NSCA’s Coaching Podcast, Episode 36: Cory Kennedy

Cory Kennedy, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at the Institut National du Sport du Québec in Montreal, talks to the NSCA Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Scott Caulfield, about the importance of monitoring athletes and the equipment used to keep track of their well-being.

Cory Kennedy, CSCS, is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at the Institut National du Sport du Québec in Montreal, which is one of Canada’s Olympic training institutes. In his current role, he helps support a variety of teams and individual athletes on their Olympic journey through strength and conditioning, monitoring, and other testing support. Diving and women’s hockey are two teams he is heavily involved with right now.

Follow Cory on Twitter and Instagram: @coryksandc | Find Scott on Twitter: @scottcaulfield

“That number doesn’t matter if you don’t know what the [force] plate is telling you.” 11:30

“Monitoring doesn’t really matter if it’s not helping your athletes win.” 14:15

“I always try to explain to the athlete that I am responsible for the result every time. I’ve found in the past that athletes feel pressured; when a measure doesn’t go up, sometimes they get down on themselves.” 20:19

“A master’s [degree] is non-negotiable.” 31:58

“Get connected, talk to people, and try to volunteer as much as you can.” 33:04

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