, golf and tennis programs, while also assisting with football.


A former basketball player at Berea College in Berea, Ky., Schlesinger graduated with a bachelor of arts in physical education with a concentration in exercise science and sports medicine in 2009. During his time as an undergraduate, Schlesinger completed a pair of internships at Wake Forest in 2007 under strength coach Ethan Reeve and a pair of internships at North Carolina in 2008 and 2009.


At UNC he worked under strength coach Jonas Sahratian where he helped train the men's basketball team.


"None of my experiences and I would not be where I am at today without Coach Jonas Sahratian," Schlesinger said. "He's my mentor and biggest influence and I owe everything to him for helping and guiding me."


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