E06 - Training for the NFL with Danny Van Dijk, Asst Coach, Seattle Seahawks

08/23/20 • 62 min

Guest of Honor - Seattle's most diverse podcast.

Introducing Mr Danny Van Dijk, strength and conditioning assistant coach for the Seattle Seahawks.

In this episode we get into Danny's journey all the way from being a high school sports coach in Australia, to coaching at the collegiate level for the USC Trojans in LA and finally working with some of the greatest coaches and players amidst the Seahawks.

Here are some points we cover that I've cherry picked for ya !

Workout regimes
On and off season coaching strategies in US football
How training has changed during Covid
Seahawks team culture
Use of technology to leverage analytics for better strategies in football
As a coach, how Danny stays updated with recent research

Go Seahawks, see ya'all at the playoffs!

#12thMan

Introducing Mr Danny Van Dijk, strength and conditioning assistant coach for the Seattle Seahawks.

Here are some points we cover that I've cherry picked for ya !

Workout regimes
On and off season coaching strategies in US football
How training has changed during Covid
Seahawks team culture
Use of technology to leverage analytics for better strategies in football
As a coach, how Danny stays updated with recent research

Go Seahawks, see ya'all at the playoffs!

#12thMan

Previous Episode

E05 - Bengaluru Slang with Ikyatha Yerasala, Features Reporter, Journalist, Deccan Herald. ( English + Kannada )

*This episode has a mix of English and Kannada.

You can take the person out of Bangalore but not the slang out of the Bangalorean.

Ikyatha Yerasala has worked as been a movie reviewer, a journalist, a features reporter and a sub-editor in prominent publications like Midday, Deccan Chronicle and Deccan Herald and most recently started "Slangaluru" an Instagram/Twitter based social media brand which captures Namma Bengaluru's spirit.

This episode has 2 blue Bangaloreans reliving their childhood days in the Garden city. We talk about the Bangalore we grew up in, darshini culture, playing cricket in vataras, the period before Christ College got a dress code, the period after Forum was constructed, eating capsicum bhajji at VV Puram and more about being 90s kids in Bangalore. It's a lovely trip down memory lane for those of you who miss 'Luru from the early 2000s. Get off one cup of maggi and settle in, this is going to be a nostalgic one.

Ikyatha's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Slangalorean

Slangaluru's Twitter: https://twitter.com/slangaluru

Slangaluru's Instagram: @slangaluru

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Next Episode

E07 - Designing Board Games with James Earnest, creator of over 100 games !

** Monopoly, Ludo, Catan, Dominion, Poker, Scythe, Scrabble **

James Earnest condenses almost 3 decades of his experience in the board gaming industry for us in this extremely informative episode. While I ask a million questions about board game ideation, themes, styles and game mechanics, James more eloquently adds to his answers his perspective of having been a freelancer, having started his own company ie Cheapass Games, starting a new company ie Crab Fragment Labs and finally even helps me design a quarantine board game!

We also cover play testing, marketing, distribution and how Kickstarter has had an enormous influence in this industry. If you like playing board games or would like to create one, definitely stay tuned till the end of the episode where James talks about the pros and cons of dipping your toes into this industry in 2020.

About James: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjCmpvtkNPrAhVmFTQIHfSbBP8QFjAAegQIAxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJames_Ernest&usg=AOvVaw28UNSVy4D6jH3w1FHmK9gD

More about James: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/61/james-ernest

Crab Fragment Labs: https://www.crabfragmentlabs.com/

Follow James on Twitter: @cheapassjames