Science and application of velocity based training with Dan Baker, Lachlan Wilmot and Jonathon Weakley

On this week's Pacey Performance Podcast, Rob is speaking to Dan Baker, Lachlan Wilmot and Jonathon Weakley. This episode was originally recorded in 2020 as a Live roundtable but because the information on velocity based training (VBT) was so incredible, we decided to release it as a podcast.

Dan, Lachlan and Jonathon are most certainly authorities in this area from both a practical and academic perspective. All three of these guys know this area inside out. Firstly we start by tackling a few misunderstandings when it comes to VBT and then chat through why each of the guests decide to implement VBT in their different environments.

There seems to be a disconnect between the science of VBT and its application. On paper it looks great but implementing it in practice seems to be a barrier to some coaches. Is it the technology available, is it athlete buy-in, is it friction when it comes to programming? Jonathon gives his view here given his recent review of this area in his paper, Velocity-based training: From theory to application.

If you are interested in this area and haven't read this article, its free to download on Researchgate. We finish off this episode with a quick fire round of questions, tackling some of the common issues when interpreting the science and translating that into practice.

If you're looking for in-depth information on velocity based training, listen to three experts in this area on this episode of the podcast.

Main talking points -

• What is velocity based training?
• Why is it misunderstood?
• When VBT shouldn't be implemented with a programme?
• Why is there a disconnect between VBT science and application?
• Is bar path really an essential metric to track using VBT technology?
• What metrics to focus on to maximise bang for buck
• How can we help coaches successfully implement VBT in an applied setting
• Using velocity loss