Hein Kriek is a Professional rugby coach, currently working as head coach of the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport Rugby International Institute. He has coached professionally in multiple countries and joins us to discuss coaching in foreign cultures following the recent appointment of Thoms Tuchel to coach the English Men’s Football team. There’s lots in this for non-rugby and football fans though, with many lessons on leadership and for the workplace.

(00:00) Introduction

(03:46) Interview Starts

(05:00) Coaching Future Springboks

(06:33) How Do We Know What Players Are Worth Financially?

(08:56) Off Field Factors That Impact Value in Rugby

(11:45) Differences Between Leagues in Value of Players

(14:29) Team Makeup and Player Profiles

(20:25) Mavericks in Sport

(22:34) Spotting and Nurturing Talent

(24:34) Challenges of Coaching in Foreign Cultures

(26:57) Difficulties of Coaching Overseas When Things Aren’t Going Well

(29:33) What Was The Appeal of Coaching in Different Cultures

(32:33) Lessons from Coaching in Different Cultures

(35:55) How Does a Coach Deal with Different Environments

(39:44) Leading in High Performance Environments

(47:52) Culture and Perspective

(51:22) Building the Foundation of Success

(61:21) A Crazy Game of Rugby

(63:34) Commonalities and Differences from Coaching Environments Hein has Been in

(67:01) Welcome to the Big League Moments

(68:23) Worst Loss Hein has Ever Had

(69:45) Moments that Make it Worth it

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Links to Hein:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hein-kriek/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hein_kriek?igsh=MXRwNG5uMnNwNGhtNg==

Hein’s Website: https://www.thefinalpass.com/

Article Mentioned

https://thefinalpass.com/leadership-in-high-performance-environments

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Episode 37 covers some updates to WADA’s banned list, the impact of caffeine on sleep and half marathon time prediction. We also briefly discuss Grand Slam Track’s venue announcements, Neymar hits the doctor’s office and we cover a bunch of community shoutouts and listener questions.

(00:00) Introduction

(01:50) David’s Background

(10:04) David’s Training

(12:00) Xylon’s Update

(17:50) Community Shoutouts

(22:48) Listener Question on Bone Stress Injuries

(25:30) Calcium Supplementation

(28:39) Listener Question on Kelvin Kiptum’s Potential

(36:00) Grand Slam Track Venues

(38:59) Prediction of Half Marathon Times

(46:35) Updates on WADA Banned List for 2025

(49:50) Caffeine and Impacts on Sleep

(56:53) Doctor’s Office - Neymar

(63:17) November’s 1% Better Challenge

(64:30) What We are Watching

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Articles on Predicting Half Marathon Pace

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38685085/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37534223/

2025 Banned Substance List

https://www.usada.org/spirit-of-sport/new-2025-wada-prohibited-list/

Article on Caffeine and Sleep

https://academic.oup.com/sleep/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sleep/zsae230/7815486?login=false

Article on Hamstring Injuries Post ACL Reconstruction

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34709603/

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This week the episode focuses on a listener question about the determinants of endurance performance. Before this, we briefly recap the New York Marathon and cover our usual segments including the Doctor’s Office where we touch on concussion, concussion protocols and CTE.

(00:00) Introduction

(02:51) Xylon’s Injury Update

(06:00) David’s Recovery from Valencia Half Marathon

(13:00) Community Shoutouts

(14:30) New York Marathon Review

(23:39) Listener Question Determinants of Endurance Performance

(26:42) VO2Max

(31:02) VO2Max and Longevity

(33:57) Economy/Efficiency

(37:14) Threshold

(39:19) Critical Pace/Critical Power/FTP

(39:58) Lactate

(44:25) Durability/Fatigue Resistance

(46:10) Factors Impacting Durability/Fatigue Resistance

(47:47) Fuel Sources and Fatigue

(52:44) Predicting Marathon Time and Breaking 2hrs

(53:17) Threshold

(54:43) Predicting Marathon Time and Breaking 2hrs

(60:12) Doctor’s Office - Concussion Protocols

(65:22) November’s 1% Better Challenge

(68:24) What We are Watching

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Article on Physiology of Endurance Performance

https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/jphysiol.2007.143834

Article on the Differences Between Men and Women

https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1113/JP272268

Article on Physiology of 2hr Marathon

https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00647.2020?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org

Article on Durability as the Fourth Dimension of Endurance Performance

https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP284205

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