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Short and sweet – why all sportsmen and women should consider 40m sprinting!
Short and sweet – why all sportsmen and women should consider 40m sprinting!
Zig Zag Sprints
A useful agility drill to develop acceleration, deceleration and rapid changes in direction whilst sprinting.
The Seated Good Morning
The seated good morning is another variation of the standing version of this low back exercise.
The Single Arm Low Cable Row
The single arm low cable pull unilaterally strengthens the upper back while at the same time improving your ability to move weight with one arm.
The Standing Good Morning
The standing good morning is an excellent lower back exercise and one that I use with the majority of my trainees.
Ladder Drill: One Foot in Each Rung
The most simple of ladder drills can be used for beginners and young athletes to teach them about moving quickly. The ladder drill can also be used to teach running mechanics.
Ladder Drill: Two Feet in Each Rung
A progression from the One Foot in Each Rung drill, challenges the speed of co-ordination of the athlete.
Ladder Drill: Two Forward One Back
One of the more complex ladder drills, it helps develop co-ordinated quickness in two directions: forwards and back.
Lateral Ladder Drill
Challenges co-ordination by teaching quick lateral movements. This drill can also be used as an aid for teaching correct lateral movement mechanics.
Lateral Zig Zags
One of the most common movements in sport is running side-ways on an angle. This drill helps develop lateral speed and changes in lateral direction.
Agility Drill 1
This agility drill is great for learning to decelerate and rapidly change direction following a period of acceleration.
Agility Drill 3
This drill is designed to focus upon quick feet movements followed by an initial acceleration. The quick foot movements will help “prime” your body for the sprint and rapid change of direction.
Agility Drill 4
Similar to agility drill 3, this drill offers a little more challenge to the co-ordination of the athlete by having them side-step in and out of cones before a sprint.
Agility Drill 9
This drill can be performed as part of a warm-up or as a separate agility drill.
Baseball Techniques Video: Pitching in baseball
Brad Arnsberg from Toronto Blue Jays demonstrates how to pitch in baseball
Ergogenic Supplements: Phosphatidylserine
Could phosphatidylserine be the next big ergogenic aid for endurance athletes?
Half-time nutrition – what’s best for maximising fulltime performance?
Half-Time Training for Team Sports
fast-twitch muscles
Fast-twitch muscles: Twitch and you're gone - all you need to know about developing fast-twitch muscle fibre for speed, power and strength
rotator cuff rehabilitation
Rotator cuff rehabilitation: how to shake off shoulder injury
off-season training
Off-season training: Three off-season programmes to set you up for what lies ahead
Fitness programmes
How to design a sports-specific fitness programme
Footballers head injuries | Brain Damage
Young Footballers Show No Signs of Brain Damage
British sports coaches | Australian sports coaches
Why blinkered British coaches have a lot to learn from Aussie champions
bilateral co-ordination | training
Bilateral Co-ordination: Why dexterity alone just will not do: some lessons from a young piano player
stretching | flexibility
Stretching - (Almost) everything you need to know about stretching
Flexibility | Stretching
Flexibility and Stretching: Two sports physiotherapists show why flexibility is so important, and explain the science behind it
Athletes who throw
Athletes who throw things should alternate between heavy and light.
medicine ball training workouts
Medicine ball training workouts: Does medicine ball training really work?
Shoulder instability
Shoulder Instability: Should you consider shrinking your shoulder?
Overspeed training
Overspeed Training: Does making your legs work faster than normal actually make you a quicker athlete?
Achilles heel injury
Achilles Heel Injury Prevention: These exercises can turn your Achilles heel into a rock of Gibraltar
vision in sport
Vision In Sport: A guide to improving performance by training the eyes.
Running economy 2
Running Economy 2: A brief history of the strengthening of the economy, and why it matters
Cross Training Workouts
Cross Training Workouts
Age and exercise 1
Age And Exercise: Just a few years ago, exercise experts were certain about one thing: once endurance athletes reached the age of 35, there was no turning back. At 35, aerobic capacity began a steady decline, slow at first, but picking up momentum once athletes reached their mid-forties and then plunging out of control at about the age of 60. It was believed that very little could be done to alter this unremitting loss of fitness
Upper extremity power: tennis
Upper Extremity Power: Tennis: For years, exercise scientists with an interest in tennis have tried to determine the physical factors which allow certain tennis players to have unusually powerful serves.
Upper extremity power: tennis
Upper Extremity Power: Tennis: For years, exercise scientists with an interest in tennis have tried to determine the physical factors which allow certain tennis players to have unusually powerful serves.
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