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Winning in sports is a combination of calculated decisions. These articles will help you get the edge you need, with helpful hints in successful coaching, proper hydration, high intensity interval training, how to deal with sport competition anxiety and more… 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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Glycerol - can it help athletes stay hydrated?

Glycerol - how does it work and are there any downsides?

Self-confidence in sport – make your ego work for you!

Olympic Gold Medal Winners' Training Tips

What makes an Olympic Champion?

Chinese Sport : The Rise and Rise of Chinese Athletes

Chinese Sport : The future's not orange - it's Chinese

Zone Training: Planning Your Cycling Training Program

Zone Training for Cycling to help you get the Yellow Jersey

The Science and Practice of Sports Motivation

Use Mental and Physical Sports Motivation

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

Half-Time Training for Team Sports

Diabetes - how it affects sports and how to combat it

diabetes and sports performance

Vibration Training and Performance

Can vibration training enhance Sports Performance?

Half Time Strategy - Temperature

Coping With The Effects of Temperature on The Pitch

Powerful, Accurate and Injury Free Kicking - A Mental Guide

Kicking Training for Rugby and Football

Body Fat and Running Performance

Optimum Running Performance and Body Fat Levels

Heart Vitality Training and Heart Rate Monitors as Aids to Athletic Performance

Athletic Performance - keeping your cardiovascular system in shape

How to prevent competition anxiety from getting the better of you!

Don't let competition anxiety get the better of you

Acceleration Training for Peak Performance

learn how to increase speed to make a quick getaway

Sports News: Eating Disorders

Eating disorders: are coaches to blame?

Interval Training and Fitness for Cyclists

Cycling - the road to success

Sleep Loss - Making Sure it Doesn't Affect Your Training

waking up to the performance of sleep

record-breaking

Record-breaking predictions : What are the absolute limits to human performance levels?

Olympics legacy - London 2012

London 2012 Olympics: the game's afoot and there's all to play for

athletics history

Looking back at the past - how much has athletics really changed?

travel

Travel: How time zone travel harms performance

successful coaching

Successful coaching: The secrets of success with high-level athletes

attribution

SPORT PSYCHOLOGY: The importance of attributions - or how to learn from success and failure alike

Sport Psychology: Golf players and choking under pressure

Do Pro Golfers 'Choke'?

Team Sports: Team Cohesion and Success: What Is the Link?

Team Sports Cohesion and Success: What Is the Link?

Sports Psychology: Maintaining emotional control in competitions

Competition & Emotional Control

Olympic Athletes: sports stars points of view

Sport-Specific Fitness

Sports science: future predictions for world records

An exclusive report on a world-record attempt made in the year 2025!

Marathon winner

Marathon Winner: The remarkable schedule of the girl who won the New York Marathon.

Attitude training

Attitude Training: "Who is going to win? I am going to win!"

Motivation

Motivation: Here's how to design a self-determined training programme that will drive you to new heights

weight and performance

Weight And Performance: If you want to win more races, lose some weight.

Winning

Winning: The relevant question is not "Did you win?" but "Did you come up to your expectations?"

Winning: 1

If you want to reach your peak level of performance and be a winner, especially in an endurance sport, you must accomplish five critical tasks:

Training to Win

To win, you must prepare yourself to be the winner - not simply to "do my best"

Winning: squash

In the weeks building to an important tournament, a squash player needs a workout that can deal with both fitness and skills in a time-efficient way. A "pressure session" can handle both these demands in just 40 minutes and is also extremely specific to the demands of squash.