Inner Athlete Podcast
The Inner Athlete Podcast is were we discuss all things youth athlete development and youth mentoring for parents, coaches, and youth athletes. Each week Trent and the team present new topics. We discuss areas on how we can best support youth athletes in terms of their physical preparation for competition, developing habits to create long-term success, return to training from injury, overcoming physical, delving deeper into the preparation of some of our athletes, and much more... Be sure to subscribe to stay up to date with the release of weekly episodes.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 122
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Ep. 101 - How AFL Youth Athlete Development Programs Maximise Your Child's Sports Potential Pt. 2
In this week's episode, Trent and Dean dive deeper into the advantages of youth athletes taking part in AFL youth development programs. They explore the critical role of running in enhancing AFL perf…
Ep. 102 - The Gap in Exercise Science Education: Why Universities Are Failing in Preparing Graduates
In this week’s episode, Trent speaks with renowned strength and conditioning coach Christian Woodford exploring the challenges faced by university graduates entering the strength and conditioning fie…
Ep. 100: Inner Athlete Podcast: Milestone Moments from 100 Episodes
In this special milestone episode, Trent and Dave recap their key learning lessons over the last 2 years and 100 episodes of the Inner Athlete Podcast.
They discuss the origins and conception of the …
Ep. 99 - Protecting Young Athletes: Strategies for Knee Injury Prevention and ACL Recovery
Trent speaks with renowned strength and conditioning coach Christian Woodford, who brings over a decade of invaluable experience in athletic training.
Together they explore the crucial role of exposin…
Ep. 98 -How AFL Youth Athlete Development Programs Maximise Your Child's Sports Potential
In this week’s episode, Trent teams up with Dean Jones, a passionate Australian Rules Football coach with over 10 years of experience working with both junior and elite athletes!
Join them as they div…
Ep. 97 - Youth Athletic Success: Breaking Barriers and Building Foundations with Christian Woodford
Join Trent as he sits down with renowned Australian Strength and Conditioning Coach, Christian Woodford, to explore the dynamic world of junior athlete development.
With over a decade of expertise und…
Ep. 96: Cultivating Success in Young Swimming Athletes
In this week’s episode, Trent is joined by Billy Zebra, the newest coach at Inner Athlete.Billy has five years of coaching experience in Australian Rules Football, surfing, and high-performance swimm…
Ep. 95 - How Youth Athletes Can Excel In College Sports
In this week’s episode, Trent and Jaime continue the conversation about college sports.
They discuss how youth athletes can implement skills from different sports to develop athleticism, considering…
Ep. 94 - Pathways to College Sports: Guiding Youth Athletes to Success
In this week’s episode, Trent is joined by Jaime Hernandez, a Senior Athletic Performance Coach at the University of Arizona. Jaime brings a wealth of experience across various sports, including bask…
Ep. 93 - Solving the ACL Problem with the BeActivated Technique
In this episode, Trent and Carel Wildenboer, a BeActivated practitioner & physiotherapist, discuss the prevalence of knee injuries and anterior cruciate ligament injuries and how movement compensatio…
Ep. 92 - Helping Young Girls to Succeed in Youth Football
In this week's episode, Head Coach, Trent is joined with Rossi Biddle. Rossi is the father of one of young footballers and also plays an active role in coaching young girls in the Broxham Football Ac…
Ep. 91 - Concussion Prevention for Youth Athletes Using the BeActivated System
In this week’s episode, Trent is joined by Carel Wildenboer, a BeActivated Practitioner and Physiotherapist, to delve into the issue of concussions in contact sports. They discuss how athletes often …
Ep. 90 - Coaching Youth Athletes with Autism Spectrum Disorder
In this week's episode, Trent is rejoined with Dolly Bhargava, Behaviour Specialist and Speech Pathologist. With over two decades of experience, Dolly shares invaluable strategies to empower neurodiv…
Ep. 89 - Five Years of Inner Athlete : Valuable Lessons Learned Working With Youth Athletes
Join Trent and Coach Dave as they commemorate five years of Inner Athlete. Discover insights into youth athlete development, strategies for working with neurodiverse children, nurturing relationships…
Ep. 88 - Coaching Youth Athletes and Teens with ADHD to Succeed
Ep. 87 - Designing Winning Programs for Elite Youth Swimmers
Trent shares his insights with The Richmond Institute of Sports Leadership students on developing effective strength and conditioning programs tailored for elite young swimmers.
Since joining Melbourn…
Ep. 86 - Elevating Young Athletes' Basketball Performance: Tips From a Pro Strength Coach
Join Head Coach Trent as he sits down with Jay Ellis, Head of Strength and Conditioning for Melbourne United Basketball team, in this insightful episode.
With six years of experience at Melbourne Unit…
Ep. 85 - The Cutting-Edge Science of Velocity Based Training (VBT)
In this episode, Trent and Nathan discuss what Velocity Based Training (VBT) is, who it is for, why they should use it and how they should use it.
VBT is a method of training that has emerged over the…
Ep. 84 - Empowering Youth Athletes with Cutting-Edge Sports Science Tech!
Tune in as Head Strength Coach Trent and Coach Nathan delve into the world of modern sports science technology. Discover how young athletes can leverage technology for optimized training, injury prev…
Ep. 83 - Success Tips For Youth Swimmers From An Australian Olympic Coach
Trent speaks with Ian Pope, former Olympic Games Swimming Coach and current Head Coach of Melbourne Swimming Club.
Ian has an illustrious career in Australian Swimming, having coached numerous youth …