The Stables

Sam Portland - Introduction from his website - It speak for itself! I play semi-pro rugby, train Olympic athletes and am one of the UK’s most experienced S&C coaches for international competitors, with over 40 competing superstars currently training under one of my programmes. If you’re serious about becoming world-class, then I’m serious about getting you there, and with over a decade of experience, you can seriously trust I will. If you’re looking for structure, recovering from injuries, want to make more of an impact on the field, or got to the point where you’re not improving, then only world-class coaching is going to push you to get better. In fact, to hell with better. ‘Better’ didn’t win any medals. Working with me will get you to your best and help you stay there. Not to go all philosophical on you, but… I have a very profound way of working. And it works. My coaching isn’t just physical, it’s educational too, and this is the secret to the world’s most successful athletes. (It’s also why I host and deliver CPD events on Rehabilitation, physical conditioning and performance coaching to FitPros, NHS Physiotherapists and Pro Coaches, too…but now I’m just showing off) Working with me will give you the deepest understanding of your body and why certain incremental changes and tweaks are fundamental to your sporting success. Sam has come into the sport as an outsider and has done nothing but respect the sport and helped everyone in the sport he's met.  Thank you Sam for everything you have done in such a short period of time in American Football

James Cook  NFL International Football Development 🇬🇧 ▪️International Player Pathway ▪️NFL Academy Kent Exiles QB ◼◻ Adedayo Odeleye , 23 ( 6,6 / 250lbs) Pro Day Highlights  Skip to 0:50 https://www.nfl.com/news/meet-the-uk-players-on-the-2021-international-player-pathway-programme. These two are in a brand new time for the UK development pathway programme.  Points of Discovery  - COVID  - First Time in America  - First Time training 6/7 days a week - Pro Day  - Professional Scouting 

The One and Only Desmon Cooper - Recorded back in 2021. Look at what Desmond brought to light / life since this Podcast.

Coach Rob, Dylan and Golden catch up and talk about the Superbowl.

Ian Ellis First saw the game in 1984  on channel 4, Just like Russ Hewitt, Simon Hatcher.  The first team he joined was his local team Crawley Raiders, First position he played was Corner He gained a thirst to want to play when he got involved but due to the 80's -  there was a lot of limited knowledge which lead to gimmick offences where they would be phases of teams running the same offences. Had an opportunity to go to  Bethany college which was brand new college, then went to a Liberal art college. Sporting Involvement  State Size for Football was to drive 8 hours to a division 3 game   Played Rugby which tore his shoulder in 1992 than had it rebuilt  In 1992 world league - Had the chance to Stay in The United States- NFL Europe  Lead to Training camp Intern - Tampa 03  Key Events  94 camp intern  97 playoffs 98 olympians  99 Blitz dc  2000 Farnam  2008 HC Steve rains In short  Took the chance to Majored in Psychology  Major key in going to American was the education West Virginia Brought  all the knowledge back to UK  Applied it at Sussex Thunder  Applied it at Farnham Key Take aways from this conversation You must have the capacity to analyse sport science is key to growth in the sport all round development is the best make sure the foundation can take a - courve ball buy into people through  relationships regional events help so much more for team growth having a good off season - insular protection for the teams identity. - fit for purpose - develop coaches

AJ Wentland Teams Played for  Dresden Monarchs Kuipo Steelers  Swarco Raiders Tirol  Career up to this Point  Rockford - Chicago - FLat 9/10 Tackle football at Rockford -  Highschool scholarship to Division 2 St Louis - Played 4 seasons  All American NFL North Western Camp  (Local camp) Rookie Camp - 3 day camp- Chicago Bears  American Import moved to Europe on his own. High School Level IQ  Shoutout  Kyle Callahan - OC Raiders  Alex Haldane  Glenn Toonga  Kadel King Key Points  Innsbruck - COVID - testing once a week during the Pandemic ( recording time February 2021) The zone read drop  importance  USA - Passion - Different to UK  Hawk tackle  Expected to not prepared  Recruitment is a key foundation to getting the right people  Germany is great for coaching and Personnel  Degree in exercise Science Potential talent for Crossover Athletes - That Wrestled/Baseball/Football

Aaron Mahoney Jones  London Blitz/Birmingham Lions - RB Key Thing I gained from talking to Aaron  - The discipline of Judo -  Breaking Balance , Never Being Knocked Down. Maintaining Balance In All Areas. Key mentions Europe Warriors  American culture of an academy in community leagues  - created a natural healty competition  Academics - State schooling - Highschool  Players He Looks at For Technical Analysis. Zack Moss Devin Singe Alvin K Clyde HJ Aaron Jones  Special Mention to FZO-Sports , Chad Walrond , Eddie Onamade, Timi Oyelaja , Michel Iluyomade NFL Pathway Recommendation - Eddie Onamade Body Right , CFL Combine , UK Dukes  Aarons Sponsors  - Glenn / Jason  -Player Layer  -My protein

Superbowl Prediction  Dylan/Coach Rob/Sunshine and Golden all give our take on the Superbowl.  We recorded this episode before the Superbowl.  We've just finished our first series after the Superbowl and have chosen to upload everything now.

