{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Elitefts SPP: Ted Perlak Interview","description":"Ted Perlak\r\nAssistant Athletic Director for Strength & Conditioning\r\nUniversity of Delaware\r\n\r\nHow Ted Got Started in\r\nDevelopment of Your Staff\r\nSport Coach Relationships\r\nStarting Over of as a New Coach\r\nDurability\r\nFive Things every coach wants and every athlete needs\r\nAdjusting the facility\r\nCommunication at the beginning of the year to add buy-in\r\nThe lost art of technique\r\nNot what you emphasis it what you tolerate and what you allow\r\nIts about Progress\r\nThe Four "Knows" of Programming\r\nWhy you Eat the Frog First\r\nFitting exercises in the Training template\r\nBack to Front Approach\r\nThe Conjugated Tier System under Prilepin's Table\r\nTraining Schedules\r\nTwo 2-Week Microcycle\r\nCollision vs Contact vs Non-Contact Sports\r\nPreparing for Practice\r\nUsing Velocity Based Training In-Season\r\nSS Yoke bar and Chains for squat progressions\r\nExpecting the Worse to be surprised\r\nNutrition with Athletes\r\nThe added benefits of Velocity based Training\r\nWhat is the biggest challenge with Freshman\r\nWhat Coach Perlak does to make himself a better coach\r\nThe internet and strength & conditioning\r\nThere are two types of strength coaches\r\nAdvice for Young Strength Coaches\r\nWhat Ted Learned from Joe DeFranco\r\nPersonalities and Communications\r\n\r\nElitefts™ Sports Performance Podcast on iTunes\r\nArticles by Ted Perlak\r\nThe Ted Perlak File\r\nTed Perlak, who spent the last 12 years as a strength & conditioning coach at the NCAA Division I level, has been named head strength and conditioning coach at the University of Delaware, Director of Athletics and Recreation Services Eric Ziady announced Friday.\r\nPerlak, who most recently worked as strength &\u2008conditioning coach at Colonial Athletic Association newcomer Elon University, will begin his tenure at Delaware on\u2008May 19.\r\n“We are excited to have Ted join the Blue Hens family and serve as the leader of our strength and conditioning program,” said Ziady. “This position is critical to the success of our athletics teams here at Delaware and we are confident that Ted’s knowledge and innovation in this area along with his hard work and dedication will help prepare our student-athletes for great success on the playing fields.”\r\nAt Delaware, Perlak will be responsible for the strength and conditioning efforts for Delaware's 21 sports programs and nearly 600 student-athletes, designing and implementing strength and conditioning plans for all of the Blue Hen men's and women's athletic teams. His primary role will be working with the UD football and volleyball programs.\r\n“It’s a great honor to be named the head strength & conditioning coach at the University of Delaware,” said Perlak. “During the interview process I had the opportunity to see the vision of the administration and it is something I’m excited to be a part of. The opportunity to work with Coach (Dave) Brock and his staff along with all the other coaches makes this 100 percent a place my family and I want to be. I can’t wait to get started.”\r\nPerlak spent the 2013-14 season at Elon, a current member of the\u2008Southern Conference that sponsors 17 intercollegiate sports, including football. The Phoenix will join the CAA as a full-time member in all sports this fall.\r\n“I am really excited to welcome Ted and his family to the University of Delaware,” said Brock, who will begin his second season as head coach this fall. “This hire represents a great opportunity to upgrade one of the most critical areas of all successful football programs. I can't wait for Ted to get going with our players as we enter the summer phase of our strength and conditioning.”\r\nPerak previously spent eight seasons at Fordham University, including the last six seasons as the head strength and conditioning coach. While at the Bronx, N.Y. school, he worked closely with the football, basketball, soccer, softball, and track and field teams.\r\nPrior to his stint at Fordham, Perlak served as the director of strength and conditioning at Iona College for two years. While at Iona, he was responsible for the design, implementation and coaching of all varsity athletic programs. He also supervised and organized staff participation in off-season and preseason workout sessions.\r\nPerlak served as the strength and conditioning coordinator at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pa., in 2004 where he designed and executed the strength and conditioning program. He was also responsible for off-season and preseason workouts.\r\nPerlak has been involved with the United States Olympic Training Center, serving as a strength and conditioning resident intern from January until May of 2004. In that role he assisted the staff in developing and implementing programs for Olympic, Olympic hopefuls, Pan-American, and Paralympic individual athletes and national teams.\r\nA 2001 graduate of Worcester (Mass.) State College, Perlak was a four-year starter and two-time captain with the football team before earning a bachelor's degree in health science with a concentration in exercise science.\r\nFollowing a year in which he served as the strength and conditioning coordinator at his alma mater, Perlak worked at Temple University as an assistant and earned his master's degree in sport administration there in 2004.\r\nA native of Pittsfield, Mass., Perlak and his wife, Christine, have a daughter, Rueby Mae.\r\nUniversity of Delaware Athletics","author_name":"Elitefts Sports Performance Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/eliteftssportsperformance.libsyn.com","html":"