Contents

Visit our Store

Trusted by professional athletes worldwide, 1080 Motion helps you maximize performance with cutting-edge resistance training technology.
Shop Now

Episode 246: Rafe Kelley

Graphic for Just Fly Performance Podcast featuring a microphone and a winged figure. Text reads: with Returning Special Guest Rafe Kelley, Owner of Evolve, Move, Play. Black background with white and red accents.
Share this

Summary

Rafe Kelley is the Owner of Evolve, Move, Play, a business designed to use movement practice to develop more resilient and embodied humans. While his primary specialization is in parkour, he caters to clients ranging from world-class parkour athletes and MMA fighters to untrained everyday people. He founded his company with the vision to help…

Rafe Kelley is the Owner of Evolve, Move, Play, a business designed to use movement practice to develop more resilient and embodied humans. While his primary specialization is in parkour, he caters to clients ranging from world-class parkour athletes and MMA fighters to untrained everyday people. He founded his company with the vision to help people build the physical practice that will help make them the strongest, most adaptable, and resilient human possible.

 

Kelley started in the martial arts at the age of 6 and has studied Tang Soo Do, Aikido, kung fu, kickboxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and Muay Thai. An expert in parkour (navigating obstacles by jumping, running, flipping, or swinging over them) Rafe also has experience in modern training disciplines such as sprinting, gymnastics, CrossFit, FRC, and modern dance, among others. 

 

In this episode, Joel taps into Rafe’s knowledge of human movement in terms of his experience with martial arts, fighting, and modern dance. The sports performance industry talks about force a lot, but it is critical to look at the best athletes in the world on a level comparing them with dancers instead of powerlifters to get a fuller understanding of the required timing and rhythm. Rafe gives his insight into his experience in the deeper movement qualities that really make elite athletes and how we can consider those qualities of rhythm and fluidity in our own training designs.

 

In this podcast, Rafe Kelly and Joel discuss:

 

  • Complexity in training, and how to get more work and effectiveness in a shorter period of time.

 

  • Quantifying fatigue in basketball and parkour, and how risk increases session fatigue.

 

  • Rhythmic qualities of movement in athletics, and how to improve athletic performance from a rhythmic perspective.

 

  • Points on the use and relationship of dance and ethnic dance styles to athletic performance. 

Animal forms and flow in training and human movement.

Author

  • Joel Smith is a track sports performance coach and educator. He is the founder of Just Fly Sports and hosts the Just Fly Performance podcast. Joel was formerly a strength coach at Cal and an assistant at the Diablo Valley Track and Field Club, and he coached sprints, jumps, hurdles, javelin, and multi-events at NCAA DIII universities. Joel was an NAIA All-American track athlete and currently coaches high school track and local youth sports, along with privately training athletes and performance-minded individuals.

    View all posts

Leave the first comment

Graphic for Just Fly Performance Podcast featuring a microphone and a winged figure. Text reads: with Returning Special Guest Rafe Kelley, Owner of Evolve, Move, Play. Black background with white and red accents.
Table of Contents

Episode 246: Rafe Kelley

Share this

Rafe Kelley is the Owner of Evolve, Move, Play, a business designed to use movement practice to develop more resilient and embodied humans. While his primary specialization is in parkour, he caters to clients ranging from world-class parkour athletes and MMA fighters to untrained everyday people. He founded his company with the vision to help people build the physical practice that will help make them the strongest, most adaptable, and resilient human possible.

 

Kelley started in the martial arts at the age of 6 and has studied Tang Soo Do, Aikido, kung fu, kickboxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and Muay Thai. An expert in parkour (navigating obstacles by jumping, running, flipping, or swinging over them) Rafe also has experience in modern training disciplines such as sprinting, gymnastics, CrossFit, FRC, and modern dance, among others. 

 

In this episode, Joel taps into Rafe’s knowledge of human movement in terms of his experience with martial arts, fighting, and modern dance. The sports performance industry talks about force a lot, but it is critical to look at the best athletes in the world on a level comparing them with dancers instead of powerlifters to get a fuller understanding of the required timing and rhythm. Rafe gives his insight into his experience in the deeper movement qualities that really make elite athletes and how we can consider those qualities of rhythm and fluidity in our own training designs.

 

In this podcast, Rafe Kelly and Joel discuss:

 

  • Complexity in training, and how to get more work and effectiveness in a shorter period of time.

 

  • Quantifying fatigue in basketball and parkour, and how risk increases session fatigue.

 

  • Rhythmic qualities of movement in athletics, and how to improve athletic performance from a rhythmic perspective.

 

  • Points on the use and relationship of dance and ethnic dance styles to athletic performance. 

Animal forms and flow in training and human movement.

Author

  • Joel Smith is a track sports performance coach and educator. He is the founder of Just Fly Sports and hosts the Just Fly Performance podcast. Joel was formerly a strength coach at Cal and an assistant at the Diablo Valley Track and Field Club, and he coached sprints, jumps, hurdles, javelin, and multi-events at NCAA DIII universities. Joel was an NAIA All-American track athlete and currently coaches high school track and local youth sports, along with privately training athletes and performance-minded individuals.

    View all posts

Leave the first comment

Trending Resources

A high jumper in mid-air arches over a yellow bar during a jump. Text overlays the image: Building a Better High Jump: A Review of Stride Patterns – Noah Kaminsky.|Bar chart comparing 1st

Building a Better High Jump: A Review of Stride Patterns

Five female athletes in matching purple track uniforms and a male coach stand together and smile for a group photo. Text over the image reads: “How We Got Our First Sprint Relays to State in Program History.”.|Five female athletes in matching purple uniforms with yellow designs and numbered bibs stand smiling with their arms around each other. A man in a purple hoodie stands on the right. They are indoors on a gym floor.|Four young women in matching athletic uniforms smile and pose together on a sports field

How We Got Our First Sprint Relays to State in Program History

Text on a desk background reads: Science

Science, Dogma, and Effective Practice in S&C

A smiling bald man with a beard is shown next to the Rapid Fire Powered by SimpliFaster logo, with text reading Episode 16 George Greene on a white and black background.

Rapid Fire—Episode #16 Featuring George Greene: Holistic Athlete Management

Contents

Browse By Topics