GAINcast Episode 293: The program (with Nick Garcia)
Hundreds of athletes, dozens of sports, and just one coach. Nick Garcia is a master of building an efficient and effective athletic development program. He joins us again on this week’s GAINcast to walk us through his setup at Notre Dame High School, how he started the program, its critical success factors, and all the nitty gritty logistics of coaching.
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Nick Garcia is the head strength and conditioning coach and throwing coach at Notre Dame High School in California where he has helped produce champions across a dozen sports since 2003. He is also co-host of the HMMR Podcast.
Related resources
The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:
- The GAINcast is sponsored by GAIN and by HMMR Media. Join HMMR Media to get access to a vast library of online training resources, video, articles, podcasts, and more.
- Pre-orders are now open for Vern’s new book Building the Complete Athlete.
- If you enjoy this topic, we have a lot more from Garcia in the HMMR Classroom. In GAIN Video 19 is his presentation from GAIN 2023 breaking down his training session structure and design. We also have videos of his warmup, med ball routines, jump series, and leg circuits. He also discussed the evolution of his program in GAINcast 209.
- Garcia has frequently been a guest in our year-end episodes to discuss trends in coaching in 2023 (GAINcast 258), 2022 (GAINcast 234), 2021 (GAINcast 206), 2019 (GAINcast 150), 2018 (GAINcast 98), and 2017 (GAINcast 46).
- Garcia will be hosting a shot put and discus clinic on December 27 in the Bay Area. You can learn more here.
Key quotes and topics
- 0:00 – Introduction
- 3:15 – The path to Notre Dame
- 8:00 – Adapting to the infrastructure
- 12:00 – Getting athletes integrated in the program
- 18:45 – The logistics of coaching
- 26:30 – Training dual sport athletes
- 31:00 – Holistic injury prevention
- 36:30 – Next steps in evolving the program
- 41:30 – The GAIN last dance
- 45:00 – Physical education and personal fitness goals
Complete transcript
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