Matthew Davies reached out to me after the Neale McMaster show.  I can't thank him enough for his story, what he's done for GB American football as a whole. We Talk about his time at Edinburgh Napier, Glasgow Tigers Mental Toughness Junior Level Coaching Techniques  Networking - how much more beneficial it is to do this with coaching. England / Scotland Culture  Execution Take home note - Make sure - the dream is your dream and ambition, Make sure it is for yourself. Mentions  Amanda McDonald Jamie Charles Andy Mackintosh Pete Laird Nick Rockell Jason Scott Duncan Burford Rick Ayub Drew Anderson Jim Dorman Steven McCusker Darryn Trainor Rob Orr

One of the First BritBallers I saw posting content since coming back from his time in Europe.  I first knew of Courtney at Coventry and have paid attention ever since.  This Podcast we touch on the competition in Europe  Support Network COVID issues as an Import  Really good player, incredible teammate.  This guy needs a team in 2021 Leadership Mentions  EMMANUEL FALOLA Andy Owusu  Adam Biggs  Adam Gibson-

John Kenyon - Retired Professional American Football Player for the Potsdam Royals. Thrown in at QB and did that job that well got an Offer to Play QB abroad. We Speak on  Underachievement  Place for Talent  German League Team Structure  Anxiety  Different Approaches to Calming Nerves  'The Switch' Can't wait to have him back and talk more about Sport Psychology and its appliances of it in American Football.  Mentions  James Slack  Leroy Akpan  David Jennison 

Our Guest for this is Simon Hatcher With a background in the food industry, it is very interesting what parts can cross over that are good teaching points.   Here are some of the topics that  Dylan and Coach Rob talk to Coach Hatcher About:  How did Herts Happen   At what point did Herts finally have a culture built - team identity.  did it start with seeing a particular play in is it the confidence in the players that made it possible?  Speak on The Uniform - Who Designed the Kit - the numbers / all of it was like brought forward so that made a difference visually.  GB students Build it slowly - slow student take out the rigidity in a project or an idea and it helps solve problems   Commitment to a vision,  leadership,  story   The importance of players & player councils council   Making Mistakes and learning from them  Then uestioning how to correct the issue

Coach Hewitt is a pioneer in the Sport and I was very keen to have a conversation with Coach To see what parts you take from Planning and how you build structures that support themselves.  I talk to him about  Planning to complete the job  problem solving   foundations   frameworks   structure planning   structural process   Must have standards and techniques that are necessary  for on the field and off the field  Networking   How you must build small networks to help the larger network   The team structure Structure must be fun and have a recruitment pathway.  Coach Mentions   - Adam Lillis   - Graeme Thorpe   - Geoff Collins   - Richie Gray  - Andy Ryland Information  Volunteer American Football Coach for Southampton Solent University Redhawks (winter season) & Solent Seahawks (summer season)  - Offensive Coordinator U19 & HC of U17 Solent Thrashers American football team (2014-16)  London Warriors Urban American Football Program coach (2009-2013) ' Current Director of Competitions British American Football Association (BAFA 2015-Present)  Former President British American Football Coaches Association (BAFCA 2011-13)  Former Director of British American Football Association(BAFA 2007-08 & 2011-13)  5 time national champions (one at each adult level)  Championships = 1998 Southern Sundevils v Lancashire Wolverines -  Div 2 champions 2004 Southern Sundevils v Bristol Aztecs div 1a champs 2009 London Cobras v EKP -  Div 1 champions 2011-12 Portsmouth Destroyers v Birmingham Lions - BUAFL Champions  2013 London Warriors v London Blitz = BAFA Premiership 

This episode - Me and Sunshine chat to Calvin Stitt  - Starting Quarterback for the Copenhagen Towers  He's had a tremendous journey into the game being from England, Ben from the show who had played youth with Calvin, we touch what his approach is and how it helped him. Subjects include his  His journey to American and how that came about, being thrown at the game from the deep end  He talks about being ready before you need to be ready as a key to how everything he's done. He touches on the Import culture and how he's adjusted to European Life. His company - Calvin Stitt Performance has affiliations with Europe Top 11 - Elite  Calvin Stitt Performance  looks at helping anyone playing  WR - QB   aged 13-21 HE currently has 16 Kids signed up and is helping some prepare for the e nfl . cfl drafts and has ties to the ELF https://www.calvinstittcoaching.com/?fbclid=IwAR0t9VUOYL5F2yCNPDczfN-tPO1eF5s86-OEIdOk2nCZOugomD0gCNZZRIo Mentions  AJ Long Dylan Reed- WR for New Yorker Lions  Desmond Cooper -  Former NFL Player 🏈/Under Armour Athlete 🏆/ VP of ABFL- Antigua & Barbuda Football League Jabari Harris -https://europlayers.com/ViewProfileCoach.aspx?ProfileId=72220 Steve Calhoun - Coached ( Keenan Allen, Russell Wilson, Dak Prescott, Nick Foles, Jordan Love. Austyn Carta Samuels -CEO of Locked In Athlete

