Podcast with Keegan Smith & Patrick Lane | How To Be An NRL Strength Coach
How do you become an NRL strength coach? A question I’m often asked and I have answered again here.
I thought it might be helpful to share the story of Patrick Lane. I met Pat in 2013 at a Strength Essentials workshop (which was the pre-cursor to the RealMVMNT Level 1 which sold out in 1 day earlier this year in Sydney).
The sound is a little quiet on the YouTube and Vimeo versions but it’s 100% on the SoundCloud Version.
IN THE RealMVMT PODCAST WE COVER:
Developing junior athletes with Real Strength Blocks
Patty’s first Strength Coach experiences in the Souths Rugby League system
Who Pat learns from
The importance of mentors
Pat’s future in Strength
The first thing I did as a personal trainer was glorify the “PERSONAL TRAINER”, and probably the most important thing I did was to take responsibility to reconditionate my injury itself
Patrick Lane
Later that year I was looking for an intern and someone to work with the U16’s Sydney Rooster’s team. Pat was the first guy I thought of and he accepted the role which ultimately meant he quit his masters in High Performance to work full-time with myself and Sam Kennedy on the strength staff at the Roosters under Travis Touma (Head of Performance) and Trent Robinson (Head Coach).
Working with Sam and Pat was hugely enriching for me. They brought new ideas and enthusiasm in the way interns should and were ready to do the work whenever it was available. Both their teams implemented strength beyond the levels it had been implemented before with the U16’s and U18’s teams and both teams achieved results that hadn’t been achieved before.
As a result of this success both of them attained full-time positions for 2014 working with NRL and U20’s teams despite me leaving the club. This shows they were able to establish respect and value throughout the organisation during this first year.
What’s special about Patrick Lane that has helped him achieve what thousands of other graduates and PhD’s are unable to achieve?
Pat loves strength and performance as deeply as anyone I’ve come across. This passion is infectious for all those who work with him, staff and athletes
Pat lifts – he was lucky to get started with Seb Oreb in his early days and had already deadlifted 260kg (with straps before he was 20!
Pat doesn’t know it all – he’s constantly learning from Charles Poliquin, Dan Baker, Christian Woodford, Scott Campbell and plenty more..
Pat was financially able to work for next to no $ for a year. He even quit his PT job to focus 100% on becoming an NRL Strength Coach!