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Welcome to Hoops & Health, your ultimate courtside pass to the cutting-edge world of elite athlete care. Hosted by Dani Langford, Rehabilitation Manager for the Golden State Warriors, this show goes behind the scenes with the brightest minds in sports medicine, physical therapy, nutrition, and performance psychology.

Whether we’re breaking down championship-level rehab protocols or exploring the latest innovations keeping the world’s best basketball players at the top of their game, Hoops & Health delivers actionable insights for clinicians, athletes, and die-hard fans alike.

In this episode, we are thrilled to welcome one of the absolute GOATs in the sports medical community, Enda King. Recorded just as Enda was wrapping up his incredible tenure at Aspetar in Doha, this conversation is packed with clinical pearls for physical therapists, athletic trainers, and sports medicine professionals.

Dani and Enda swap stories about their shared educational roots in the grueling (but highly rewarding) master’s program at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, and how the “Curtin Way” shaped their clinical reasoning. Enda also gives us a sneak peek into his keynote presentation at the Summer League Sports Medicine Series in Las Vegas.

In this episode of Hoops and Health, we go far beyond the box score to explore the complex, real-time systems that drive athletic performance. We are joined by two incredible experts who study performance from distinct but overlapping perspectives: Kevin Loopeker, a sports optometrist from Vancouver, and Kait Jackson, a biomechanist currently researching at the University of Texas in Austin.

Together, they bridge the gap between vision and biomechanics. From the autonomic nervous system’s impact on a late-game free throw to how eye dominance dictates shooting mechanics, this conversation is a must-listen for players, coaches, and practitioners who want to understand the true science behind a basketball shot.