Ep. 008: Beyond Sets & Reps w/ Victoria Saucedo
In episode 008, I’m joined by Victoria Saucedo, aka Saucy Vic, aka Coach Sauce! Victoria is the Director of Sports Performance for VCU Women’s Basketball after stops at Wake Forest, St. Louis, Northern Arizona and a successful athletic career at Utah State.
I fully intended on diving in deep on basketball strength & conditioning with Coach Sauce. I planned on talking about periodization, programming models for women’s hoops and all kinds of other in-depth topics on the tactical side of training basketball players.
But… the conversation took on a life of its own! We talk, in large part, about the other side of coaching; relationship building, buy-in, trust, communication and all of the more human aspects of what we do.
Sure, the sets and reps are important. But coaching goes way beyond just sets and reps, so that’s what Vic and I talk about mostly in this episode. She gives us real world examples of her coaching and communication style. We talk about professional development. We go deep on trust and earning the respect of your athletes.
Then, we sprinkle in a little bit of training talk. And, of course, she has to get on the hot seat and answer important questions like, “Which do you think you could beat in a fight; a grizzly, lion or gorilla"?”
This is a great episode, I know you guys will enjoy! If you want to catch up with Coach Sauce, you can hit her up on Instagram or Twitter!
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