170. Stories from Tom Barbeau growing up with Igor Burdenko to stumbling into college football and now the NFL | Carolina Panthers, Return to Play Coordinator/Strength and Conditioning Assistant
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Tom Barbeau, going on year 5 with the Carolina Panthers, takes us through the coolest stories from his career so far.
-2:52 Fork in the road story: Quitting his last college basketball season to get into coaching, then switching to strength and conditioning
-6:21 Explaining the Burdenko Method and his connection to it
-13:08 Coolest/craziest story: experience of working with athletes like Cam Newton and Christian McCaffrey
-18:36 First return to play experience getting a hockey player back for a first round playoff game
-20:05 Stumbling into Power 5 football at Baylor, going from 1-11 to 11-3 2 years later
-27:04 What is about return to play that means a little bit more as a coach?
-29:12 Return to play case: NFL athlete setting PR after PR from simply adding in 1 extra off-day
-34:49 Full circle story: coaching along side his parents when they came down to consult for the Carolina Panthers
Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bxu_48WSO20
Contact Tom on social media @BarbeauTraining
A thank you from our sponsor, Samson Equipment: https://www.samsonequipment.com/
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