Periodization from a sport science point of view

Pushing the boundaries in training is essential for any athlete seeking maximum performance. But as James Marshall explains, there’s a right way and a wrong way to do it

Scotland's Rugby Fitness Coach shares his rugby training tips

Don't Let Drag Interfere With Your Cycling Training

Make sure your football coaching mentally prepares you for the second half!

Building Speed Before Endurance: time to turn convention on the head?

Want to know the key to training success? Plenty of R&R

Sport Motivation : To create a positive motivational climate you need more carrot than stick

Child protection in sport

Weight training for women: Why women avoid weight training - and how coaches can change their minds

Sudden cardiac death: how can clubs pick out those at risk ?

Mental imagery for physical people: how recreating all-sensory experience can profoundly affect your performance

Goal setting: One step at a time - how to raise your game through effective goal-setting

Inspiratory stridor - How do you deal with 'asthma' when the drugs don't work?

Human growth hormone hGH - Don't waste money - and risk your reputation on human growth hormone; make your own instead!

How to get the best from yourself or an athlete you coach by effective questioning and attentive listening

How to design a sports-specific fitness programme

Improve your Motivational Skills to encourage Athlete Behavioural Change

The Javelin: The throwing Finns: are they made or born?

Case report: an adolescent goalkeeper with extension-related low-back pain

Bilateral Co-ordination: Why dexterity alone just will not do: some lessons from a young piano player

Strength training programs

The athletic world reacted with a mixture of derision and skepticism when it learned that famed Chinese running coach Ma Junren was giving his world-champion female athletes turtles' blood in hopes of enhancing their performances, but scientists in Cambridge, England have recently learned that a turtle-blood cocktail may be no laughing matter. That's because they've discovered that the blood of another reptile - the crocodile - may eventually improve athletic prowess.

Recording Training by Bruce Tulloh: Motivator, guide and silent coach: the advantages of keeping a training diary.

Swimmers - Is Fatter Faster?

Swimming workouts & swimming strength training

Bone Accretion: I was interested to read the article, "Rowing appears to be the perfect sport for bone accretion". Letter to editor from: Penny Chuter, OBE, Principal National Coach, Amateur Rowing Association, London W6

Sequencing In Training 2: Get your training in order: how sequencing determines your overall fitness