{"id":23916,"date":"2024-03-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/?post_type=podcast&p=23916"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:16:10","slug":"were-not-trying-to-be-coaches-were-trying-to-be-supportive-of-a-unified-message","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/were-not-trying-to-be-coaches-were-trying-to-be-supportive-of-a-unified-message\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re Not Trying to Be Coaches \u2013 We\u2019re Trying to Be Supportive of a Unified Message\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Ryan Alexander of Atlanta United came on the People Behind the Tech Podcast to discuss understanding the demands of the team, player profiling and brain training.<\/p>\n \n \n \n

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\u201cEverything is based upon the game for us,\u201d said Ryan Alexander.<\/h6>\n

\u201cUnderstanding how the physical demands and fitness is going to be interpreted on the field as it is going to relate to the technical and tactical execution of a certain style of play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alexander, the Director of Sports Science at Atlanta United, was speaking to John Portch and Joe Lemire on the People Behind the Tech podcast ahead of the new MLS season, which began in late February.<\/p>\n

He also spoke about the club\u2019s groundbreaking work with i-Brain Tech, a neurofitness training aid that has transformed their skills and cognitive training and led to players having \u201chigher levels of conversations with their technical coaches”.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Alexander explored:<\/p>\n

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  • Finding the level of confidence in the data to challenge or support [9:30];<\/li>\n
  • Knowing when to take calculated risks with players [18:00];<\/li>\n
  • How i-Brain has been integrated into the players\u2019 training plans [27:00];<\/li>\n
  • His efforts to meet players and coaches at their ‘level’ when it comes to data [35:30].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n