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Build power workouts into your fitness training. These articles will give you hints on strength training routines – like medicine ball workouts, hill running and weight training routines – that will build fast twitch muscles and make you stronger… To browse our library of free sports training articles, browse using the categories on the left or use the search box.
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Ladder Drill Hopping Two Forward One Back
This drill is great for developing uni-lateral (one foot) coordination as it challenges the movement skills of athletes. Hopping drills are also great for developing lower leg strength and power.
Combining plyometric and weight training: exercises to increase speed and power
Increasing your speed and power through contrast training
Strength training: athletes need to maintain their strength and power during the in season
Failing to maintain strength levels can lead to injury and a drop in form
Speed training for veterans: how to combat the decline of speed and power
Speed development for master athletes
Plyometric training: increase your speed and power
Plyometric drills and exercises
Strength training: focusing power on the movements and speed used in specific sports situations
Using power in specific sport situations
Speed and power training: understanding your fast twitch muscles will boost performance
Muscles and muscle fibre
Power training
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Power training: developing upper body strength
Increasing upper body power in the arms and torso
Gym exercise: squats can increase power and strength
Certain squat variations have much to offer power and strength athletes
Recovery time: optimizing strength and power gains
Optimizing recovery periods for maximum strength and power gains
Strength training for female athletes
The benefits of strength training for young female athletes
Short and sweet – why all sportsmen and women should consider 40m sprinting!
Short and sweet – why all sportsmen and women should consider 40m sprinting!
Can body fat loss and lean muscle gain be targeted with nutritional supplements?
Can body fat loss and lean muscle gain be targeted with nutritional supplements?
Vibration Training to Enhance Speed, Power and Flexibility
Increasing Speed with Vibration Training
Zone Training: Planning Your Cycling Training Program
Zone Training for Cycling to help you get the Yellow Jersey
Weight Training Routines for Rugby Players
A rugby tackle requires explosive power – here are some strength training tips on how to get it
Strength Training for Basketball: How to improve your strength and power on the court
Improve Your Jumping Ability and Basketball Skills with the Right Weight Training Workout
Women's Rugby: Resistance training for rugby
A women's rugby trainer divulges her rugby conditioning secrets from the World Cup
Core Training Program
Core Training Part One
Sandbag Shoulder Press Throw
Sandbags are an effective low cost alternative to medicine ball.
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.
The Science and Practice of Sports Motivation
Use Mental and Physical Sports Motivation
Half Time Strategy - Temperature
Coping With The Effects of Temperature on The Pitch
Training for Cyclists: Cycling Aerodynamics and Stamina
Don't Let Drag Interfere With Your Cycling Training
Powerful, Accurate and Injury Free Kicking - A Mental Guide
Kicking Training for Rugby and Football
Sleep Loss - Making Sure it Doesn't Affect Your Training
waking up to the performance of sleep
resistance training exercise
Resistance Training Exercise : For that extra edge all you need is variety
detraining
Detraining - why a change really is better than a rest
step-ups
The step-up
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
strength endurance
Strength endurance: Power without mass: how strength and plyometric training can boost endurance running performance
rotational power
Building rotational power: all you need to know about getting in shape to perform zippy turns on the hoof
power | endurance | veterans
Power v endurance: what goes first in the ageing stakes?
Training Techniques: Speed Work
Training Techniques: Speed Work
Plyometric Exercise | Power Training
Plyometric Exercise and Power Training
Power training: research shows increasing protein intake will improve performance
Power Athlete's Diet:
Strength training: resistance exercises to improve strength and power
Strength Training
Leg strengthening exercises
Leg strengthening exercises - These one-leg strengthening exercises spell greater power, but you have to do them fast!
Fitness programmes
How to design a sports-specific fitness programme
fitness program
Fitness program - How to design a sports-specific fitness program
Speed training: how hill running will make an athlete faster
Speed hill training improves performance in football, rugby, basketball, cricket - and even running
swimming workouts | swimming strength training
Swimming workouts & swimming strength training
High-fat diet | cyclists
High-fat Diet: Because they believe that fat is the key fuel which powers their long-distance efforts, endurance cyclists continue to consume high-fat diets, and some even utilize high-fat nutritional supplements in an attempt to add staying power to their performances.
Weight training
Weight Training: In hopes of improving their raw muscle power, competitive rowers engage in weight training during the off-season, but new research suggests that they might be better off pushing on their oars instead of using weight machines or free weights.
The legs of female dancers
female dancers legs
Power Training
Power Training: How contrast power training maximises performance
sports injuries benefits
You may not appreciate it at the time, but an injury can teach you a lot about how your body works
Muscle fibre types
Muscle Fibre Types: Why tapering after intense training boosts sprinting speed
strength training routines | strength training programmes | strength training
Strength training routines: most runners think that strength training routines are something carried out in a weight room or gym utilising various pieces of equipment (barbells, dumbbells, weight machines, etc.).
The power of the cheerleader
Cheering someone on can boost their muscle power - it's been scientifically proven!
rugby league training | strength | power
Rugby League Training - Strength And Power: Professional Rugby League is a demanding sport, combining raw aggression and subtle playing skill in equal measure.
Running training: these medicine ball exercises will improve a runners strength and power
These medicine ball workouts can do wonders for running velocity and power.
Performance tests
How to monitor your maximal running speed, your power and your endurance - in training.
emergency training | cycling training
If you need to get into competitive shape fast, follow the example of these South African cyclists.
Bone density and muscle mass
For endurance athletes, two of the key problems associated with getting older are a gradual decline in muscle mass and a potential loss of bone density. The missing muscle makes it more difficult to run, cycle or swim powerfully, and the shrinking bones increase the likelihood of injury and osteoporosis.
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.
"run-play" training
"run-play" Training: These workouts can boost fitness, speed, endurance and correct weaknesses - and are fun to do.
800 metres
800 Metres: Coaches and runners are confused about how to train optimally for 800-metre racing, and with good reason. After all, there's a wealth of scientific information about training for 400 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres, and the marathon, but almost no research has been done concerning 800-metre training. As a result, thoughts about 800 preparations tend to be long on philosophy and anecdote -and short on fact
Increasing speed: short intervals
Increasing Speed: Short Intervals: Athletes use short intervals to increase speed, add variety to their workouts, and improve anaerobic power and lactic-acid tolerance, but short-interval sessions aren't without problems.
Increasing speed: short intervals
Increasing Speed: Short Intervals: Athletes use short intervals to increase speed, add variety to their workouts, and improve anaerobic power and lactic-acid tolerance, but short-interval sessions aren't without problems.


































