Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for episode 42!
Today’s guest is coach James Davis III, Doctor of Physical Therapy and strength and conditioning coach with more than 15 years of experience at many levels, including the NBA.
Currently he is the Head Performance Coach at Overtime Elite, an Atlanta-based basketball league aimed at offering "the world’s most talented young basketball players a better pathway to becoming professional athletes”
The league recruits high school juniors and seniors, as well as "post-grad" players up to the age of 20 years old.
Many stars and NBA players has invested into the league, including Devin Booker, Klay Thompson and Trae Young
Some of the topics we touched on are :
1:20 Background
3:30 Being a performance coach
6:45 Working in the NBA
9:00 Biggest challenges in the NBA
10:30 Being ready to be “like water”
11:00 Overtime Elite Basketball
13.30 Day-to-day duties at OTE
15:30 Weekly meeting
19:00 Philosophy
25:30 Stress management
27:30 How to hold young athletes accountable
30:00 Rapid Fire Questions
Find James:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-h-davis-iii-pt-dpt-ms-cscs-rscc-pes-ces-smtc-ab43b859/Find me:
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