David Watts - Melbourne Football Club Strength and Power Coach

Australian Fitness Podcast

Ok, Strength nerds, this one’s for you.

David Watts is a Level 3 ASCA Strength and Conditioning Coach and is recognized as a Master Level Coach with the ASCA.

What that means is that David has spent well over 10 years as a student of perfecting human performance. He was an accomplished athlete himself (Field Hockey) and quickly figured out that he had a strong interest to learn and become a coach in the field of Strength and Conditioning.

We talk a little about his career pathway and development, and then we get into the detail of his role, his approach to strength development in athletes (specifically AFL), his favorite movements, details around developing speed for team sports and finally his thoughts on where we might be able to find ‘the next edge’.

This guy will be at the pointy end of Strength and Conditioning for many years to come, and I predict, will be in charge of his own elite team in the near future.

If you want to know how shit gets done at the AFL level, or you have aspirations of working at the elite level, David is an outstanding example of what it takes to get there. This Podcast was a ripper.

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