IGCT Episode #279: Simon Taylor & Steve Nightingale "Smile In The Face of Adversity"

Summary: For Show Notes and Coach McKeefery's Website - http://www.RonMcKeefery.com Now Available on iTunes http://bit.ly/1bPlMei Pick up your copy of Coach McKeefery's #1 Amazon International Bestseller "CEO Strength Coach" - http://www.CEOStrengthCoach.com Please “Thank” our sponsors who bring this show to you for free:PLAE - http://plae.us/Samson - https://www.samsonequipment.comIron Grip - http://www.irongrip.com/Intek - https://intekstrength.com/Train Heroic - http://trainheroic.com/Gym Aware - https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.htmlWoodway - http://www.woodway.com/Versa Pulley - http://versaclimber.com/vp-versapulley/ Simon Taylor – UK high performance tennis centre in London, moved to Canada in 2011. Lead S&C coach and Director of Education at Twist Performance in Vancouver for 5 years prior to China. Then multiple national teams, primarily Table tennis and Weightlifting prior to Rio Olympics in 2016. Helped Ding Ning to gold and Shi Zhi Yong to gold. Then moved to figure skating for 2 seasons and helped Sui Wenjing ad Han Cong to Olympic silver, they narrowly missed out on gold by less than 0.5 points. Currently Simon was chosen by the COC to head up the new division called Team China, which is the all of the foreign support staff working with Olympic national teams.     Steve Nightingale - Following his graduation from University of Bedfordshire in 2009, Steve started teaching in a college in the UK, whilst also working with a semi-professional rugby team, and running private training in an MMA gym. In 2012, following the completion of his Masters degree in Strength and Conditioning (at Middlesex University, London), he moved to South Essex College to continue teaching, and at the same time took on the role of Head of Strength and Conditioning for the English Ice Hockey Association. During this time, he published several papers in Journal of Strength and Conditioning, Strength and Conditioning Journal, and the UKSCA Professional Strength and Conditioning Journal, as well as providing S&C and sports science support to the professional ice hockey team Coventry Blaze. In 2016, Steve was recruited by the Chinese Olympic Committee to work as the strength and conditioning coach for the female ice hockey program, and followed this with supporting the Chinese National Short Track Speed Skating team in the build up to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Following the Games, Steve was appointed as Assistant Director of Sports Performance Services of Team China, a Chinese Olympic Committee project designed to standardise and improve the provision of performance services to the Olympic sports teams. Steve is a council member on the NSCA Hockey Special Interest Group, and in 2018 he worked with Adam Douglas (York University/Hockey Canada) to contribute a chapter to the Routledge Handbook of Strength and Conditioning. In This Episode We Discuss: What experience in his journey impacted him the most, and Why.Biggest mistake he has made and how he learned from it.Misconceptions and truths about coaching in China. Working within a different culture. Program design for the Olympic Quad athlete.  Managing your ego when working with elite athletes and coaches.  Best piece of coaching advice he has ever received.His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation.