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Good technique is key to performance. These articles share coaching techniques, pointers on tapering, and strength training techniques that can improve your running economy, not to mention speed training techniques, swimming techniques and sport-specific tips… To browse our library of free sports training articles, browse using the categories on the left or use the search box.

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.

Training to improve skill and technique

Overloading on repetitious training plans will not improve an athlete’s skill or technique

Developing agility for perfect technique

Agility is crucial for all sports and is a derivative of speed, power and skill. Increased speed and power will boost your ability to express agility, while the mastery of perfect technique will make for world beating performance.

Speed Training: improving deceleration will benefit sports performance!

Improving your ability to slow down and stop rapidly might seem totally at odds with the goal of improving sports performance. But as John Shepherd explains, specific deceleration training drills will not only improve speed around the field or court, but can also reduce the risk of injury

Football Training Drills for Improving Energy Systems During Pre-season

Football Tips and Exercises to Make You Ready for the New Season

Sandbag Shoulder Press Throw

Sandbags are an effective low cost alternative to medicine ball. This drill is alternative to the conventional shoulder press with a barbell, expect you accelerate through the movement allowing for greater power development. You can adjust the weight of the sandbag to suit your strength goals.

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. Have the athlete perform the drill correctly by asking them to start off slowly to get a feel of the movement.

Baseball Techniques Video: Pitching in baseball

Brad Arnsberg from Toronto Blue Jays demonstrates how to pitch in baseball

Football 'Throw-ins': Attaining maximum distance

Attaining maximum distance in football ‘throw-ins’

Cycling Injury: Choose The Right Bike To Avoid Injury

How Choosing The Right Bike Can Help Avoid Injury

Half-time nutrition – what’s best for maximising fulltime performance?

Half-Time Training for Team Sports

Powerful, Accurate and Injury Free Kicking - A Mental Guide

Kicking Training for Rugby and Football

Sports Psychology: endurance training

using your mind to help with endurance training

Research Round-Up: endurance, ergogenic drugs, hydration and vibration

endurance, ergogenic drugs, hydration and vibration

Managing Pain in Athletes

What are the best ways to cope with sports pain? And how do different people react to the same injury?

Emotional Intelligence and Performance

Can emotional awareness be developed as a sports skill?

Mathematics of Sport

Mathematics Of Sport Book Review

Sports Science Glossary Part 1

Swimming technique: stroke training to improve swimming times

Swimming Training: An overview of the basics of technique for all strokes and specific training needs

Reduce your running costs by studying African culture and their athlete's running technique

Running Economy: how to make headway on improving running efficiency

swimming techniques | swimming training

Swimming Techniques - Training: Although super-high training volumes are the rule rather than the exception for swimmers, there' s solid evidence that these heavy loads may be counter-productive.

freestyle swimming techniques

Freestyle swimming techniques: Only the development of swimming flumes in the 1970s allowed tests to be performed which compared to those being carried out on such activities as cycling and running.