Book Private Volleyball Lessons with Coach Joshua
It’s more than having played a sport. It’s building the best human possible
It’s more than having played a sport. It’s building the best human possible
My first foray into sport began at 3 with the sport of baseball. It continued up to high school as I attempted to perfect a swing and throw the perfect curveball. At the age of 17 I dropped out of high school to pursue studies in health and fitness. Since then, I have learned under the best in the business in their respective fields: biomechanics, exercise physiology, sprinting, rehabilitation, strength, conditioning, nutrition and mental prep. Now, I'm 30 years hold and I've been a coach for 10. I have helped youth athletes deadlift 400 lbs and 75 year old arthritic clients be able to pick up a water bottle. My coaching spans many alleys and I've learned a lot over the years, but my passion has always lied with teaching young athletes how to navigate not only the world of general preparation / fitness, but sports performance, mental resiliency and regulation. I've worked with baseball athletes, lacrosse athletes, and professional mma / bjj athletes. My expertise lies in dynamic sports like these where size and muscle aren't what's going to get you to win - what is, is a complete approach only known to those who have coached, been coached, and exhaustingly left behind what wasn't useful and perfected what is. My coaching is holistic: we approach every session with intent. We perform things such as breath work / down regulation, at times meditation. We run, sprint, twist, throw, and lift heavy things. We do this in an environment that doesn't accept half-commitments, but is always willing to adjust on a day as needed and listen to you when you tell us something. Let me know and let's get going building the best person you can be.
Salt Lake City, UT
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Get to know Coach Joshua
About Me:
High school baseball - until I dropped out
Boxing - amateur for 4 years
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - amateur for 1 year
How I can help you improve your game:
- GPP - general physical preparedness. I don't think you'll find programming that is as adaptable and precise as we have. 10 years of experimentation and collaboration, countless hours of study and work. We know how to get you to move well, feel good, feel better, stronger, faster and bigger.
- mental performance - we use various breath work techniques as well as meditation in order to enhance the physical training that we do. Physical is not separate from mental prep.
- listening - we are coaches. We listen for a living. Our goal is to be in constant communication with you. If something in the programming needs to change, we do it. If your recovery is lacking, we give you resources. If you need to adjust a workout for the day, we do that for you. Collaboration is our biggest asset.
What a typical training session looks like with me:
Whiteboard - our session will be written on the whiteboard, we will discuss the details and nuance of the session. Any questions, comments or changes can be made right here.
Warm-up - we have cardio equipment, everyone's warm-up is different. Sometimes it's joint specific training, sometimes it's low level plyo's, sometimes it's sprint warm-ups. All depends on the athlete's needs
The work - the work is performed with a coach watching over. Adjustments are made, percentages / weights are tracked for progress, details about the lifts or the exercises are demoed and discussed.
The finish - we finish with a conversation about the session, what worked and what didn't work. After brutal sessions, we will have a cool down or breath work / meditation, but it all depends on the day. Any accessory / auxillary work is done before this.
Career summary and accomplishments:
- 10 years of experience - worked with everyone from 12 year old youth athletes to 75 year old elderly clients - studied various aspects of health / human performance from experts in their respective fields - worked with baseball, basketball, lacrosse, professional mma fighters / bjj athletes and dancers - owner and founder of Affekt Training - a multi-disciplinary private training space dedicated to real-life human performance training (since 2021)
Best coach I ever had:
Probably my father. At times, we butted heads, of course. What he taught me more than anything was to bend but not break. I learned from an early age that I needed to outwit, outwork and outmaneuver. I needed to listen better. This led me on the path that I am on today, regarding holistic sports performance: everything from breath work, meditation, to health / longevity related research as well as how to get big, strong and athletic.
It all started with the simple question: how can I be better. I ask that of myself everyday to this day.
What athletes and parents should know about me:
My coaching is multi-disciplinary, and precise. A lot of sports performance coaches rely on old data, never having experimented and perfected a system as opposed to copying it. What we do is what matters because my goal is to get you to be the best person you can be, not just the best athlete you can be.
The environment we harbor is one of hard work, dedication and more than anything: adaptability. We are coaches. We listen and adjust on a day as needed, we see movements / discrepancies and we aim to fix them. We see an athlete who needs to lift heavy, we lift heavy. We see an athlete who needs to move better, we get them to move better.
Our goal is to make our system the most cohesive, adaptable and precise that it can be. Our goal is to make our coaching the best resource possible for you to be a better person.
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