In this episode - I speak to Chris Peel ad we speak mainly about the ethos and community in American football and what's very special about the UK ethos and community. WE touch on how he got to play in Australia and his processes and networking which lead to him being successful. Chris has time playing for  has time playing for  Bradford Bears Doncaster Mustangs  Sydney Lions Yorkshire Rams  Western Crusaders  He has his very own twitch/game  streaming channel which is https://www.facebook.com/TuesdayGames/ Mentions  Paul Sherratt Luke Carlton Andy Sweeney  Martin Hilton  Jason Scott  Andrew Ogden  Edward winter  Ricky Powell 

Marcus Urbanski -  This chat is a fantastic conversation which Jason Selorey introduced me to Marcus  We sit and talk about the state of information given to people trying to develop further in American football.  What approaches he uses that are very unique in the industry.  Mentions  - https://www.a1elite.co.uk/who - Marcus Urbanksi - Europlayers. 

 My Guest for Episode 8 is Dominic Gould: GB Player at all levels, all standards. A Gold Standard to how to approach the game, A key reason to wanting to have Dominic on is to him living in North Korea.  We touch on the different approaches to COVID.  How he approached American football and how is that approach made.  - I saw Dominic Gould block 2 Kicks and put one Lineman out of a game. So I really wanted to touch on his approach and was it apart of Hertfordshire or was it made within. The harmonious approach to Football, but How IRON sharpens IRON and If the MIND IS IRON nothing will break it.  Special Mentions- University Draft Class - 2010-2015  -Gareth Davies - I would be very interested to hear about the Hertfordshire Hurricanes Culture and Gareths approach and how the Hurricane method has impacted him. -Dave Jennison -very interested to hear about the Hertfordshire Hurricanes Culture and his approach which has taken him to Europe. - John Kenyon - How was Loughborough and how is that different from Hertfordshire/Birmingham/Stirling and his psychological approach to football.  - Grant Isdale-  Stirling Clansman and one of the best athletes to come out of the UK University Draft.  - Dan Conroy. - Birmingham University Student, GB Student, GB adult player who is one of the best players I've ever seen.

My Guest for Episode 8 is Dominic Gould: GB Player at all levels, all standards. A Gold Standard to how to approach the game, A key reason to wanting to have Dominic on is to him living in North Korea.  We touch on the different approaches to COVID.  How he approached American football and how is that approach made.  - I saw Dominic Gould block 2 Kicks and put one Lineman out of a game. So I really wanted to touch on his approach and was it apart of Hertfordshire or was it made within. The harmonious approach to Football, but How IRON sharpens IRON and If the MIND IS IRON nothing will break it.  Special Mentions- University Draft Class - 2010-2015  -Gareth Davies - I would be very interested to hear about the Hertfordshire Hurricanes Culture and Gareths approach and how the Hurricane method has impacted him. -Dave Jennison -very interested to hear about the Hertfordshire Hurricanes Culture and his approach which has taken him to Europe. - John Kenyon - How was Loughborough and how is that different from Hertfordshire/Birmingham/Stirling and his psychological approach to football.  - Grant Isdale-  Stirling Clansman and one of the best athletes to come out of the UK University Draft.  - Dan Conroy. - Birmingham University Student, GB Student, GB adult player who is one of the best players I've ever seen.

Neale McMaster- GB u19's Headcoach Very very thankful for this conversation. I Was very apprehensive about my approach to this conversation but Thank you so much, Neale, for your time.  Takes from the conversation - Sports Psychology - The simpler the parts in the machine. The easier it is to manage, You can try to install culture but its not necessarily what you get back in return. Honourable mentions  - Ouse Valley Eagles  - GB Programme.  - Kent Exiles  -Adam Lillis  - Dan Maher  - Amanda McDonald. 

EPISODE RECORDED ON 16th January Jason Selormey came into my mind for this podcast because of Jordan Wetherill. Someone whom I played youth football with.  We touch on many different areas -  University Football GB Junior COVID Europlayers Experience  Marcus Urbanski - https://www.a1elite.co.uk/who His CFL combine experience  DSA  Chauncey Gardner Johnson