50: Team Sports: Can Olympic Lifting Provide Game-Changing Power?

About this podcast

In episode 50, the Strength and conditioning Coach at AFC Ajax, Yoeri Pegel, joins us on the show.

Specifically, Yoeri will be discussing:

  • What Olympic lifts entail
  • How they differ from loaded jumps
  • Pro’s and Cons in team sports
  • How to progress Oly lifts for team sports

About Yoeri

“Yoeri currently works as Performance Trainer at AFC Ajax. At 28 years old, he’s coming from a not-so-common background, majoring in Business at the University of Amsterdam. Since then he’s worked and gained experience in a wide array of sports, ranging from football, to the Dutch Men’s National Basketball Team and 3×3 Basketball Team, to world class level fighters such as Badr Hari, and European level athletes from sports such as weightlifting and field hockey.”

If you have enjoyed this podcast be sure to check out Yoeri’s first podcast with us here: https://scienceforsport.fireside.fm/22 and if Olympic lifting is your thing, dont’t miss out on our episode with Tim Suchomel here: https://scienceforsport.fireside.fm/32

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