Awareness, The Foundation of Athletic Development with Donovan Santas
The Brian Cain Mental Performance Mastery Podcast · BRIAN CAIN
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Show Notes
In this episode of The Mental Performance Mastery Podcast, Brian is joined by Donovan Santas. Over his 21-year-long career in professional baseball in different capacities, Donovan has seen some of the most momentous changes and shifts in the sports industry – from how strength training is implemented to how the strength & conditioning coach’s role has gained prominence to the importance of mental performance and cognitive training.
Donovan has worked with the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Bluejays, and New York Yankees as a strength and conditioning coach and assistant director of player health and performance.
In this episode, Brian and Donovan talk about…
- The evolution of baseball-specific training and conditioning
- How the role of the strength and conditioning coach has expanded over the years
- What a training program looked like 20 years ago versus how it looks today
- Training with Pison
- Readiness assessment and testing
- The go-no-go test for performance
- Cognitive assessment
- Fatigue management
- The power of breathing and the impact of the Functional Movement Screening FMS
- Recovery modalities, what works, and what’s best for you as an athlete.
- Sleep and the impact on performance
- The role mental performance plays in professional baseball player development
- The mental game of pitcher Roy Halladay, Cy Young Winner - Working With Harvey
- What Makes Roy Run? - Sports Illustrated Article about Roy Halladay
Connect with Donovan Santas:
Email - [email protected]
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