Volleyball training and volleyball coaching

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We'll pay you to ask questions

Got a question about sport? We'll pay you to ask it, and pay more to answer others' questions!

Prevent Ankle Injuries

A simple way to predict ankle risk

Sports Training Exercises And Techniques To Increase Your Jumping Ability

Increase Your Jumping Ability: Tips To Help Your Sports Training

Sports News: Aquatic Plyometrics

The Benefits of Aquatic Plyometrics

agility

Agility: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee: sport-specific drills for boosting agility

sports science

Sports science: What have the sport scientists done for us? Craig Sharp on the interface between knowledge and performance

periodisation models

Periodisation models: sport-specific requirements for skill acquisition and competition readiness

sports vision training

Sports vision - How enhancing your vision can give you that extra edge in competition

running foot injuries - plantar fasciitis

Running Foot Injuries - Describing plantar fasciitis is easy: It's simply an inflammation of the fascia on the bottom of the foot. Getting rid of plantar fasciitis is hard

knee injuries | female athletes

Why do female athletes hurt their knees so often - and how can they protect themselves from knee injuries?

Shin splints 1

Shin splints: These exercises will help to strengthen your lower legs, and prevent or repair shin splint problems

Anterior cruciate ligament (acl) injuries, treatment, training and surgery

Complete tears of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) - the key ligament which bonds together the upper and lower parts of the leg at the knee - account for more than two-thirds of all knee injuries in skiers and are fairly common in other sports as well.

How Good is the ‘Bod Pod’?

Body Composition - Fat Measurement: How Good is the 'Bod Pod'?

Fitness programmes

How to design a sports-specific fitness programme

Biological clocks

Biological clock-watching can give your performance an extra boost.

knee injury

Knee injury: how can they protect against knee injuries?

Lactate Level Readers

Lactate Level Readers and Fitness Assessment

British sports coaches | Australian sports coaches

Why blinkered British coaches have a lot to learn from Aussie champions

vision in sport

Vision In Sport: A guide to improving performance by training the eyes.

Leg strengthening exercises

Leg strengthening exercises - These one-leg strengthening exercises spell greater power, but you have to do them fast!

medicine ball training workouts

Medicine ball training workouts: Does medicine ball training really work?

Sports injury avoidance

Sports Injury Avoidance: Like most athletes, you undoubtedly want to lower your chances of incurring an injury while participating in your favourite sport. Injuries decrease the amount of time you can spend in leisure activities, lower your fitness, downgrade competitive performances, and can lead to long-term health problems such as arthritis and/or joint stiffness.

Strength training exercises for knee injuries

Strength training exercises for knee injuries

Conditioning

Conditioning: Next to cross-country skiing, running is the best type of fitness training for all sports.

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention exercises, rehabilitation and training techniques

These four exercises can help prevent your ACLs blowing up - which is especially good news for female athletes.

osteoporosis | female athletes | distance running injuries

Osteoporosis - female athletes distance running injuries : why distance running can be bad for bones

fitness program

Fitness program - How to design a sports-specific fitness program

creatine facts

Creatine facts: The latest research results are all good - and don't believe the rumour that it causes cramp.

Strength Training Program

Strength training program

warming up | substitute players

Warming up, substitute players & sitting on the bench

The Javelin

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

distance running injuries

Distance running injuries: Why distance running can be bad for bones

tendons | tendon | strength training

Tendons strength training: Performance benefits of optimising both components of your muscle tendon units

Questions

What do you think of the Peak Performance Premium area? (!)

As the main provider of information in this area, I'd like to find out what you think about the videos and the articles in particular.

I injured my shoulder 10 weeks ago...more than a strain?

I injured my shoulder 10 weeks ago, reaching backward to pull open a stuck door. I didn't go to the doctor right away, because it seemed just sore/strained.

What does "Whey Protein" do for you?

I know people who out it in fruit smoothies or energy drinks, but wat is it and what does it do?

'm 25 yrs woman.. am I too Old to get into training?!

I am 25 yr old woman, have always been into sport since school.., always enjoyed it but being from India, never had very good resources for training(other than cricket of course) plus women and sport

Effect of gender stereotypes on sporting goals/achievements?

any thoughts towards this topic? do you know of any articles i can read up on? thanks so much for your time

Volleyball

I want to make a rep volleyball team! Tryouts are in september and i need some trainig ideas from now to then to help me prepare. Any ideas?

i want to know about mental training in volleyball ?

i want to know about mental training in volleyball

Hwo can I improve the height for a spike at home??

I want to be able to jump higher for my spike. any ideas for drills??

How do you choose between sports??

I love both gymnastics and volleyball. It's hard for me to teach gymnastics when im not learning aswell.

Energy tablets

As a teenager would they affect your hormones?

How do I improve my fitness fast?

I need to improve my fitness asap......

Abs?

I have dificulty shaping the lower part of my stomach. What exercise can I do to reach that area.

How do you tell shin splints?

How do you tell if you have shin splints. I have a pain in my left leg above my ankle, but I don't know what it is.

How do I loosen my hamstrings?

I have really tight ham strings and it affects me physically. What is a good stretch or exercise that will help me to loosen them.

Are the eas myplex drinks good?

is eas myoplex good for your body does it have any side effects any one tried it yet?

Milk

If i Drink Skimmed milk every day for a month and not drink anything else or eat anything else cept from veg and fruit.. will that be a healthy lifestyle?

Does tilting your upper body forward add to your running speed

I can tilt my upper body forward and stand still or run backward.

Does pushing into the ground harder toss you higher or forward faster?

When I stand still (balanced) and push hard into the ground I jump high not forward. I can't push back at the ground while balanced to start running.

Any Good Proprioceptive exercises?

Hiya. Just wondering if anyone has any good suggestions of proprioception exercises for the lower limb? I feel I sometimes struugle to come up with alot outwith using a wobble board.

Netball Strength program

I am trying to plan strength programs for a range of ages from about 10 years through to 18-20 for netballers.

A programme for 'jumpers knee'

I'm looking for a good/decent programme to prevent jumper's knee, in addition to this a programme for the athlete once they have been diagnosed with this sympton.

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Blogs

Have shoulder pains?

Have shoulder pains? You came to the right place.

Abs

I have been doing exercises for my abs but they are just now showing what can I do? I even have little fat.

Training

I started training two months ago and I have really noticed a boost in my fitness,all you need is time and dedication.

The 7 Deadly Sins of Lifting

“The 7 Deadly Sins of Lifting” this is another installment from A. Jay of a series of motivational articles.

NLP courses

Most people would agree the hardest muscle to get into shape is the one 'between the ears.'

NLP sports courses

next NLP Sports Practitioner Course that we run here at Mindtree Ltd.

Drug testing what's out there a physiotherapists view point

Testing Athletes for Drug Use Why do some “athletes” try to enhance their performances on the track and field by taking drugs?

Nick's Strength Q&A!

Here is the first and not the last instalment of Nick Mitchell’s long awaited All Strength Q&A.

Are you making these mistakes as an Athlete?

Don’t get me wrong nobody’s perfect, especially me, many of these ideas came from my “Stupidity”, a rollercoaster of discovery, injuries and re-injury, does that sound about right?

What's a girl to do?

It's been so long since my knee injury. You'd think I'd have got over it and be back on my bike as it were! . . But alas It's taking me a while to build my fitness up again.

Sports Medicine Foot and Ankle Rehabilitation

This article was a long time coming. After writing and then scraping and re-writing it is a good way to describe this.

The Insider’s Secrets to a Flat Stomach

Hey regular blog readers myself and Nick sat down and and had a conversation, long story short this article was born.

Rotational Carbohydrates "RO-CHO" ?

Rotational Carbohydrates "RO-CHO" Article by Steve Blades. It is all about carbohydrate rotation for ultimate performance.

Dont Be a "Hard Learner"!

Another great read by Steve Blades aka "Marmite". If you are not making gains in the gym or the track this will change everything completely.

You are a Beginner, READ THIS!

A great,long article about everything on general bodybuilding ,training, nutrition and supplementation as a beginner.

The Right Resolutions!

A great new update to hit Rawgrip.com, a great article for all of the new found health freaks this year.

Squat Rx Video Creator Interview

If you are a serious lifter you must have heard of the “Squat Rx” video series all over the net. The Videos are available on YouTube.

How Focused Are You at the Gym?

Sean discusses The Top 10 Reasons why you are slacking in the Gym and How to prevent this. He exposes some great Tips how to make your training sessions more productive for better end results.

How To Increase Bench Press

Finally an article created for all you serious weight shifters. C Pikey discuses the truth about A massive Bench Press and gives some tips How To Improve your Weak Bench.

Glycemic Index in Athletes and Weight management

An article about the glycemic index of carbohydrates pertains directly to athletes and their performance.

Protein intake in Athletes

A new article by Michael Nystrom discussing the protein intake amounts in athletes. Athlete Protein intake article

Introduction to Tai Chi Training

This article is merely a brief and light hearted introduction to Tai Chi. My next article will focus upon how the key principles of Tai Chi can be used to develop optimum sports performance.

HELP!!!!

America's growing health crisis.

Fish oil article

A good article about fish oils and the recommended intake in an athlete, a great read. Fish oil article Or

Food Nutrition Article

I finally finished a nutrition article which will help any athlete to peak performance. It covers everything from protein intake for an athlete and how to loose some extra pounds.

Plyometric Training article

A great plyometric article i have read. The best thing about it is free and it gives no BS information about the subject.

Training Methods for the Development of Power

The other day I came across a presentation a friend and I did at university. Thought I'd share it with you all.

Peak Performance Relaunches!

It's a very exciting day for us today, because we've had our first major relaunch in 7 years.

Write for Peak Performance

When we set up the new PP Online site, one of our biggest aims was to create a place where anyone with a passion for sport could share their opinions and experiences.

Red Bull gives you wings!

Who drinks red bull or other caffeine beverages before they compete?

Interview with Barry Ross

Barry Ross is the Author of “Underground Secrets to Running Faster” a book which has gained a lot of attention in coaching circles over the past few years. http://www.bearpowered.com.

The allure of steroids

Steroids are banned, dangerous drugs. DON’T TAKE THEM.

Videos

Women's dumbbell military press

The dumbbell military press is a fine exercise for women who desire strong triceps.