Develop Your Knowledge, Coaching Skill And Business Over The Next 4 Months, All Within The World Of Combat Sports
Welcome to the ultimate mentorship program for strength and conditioning coaches in combat sports. Are you ready to take your business and coaching skills to the next level and help your fighters increase their performance? Look no further, because my Coach Mentorship Program is designed to provide you with the knowledge, tools, and support you need to become the best coach you can be.
Do You Want To Work With Fighters?
With the rapid growth in popularity of combat sports and martial arts in recent years this has come with an increase in the amount of opportunities available to coaches who want to work within these sports whether it be MMA, Boxing, BJJ, Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, etc.....
With more and more fighters looking to find the extra 1% to improve their performance and develop themselves within the sport, strength and conditioning is now a permanent feature in most fighters programs.
The challenge however is that there is very little clear and concise information out there as to how best prepare these fighters in the gym for the demands of their sport.
This is where this mentorship program looks to help fill this gap. I have been working with professional fighters across a multitude of sports for the past 8 years. This has included with professional organisations such as GB Boxing & GB Taekwondo, but also privately with fighters who represent at the highest level such as UFC, PFL, Bellator, WAKO and more.
This 4 month mentorship is designed to give you the practical information you need to coach athletes at this level along with the scientific rationale and literature to help you make decisions in areas such as programming and planning.
In this mentorship program you will learn how to, build a successful business that revolves around training the athletes you want to work with, adopting an adaptation based approach to training which ensures you have full confidence your programs do exactly what you say they do, an understanding of energy system development and programming conditioning work, how to peak and taper your athletes around competitions, the nuances in programming for different combat sports, all of this and much much more.
About Your Mentor
James Langford
My name is James Langford and I have been working in the field of high performance strength and conditioning for over 8 years and within coaching for over 12 years.
Although my journey in professional sport started off in Rugby I have been fortunate to work with elite level combat sport athletes since 2017.
This has involved working directly with fighters competing in MMA organisations such as UFC, PFL and Bellator, I have worked with both professional and amateur boxers who have fought for their respective titles and I have been fortunate to support Kickboxing World Champions, Karate World Champions and elite Muay Thai fighters.
Not only this but I have also worked within organisations such as GB Taekwondo and GB Boxing supporting athletes to medals at both Olympic & Paralympic games, World Championships, Commonwealth Games, European Games and more.
How The Mentorship Is Delivered
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Weekly Webinars
The goal of the weekly presentations are to give you a comprehensive learning experience. Covering various areas of strength and conditioning related to combat sports and martial arts you will gain exposure to an array of topics and acquire a holistic understanding of the physical development of combat sport athletes.
All webinars are recorded to be watched back at your own convenience.
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Monthly Performance Calls
At the onset of the mentorship you will have a 1-1 call with myself to shape out your own development plan for the next 16 weeks. Each month we will have a further call to ensure the development points highlighted remain front and centre of your focus.
These calls are designed to challenge your current way of thinking and give you work to go away and do in your own time.
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Networking
As part of this mentorship you will meet like-minded coaches who are in the same position as yourself. You will have access to a supportive community of like-minded individuals who understand the challenges and opportunities specific to your role.
You will also get the opportunity to speak to the guest presenters following their webinars and ask them any specific questions you might have.
Mentorship Content
The goal of this mentorship is to give you as a coach the confidence and clarity when it comes to building and running a business working with fighters, writing programs, talking with coaches and understanding the demands of combat sports.
When talking with younger coaches I often find the questions I tend to get asked are regarding exercise selection (eg. what exercise should I use for), loading parameters (eg. how many sets and reps for), or when to introduce systems (eg. would you use french contrast).
The problems with questions like these are they show a lack of understanding of the basic principles of adaptation and a lack of understanding of the sport.
If you have a clear understanding of the adaptation process, demands of the sport and requirements of your athlete then questions like this essentially become obsolete.
This is where our 16 week syllabus aims to cover all the key areas and fundamental principles of physical preparation for combat sport. As part of these presentations you will take a deep dive in to the literature around the demands of combat sports, listen to real world case studies on athlete preparation and get guest lectures from coaches at the forefront of combat sport preparation.
Coach Feedback
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I know if this works for me?
If the mentorship is something you are interested in then the next step is for us to have an informal chat over the phone. This is then where you can ask any questions you have and together we can establish if the mentorship is right for you and you are a good fit for it. Please submit an enquiry form and I will be in touch to book your call.
Is there a payment plan?
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Absolutely, there are a number of payment methods and structures available to make the mentorship as accessible as possible.
When does the mentorship begin?
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The mentorship has very clear start and finish dates. This allows all students to begin at the same time and for a community to be built with all students on the mentorship. Please contact me for the next mentorship start date.
Can I get my money back if I don't like it?
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Absolutely. If after your initial onboarding call with myself you decide that actually this mentorship program is not what you are looking for then you can step away and receive a full refund of whatever payment you have made.