Thinking Long Term in Pre-Season Training
Many athletes are now coming to the end of the competitive season. Those involved in traditional team sports have been training and competing for 8-9 months! It is important...
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Youth Conditioning
Building mentally tough young athletes
Late spring / early summer represents an intense period of the sporting year for young athletes across many different sports. Team sports athletes are reaching the end of...
Training Age, Specialisation and Exercise Selection
Specialisation refers to training with a narrow focus, directly linked to the actions and movements used within a sport itself. There has long been a debate as to what age...
Life is Life: Dealing with Mistakes in Sport and Performance
For this blog post I am going to do something a little different. While I normally like to focus on training trends, research and more of the sciency technical stuff, this is...
Comparing youth sports performances too early
Be careful not to write off young under performers in sport too soon. In any sport across any age group there will be a range of performance levels. From the young age group...
Monitoring Fatigue, Wellness and Recovery in Youth Athlete
A good balance between training stress and recovery is essential for sports performance. In order to adapt effectively, sessions must deliver a strong stimulus without killing...
Why Footballers Should Include Nordic Hamstring Curls In Training
Hamstring injuries are among the most common, non contact, injuries within football. The past decade has seen an increase in hamstring injuries of 12-17%. Injuries to the...
Understanding Your Recovery As A Young Athlete
Having recently posted about how peoples recovery differs post workout, I thought I would continue the trend. In particular I have one friend who seems to be able to do a...
What would I tell my younger self about strength and conditioning
One benefit of getting older is that you gain experience. Today, we use our experience to help committed and talented young athletes work hard towards their sporting goals. ...