170. Stories from Tom Barbeau growing up with Igor Burdenko to stumbling into college football and now the NFL | Carolina Panthers, Return to Play Coordinator/Strength and Conditioning Assistant

Matt Tometz Performance Podcast

Tom Barbeau, going on year 5 with the Carolina Panthers, takes us through the coolest stories from his career so far.

-2:52 Fork in the road story: Quitting his last college basketball season to get into coaching, then switching to strength and conditioning

-6:21 Explaining the Burdenko Method and his connection to it

-13:08 Coolest/craziest story: experience of working with athletes like Cam Newton and Christian McCaffrey

-18:36 First return to play experience getting a hockey player back for a first round playoff game

-20:05 Stumbling into Power 5 football at Baylor, going from 1-11 to 11-3 2 years later

-27:04 What is about return to play that means a little bit more as a coach?

-29:12 Return to play case: NFL athlete setting PR after PR from simply adding in 1 extra off-day

-34:49 Full circle story: coaching along side his parents when they came down to consult for the Carolina Panthers

Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bxu_48WSO20

Contact Tom on social media @BarbeauTraining

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