137. Sharing the Biggest Stories from My Undergrad and Master's/Thesis, Hosted by Mike Sullivan

Matt Tometz Performance Podcast

5:04 One choice I intentionally made during freshman orientation at Truman State that ended up changing it all

7:59 Opportunity to train my advisor's son and friend for sprinting, and why I almost said no

11:24 Making it happen and doing speed training for my teammates (baseball and softball teams) after my internship

13:39 Walking into TCBoost and applying for an internship

16:47 My thought process for applying to grad schools

*18:28 How the relationship I had with my advisor turned into a fully paid graduate assistantship

22:10 Not really knowing all what my graduate assistantship was going to be and the vagueness of doing a "sport science graduate assistantship"

22:42 Experiences in both academia sport science vs applied sport science

23:34 First experiences at TCU in the Sport Science Center

29:39 Story of how one conversation turned into working with the Beach Volleyball team came to be

31:18 Explaining my thesis project and manuscript

33:34 Advice for people that know they're in the right field but don't know what they specifically want to do

38:57 Main points/lessons from going through my undergrad/grad journey: good grades are the minimum, it's a push and pull, it's about who knows you, and people can't help you if they don't know where you want to go

45:04 Where I see myself 1, 5, 10 years down the road

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