Joel P Smith

Joel Smith is the founder of Just Fly Sports Performance, and host of the Just Fly Performance Podcast, an online resource for coaches and athletes. Joel is a former strength coach at the University of California, Berkeley, and additionally, has 17 years of experience coaching track and field on the NCAA, club and private level. A lifelong student of human performance, Joel has achieved NAIA All-American status as a track and field competitor and has been blessed with the opportunity to facilitate the training process of a great number of athletes, personally and remotely. His results have included NCAA D1 and D3 track and field champions, American, and Master's World records. As a strength coach, Joel has been blessed to play a role in the preparation of World and Olympic Champions and NCAA championship teams. Ultimately, results are important, but to Joel, the journey is what matters the most. In addition to typical coaching duties, Joel spends time volunteer coaching local youth soccer. In the academic space, Joel has spent time doing published research in biomechanics, lecturing college courses in athletic development, and has written for numerous blogs and training outlets. He has found mentorship from industry leaders in strength and speed training, biomechanics, and motor learning, and has enjoyed the process of integrating the knowledge into his own practical system of movement and performance training.