Coach Em Up Podcast

Soccer Training & Collegiate S&C | Q&A with MALORIE HENDERLONG | Ep. 115

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Auburn Women's Soccer S&C Coach Malorie Henderlong joins Tim Riley to break down her entry into the profession, the grind of collegiate strength and conditioning, and the technical side of training field sport athletes. Topics include MAS-based conditioning, GPS data optimization, soccer's fear of the weight room, how she started her own remote coaching business, and her prototypical route to landing an SEC coaching job. She discusses why soccer has historically been scared of the weight room, how she structures training around squat, hinge, push, and pull for undertrained field athletes, and why she prefers the Bronco test and Maximum Aerobic Speed over traditional conditioning benchmarks.

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Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:18 - Speaking at the CSCCA Conference 00:04:31 - Authenticity in Content Creation & Social Media 00:06:24 - Getting a Job by Yelling from the Sidelines 00:08:55 - Coaching Acrobatics & Tumbling 00:10:43 - Youth Sports, Competitive Cheer & Parenting 00:13:58 - Austin FC, NC State & the Move to Auburn 00:19:01 - The Power of Mentorship 00:23:35 - The Grind in Collegiate S&C 00:32:38 - Why Soccer Fears the Weight Room 00:42:36 - Starting Higher Power Sports Performance 00:49:50 - Conditioning, MAS & the Bronco Test 00:57:12 - GPS Data, Player Load & Numbers 01:01:45 - Olympic Lifting & Training Goalkeepers 01:05:50 - Why Coaches Shouldn't Play Pickup Sports 01:23:40 - How to Get Hired in Collegiate S&C 01:31:02 - Rant & Rave 01:37:34 - Overrated vs. Underrated 01:41:50 - Unsolicited Solicited Advice

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