How Do You Get Your Foot In The Door

For Your First Full-Time Sport RD Job

Dave Ellis, RD, CSCS Rob Skinner, RD, CSSD, CSCS

• Understand the landscape of emerging full-time Sports RD jobs across Military, Olympic, College and Professional sports in the United States.

• Identify the unique skill sets and challenges that might make you a better fit in one of these settings over the other.

• How to create a Vision of Value for what you can deliver when an advocate has been identified in the organization who can get you to the table!

• Staying grounded on the challenges that exist for first ever full-time Sports RDs with many organizations.

• NOTE: Session 12b on Saturday will focus on major league baseball.

Friday May 13th • Session 10b • 1–2 PM • Registered Dietitian (R.D.)

via Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics • Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (C.S.C.S.) via National Strength & Conditioning Association (Nutrition SIG Co-Founder) • Master Level V Certified Hockey Coach via USA Hockey • Advisor: USADA, USA Hockey, MLB Strength & Coaches Society • American Egg Board, NSF, The Right Stuff, ZeaVision

719/502/1276•dave_ellis@mac.comwww.daveellisbio.com • facebook.com/dave.r.ellis • http://twitter.com/fuelingtactics

www.sportsrd.org

33rdYearOfPrac5ce

David Ellis, RD, CSCS3

First President / Ambassador

2009 CPSDA Founders: Chicago 6Rob Skinner, Amy Bragg, Cheryl Zonkowski, Amy Freel, James Harris, Randy Bird

“Sports RD” Vision: Be acknowledged as the organization that established nutrition to be on par with Sports Medicine and Strength & Conditioning

Full-Time Compensation For Support Service Directors!

Athletic TrainerATC

Strength & ConditioningCSCS, CSCCa

Nutrition + Psych

Admin/OpsCulinary

High Performance, Ex. Phys, Body Comp.

MS, PhD Ex. Sci.

• In 2010, RDs’ salaries in general were found to be 40% to 45% less than salaries of other non-physician health professionals ($24 / Hr.). Incomes range from $47,000 (clinical) to $69,000 (food-nutrition management) for CDR-credentialed dietetics practitioners.

2013NFL

Sports RD

100K+

2016

2014 Deregulated Feeding!

Better Doping Control & Practical Rules On Dietary Supplements

NCAASportsScienceIns0tute&Compe00veSafeguardsCommi9ee

BrianHainlineJohnParsons

2005 SUPER BOWL NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS TEAM ONLY DINING ROOM

“A well organized approach to educating and feeding athletes can make a difference, especially at the highest levels of sport. Dave’s Fueling Tactics® systems is a time tested performer.” Bill Belichick Head Coach New England Patriots

Sports RD, Front & Back Of House Team Engaged w/

Food and Supplement Security!

Packers 2013 13,000 sq ft

Training Table

2018

New Training Table 2nd Floor

2001 University of Nebraska Performance Nutrition Staff

George Sullivan, Nebraska Athletic Trainer

College:Grumpy

HR Job Posting / Committees Easier Mobility - Interviews

Less Staff / Athlete More Silos

Low Insecurity/No Union Less Guru Influence Trust Management

Lower Athlete Leadership Influence More Recruiting / Community

Masses/Quantity Diverse/Gender

Development Athlete Eligibility

Easy Travel Structured Offseason

More Body Comps Research/Body Fluids Less Doping Pressure Lower Security/Media

Evolving Analytics

Pro:Grumpy

Hires Often Not Publicized Permission To Interview!

More Staff / Athlete Less Silos

High Insecurity/Collectively Bargained High Guru/Agent Influence

Low Trust of Ownership High Athlete Leadership Influence High

Low Recruiting / Community Details/Quality

More Diverse/Same Gender Retention

Athlete Availability Massive Travel Easy Offseason

Less Body Comps Little Research/Reluctant Body Fluids

More Doping Pressure High Security/More Media More Advanced Analytics

SportsRDAdvocates

Administrators quality mgt. & liability

Sports Medicineanti-doping, MNT

Strength & Cond.recovery & performance

Head Coachrecruiting & development

availability & retention

High Performancecollaboration & problem solving

Forward based conjecture vs . Evidence based research  

Performance requires risk!

