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Hamstring Injury Prevention in Soccer
By Efthymios Kyprianou on 30/03/2020In this small presentation, Efthymios Kyprianou (S&C coach) presents his thoughts on hamstring injury prevention in soccer.
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An Integrated Approach to Training Kickboxers – Part 1: Introduction
By Lukas Pezenka on 23/01/2020Training fighters pose unique challenges to the coach. An uncertain schedule, the lack of a dedicated off-season, the high amount of skill training and the mixed bioenergetic demands of the sport, challenge periodization models that have been devised primarily for a track and field. Read more...
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Is a COD Deficit Really a Deficit? (Part 1)
By Miha Drobnič on 08/01/2020Change of direction (COD) can be many things. Often, we describe it as a “mechanical” part of agility, but it can also appear as its standalone athletic ability. For our purpose it will represent 180° change of direction after a linear sprint. Read more...
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Strength Training Planning for Combat Athletes & Exercise Selection
By William Wayland on 13/11/2019Planning for combat athletes is historically a tricky business, primarily because combat sports need interventions that match athletic endeavour where a confluence of raw physicality and high levels of skill.
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Return to Play in Elite Sport Following ACL Injury of the Knee
By Tim McGrath on 13/08/2019In this summary article by Tim McGrath find out the current best-practices in designing the return-to-sport program following ACL injury. Tim expands on each phase, benchmark tests as well on decision making regarding when the athlete is ready for the next phase or to play.
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Shoulder Mobility
By Urška Kokelj on 20/06/2019This blog post will address the topic of shoulder mobility both in athletes as well as the general population, whereby shoulder mobility will be addressed in light of its close association with breathing mechanics and thoracic mobility.
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Capitalist Conditioning for Rugby – Part 1: Rugby Epistemocrat
By Ciaran O'Regan on 11/05/2019In its most basic sense, Rugby is a full contact collision field sport that is essentially socially approved simulated tribal warfare. It is played with 15 players on each team and over 2 halves, each approximating 40minutes depending on injuries.
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Coordination Training
By Howard Green on 23/04/2019Coordination training is an often misunderstood and at times haphazardly delivered element of physical preparation. As with everything in coaching, context is king. A simple search of coordination training can lead you to a whole host of elaborate and dynamic drills. A well-meaning coach sees these drills and looks to implement them in their next practice, but ...
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The Mileage Fallacy in Running
By Ciaran O'Regan on 17/03/2019A misconception in the running world is that hitting certain weekly mileage is what allows people to run well. The reason I think this to be a misconception is that mileage does not drive performance — performance drives mileage. This misconception is what I call the Mileage Fallacy.
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Endurance in Basketball
By Jovan Buha on 26/02/2019When it comes to endurance in team sports, basketball somehow seems to be neglected in scientific literature in comparison to soccer. There is a consensus about what the demands are and how one should prepare for soccer, but there seems to be no such thing for basketball.
