Jared Wilson, owner of JW Performance and former Head of Performance for NBA All-Star John Wall, joins the show to break down how he’s translating elite, one-on-one performance systems into a high-performance model for youth athletes.

Jared breaks down how he makes development decisions—starting with health, then skill, then outputs—and why identifying an athlete’s needs is critical for efficient development. He also drops incredible wisdom on how to consolidate stress, build schedules, and bring in aspects of medical care, nutrition, sleep, and recovery education for high-school athletes.

We dive into how Jared uses force plates as a system of checks and balances, the key metrics he focuses on, and how data can drive both results and retention.

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

05:02 Implementing High-Performance Training for High School Athletes

13:00 Stress Consolidation and Communication with Coaches

18:39 Case Study: Building an Athlete's Program + Schedule

20:54 Need Based Decision-Making

23:43 Hyper-Focused Development

36:05 Shifting Court Volume When Skill is a Superpower and Athleticism a Weakness

41:46 Utilizing Force Plates for Athlete Assessment

45:44 Training the Unweighting and Braking Phases

57:31 Choosing Your Sacrifices in Coaching

01:05:28 Life After Sports: Defining Success Beyond the Game

EP 51: Jared Wilson | Bringing High-Performance Training to Youth Athletes

The Strength In Numbers Podcast

EP 51: Jared Wilson | Bringing High-Performance Training to Youth Athletes