High aspirations, expectations and standards

vs. High Performance

Signature Process vs Best Practices

Plan – Execute – Review

Kaizen – continued improvement“Marginal Gains” – continuously improvingevery aspect a little bit at a time

Steve Norris

Johnson & Wales - Culinary Nutrition StudentsProfessors Over Athletic Performance CuisineProvidence RI - todd.Seyfarth@jwu.edu

Keys To Improving Chances At Full-Time Jobs: • Geographically Flexible • Gender and Metabolic Flexibility • Played Sports, Understands Urgency & Can Endure The Grind • Can prioritize messaging to audience • Engaging Personality Capable of Building Relationships • Has genuine curiosity for the scientific underpinnings of adaptation and metabolism • Has some working experience in food service and likes to cook (Foodie) • Speak Multiple Languages (Spanish for Baseball, French for Hockey)

Senior Sports Dietitian

The Changing Landscape of Sports Nutrition Olympic and Military

¨  Interned at Ga Tech ¨  Asked to stay on for 1

year ¡  3rd Full-Time Position

¨  Created another full-time position in 2002

¨  Directed Sports Performance Center

¨  EKG/ECG ¨  Blood Work ¨  Body Composition

Assessment ¨  Resting Metabolic

Rate Assessment ¨  Exercise Testing

¨  Team and Individual talks

¨  Hydration testing ¨  Body composition

assessment ¨  Feeding on the road

and at home ¨  Integrate with Chef or

Culinary services ¨  Hire personal Chefs

¨  How the nutrition movement started ¡  Exercise Physiologist ¡  Food Service Director

¨  Has developed and advanced through the years

¨  Talk to me after Rio J

¨  Nutrition testing and assessment ¡  Blood work ¡  Body composition ¡  RMR ¡  Sweat testing ¡  Hydration Testing ¡  VO2 / Lactate testing ¡  Travel nutrition / Jet lag

protocols ¡  Dietary supplement

education ¡  Cooking education

Mission-specific programs implemented by 4 USSOCOM Components

US Army Special Operations Command

(USASOC) THOR3

Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid

Rehabilitation & Reconditioning

Program

US Naval Special Warfare Command

(NAVSPECWARCOM) TAP

Tactical Athlete Program

Marine Corps Forces Special Operations

Command (MARSOC)

PERRES Performance and

Resiliency Program

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

TBD AFSOC HP Program

Endurance Strength Tactical

SpecialForces Rangers SOAvia3on

SOMilitaryInforma3onSupportOpera3ons(MISO)

SOCivilAffairs

Sea,AirLand(SEALS)

SpecialWarfareCombatant-craF

Crewmen

Cri3calSkillsOperators

CombatControllers Pararescuemen

SOWeathermen

CombatAvia3onAdvisors

Enablers

Great Lakes

The Center (BUDs)

SEAL Qualification Training (SQT)

SEAL Team (Group I / Group II / SDV / Group 4)

NSWDG

¨  Maintaining Overall Health &

Improving Performance through nutrition

¨  Dietary Supplements Advocacy and Education

¨  Physiological testing ¨  Research and Development

of new technologies ¨  Briefings to Higher

Headquarters on benefits of Operators

¨  POC for Nutrition projects and research

¨  Global impact on SOF Forces

¨  WU – 1630 L ¨  Brief ¨  Chow – 1800 – If time ¨  Plan ¨  Brief ¨  Back Brief ¨  6 hour walk w/ 65 lb load ¨  Hit the X and secure ¨  1-3 km walk to helo ¨  De-Jock ¨  De-Brief ¨  Hit DFAC if still open ¨  Bed

Grab a couple of water bottles, down one and

carry the other one with you to the brief

Focus on quality carbohydrates for energy and some protein for satiety Another bottle of

water and an energy bar/gel or something

to top off Every 15-30 min get 4-8 ounces of fluid

(Camelback) Once X is secure, more fluid and an energy

bar/gel Prep with flight crew to have some bottled

water and snacks Check urine color

Have a stash of something in hooch.

“Except the cost of failure can be catastrophic”