Stay Strong: Succeeding Amid Coronavirus

This week on Inside the Headset, AFCA Insider Managing Editor, Paul Markgraff conducted a panel discussion with six directors of strength and conditioning from colleges across the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. Those strength coaches included:

• Darl Bauer, Director of Strength and Performance, University of Houston
• Dantonio Burnette, Director of Strength & Conditioning, NC State University
• Bryan Fitzpatrick, Director of Strength And Conditioning, U.S. Naval Academy
• Brian Johnson, Director of Strength & Conditioning, University of Arizona
• Justin Lima, Director of Football Performance, Towson University
• John Williams, Director of Strength & Conditioning, East Carolina

The discussion surrounding coronavirus included a variety of important topics including:

• [2:03] Start of interview
• [2:30] First thoughts when student-athletes were sent home because of coronavirus
• [8:28] Shelter-in-place workouts and motivation
• [12:58] Connecting with student-athletes
• [18:13] Modifying the connection with student-athletes
• [25:09] The big challenges from coronavirus
• [32:05] When we come back
• [34:54] What does comeback look like?