Emily is a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has been focusing research on sports specialization and its impact on just athletes but also others that are involved around the athlete. Within the lab group that Emily is a part of they have been focusing on sports specialization in many aspects and continuing to try and better understand its larger impact.

In this episode, Emily talks about a specific aspect of that research, collegiate coaches perception of sports specialization. This is a group that isn’t often included in the conversation around sports specialization but ultimately, can have a huge impact on how specialized athletes need to become in order to make it to the next level. Emily shares what she learned in the process and what future research looks like to better understand the demands and also how it impacts athletic trainers.

In This Episode:

+What do college coaches think about sports specialization?

+Getting good at your sport vs. creating a ceiling

+Future research on sports specialization

+How does sports specialization related to athletic trainers

+A definition of sports specialization

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Twitter: @emilysrygler (https://twitter.com/EmilySrygler )

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@: edcampbell2@wisc.edu

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I really think that is the key, if you’re not getting enough sleep and not exercising you can feel awful and thats not a formula for a good life.

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Jonathan is an athletic trainer who has spent most of his career in either the secondary setting or the industrial setting. He has plenty of experience in both but more recently he has been building a new occupational health program and creating new service lines and customers along the way.

In this episode, we talk about starting this program from the beginning. What Jonathan has learned along the way and things he wishes he would have known when he started. There are many factors that go into finding interested parties and then the contract process and Jonathan discusses some key points he has picked up along the way. If you’re interested in the industrial setting this is a great episode to get some insight and learn a lot about this setting.

In This Episode:

+Defining the industrial setting

+Process of starting an industrial service line

+Dealing with the contract process

+Demonstrating value in workers compensations savings

+Understanding how big the company is and what they do on a larger scale

+Connecting with people who’s job are in this setting

Connect with Jonathan

FB: https://www.facebook.com/jon.ekhoff

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-ekhoff-6018a163/

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