As an athletic development coordinator for U.S. Ski & Snowboard, Josh Bullock ’03, ’11 has many responsibilities. Over the last five years, his role has evolved to include many aspects—coach, applied sports scientist, rehabilitation specialist, partnership facilitator, and more. However, each facet comes with the same charge: to develop, improve, and protect the performance of elite athletes.
Based in Park City, Utah, U.S. Ski & 单板滑雪是美国滑雪和单板滑雪运动的奥林匹克国家管理机构. As of 2021, the organization represents nearly 200 elite skiers and snowboarders competing in seven teams; alpine, cross country, freeski, freestyle, snowboard, and Nordic combined and ski jumping.
In addition to the elite teams, U.S. Ski & 单板滑雪板还为全国成千上万的年轻滑雪者和单板滑雪者提供领导和指导，并授权国家队, clubs, coaches, parents, officials, volunteers, and fans who are committed to the progression of its sports.
在他的角色，布洛克指导运动发展和表现的各个方面为美国.S. Freestyle Mogul team. On February 6, Jaelin Kauf, one of his athletes, 在2022年北京冬奥会上获得银牌，这是该国自2014年以来在女子滑雪项目上获得的首枚奖牌.
Bullock says his time as a student-athlete and, later, 威尼斯人平台的一名员工为他成功的体育事业奠定了基础.
A game-changing opportunity
作为一名文科专业的学生和雷德兰兹橄榄球队的后卫, 布洛克立志成为一名体育老师. 但是当体育主任杰夫·马丁内斯在2002年聘请斯科特·弗里克作为威尼斯人平台的第一位头部力量和体能教练时, Bullock was introduced to an entirely new career path.
“From that point on, I knew I didn’t want to be a P.E. teacher anymore,” he recalled. “(有了力量和体能)我知道我可以参与很多运动——高中时我是三项运动的运动员，总的来说我很喜欢运动. 运动表现训练让我捕捉到了这一切，它改变了我的人生轨迹.”
With Fricke’s guidance, 布洛克提高了自己的运动成绩，并学会了如何管理健身中心和与学生运动员合作. When Fricke decided to leave the University in 2006, he called Bullock and recommended he to apply for the job.
“杰夫(马丁内斯)和搜索委员会信任一个以前从未做过头部力量和体能教练的人来接管这个项目. 布洛克说:“一旦你的简历上有这样的职位，它就会改变游戏规则。.
As the head strength and conditioning coach at Redlands, Bullock managed the fitness center, which included planning and organizing events, overseeing the budget, maintaining the building and its equipment, leading personnel decisions, drafting and implementing policies and procedures, and more. 他还领导了一个重新设计和重建boneyyard(牛头犬学生运动员使用的户外训练设施)的项目，并与Muscle Milk达成了赞助协议, 并与教练合作招募和留住学生运动员. At the same time, 布洛克开始发展他的研究和教学技能，通过贡献力量和调节出版物, giving presentations at conferences, 并向新生讲授有关运动表现的一年级研讨会.
“Josh is a Bulldog,” Martinez said. “I knew that Redlands meant a lot to him. 虽然他可能缺乏经验，但他并不缺乏奉献精神和渴望. 让他在这里成功的特质也让他在其他地方成功.”
Following his five years working at Redlands, Bullock was hired by three subsequent schools to develop, implement, and direct strength and conditioning programs. One was the Killington Mountain School in Killington, 佛蒙特州一所冬季学期的滑雪学院，让他对滑雪的机制和冬季运动表现有了细致的了解.
An innovative partnership
Bullock continues to blaze his own trail at U.S. Ski & 雪板和最近促进了与山间医疗tosh -骨科专科医院的创新合作伙伴关系. 这项合作利用了TOSH的运动科学实验室来测试运动员的动作，以收集数据，帮助他们从受伤中恢复，并加强他们的训练计划，以获得竞争优势.
布洛克说，由于其跨学科的性质，这种伙伴关系对两个组织都是互利的. Intermountain拥有精密的测试设备和堪称典范的生物力学家的工作, Bill McDermott, PhD. With the insight from the lab and McDermott's collaboration, Bullock is discovering new ways to approach, build, 并在指导美国顶级运动员的同时实施不同方面的身体准备.S. Ski & Snowboard.
According to a recent Intermountain news release, 该实验室使用高速3D运动捕捉传感器，该传感器连接在运动员的身体和地板上，以分析他们的运动. While they navigate a series of exercises, 高灵敏度的摄像头可以追踪它们的身体运动，并看到人眼无法看到的缺陷.
第一次参加奥运会的基灵顿山威尼斯人平台的校友汉娜·萨伊在四年前脚踝受伤后受益于这次合作. 体育科学团队确定她偏爱一只脚踝而不是另一只脚踝，并调整了她的训练计划，以优化她的动作，为2022年北京冬奥会滑雪障碍赛做准备.
布洛克在雷德兰兹学会了管理合同和建立伙伴关系, both as a coach and a student in the School of Business & Society’s Master of Art in Management program. 他把自己在牛津大学的时光视为“一切的起点”.”
“When I was at Redlands, 有一种观点认为，没有什么能阻止你成功,” he says. “It was the only option. 我培养了成长和坚持的能力，这就是斗牛犬对我的意义.”
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