Entries by dazdrake

Pacey Performance Podcast REVIEW- Episode 266 Hamstring Injuries- Part 2 of 2

This blog is a review of the Pacey Performance Podcast Episode 266 – Hamstring Injury  Jurdan Mendiguchia Research Gate Background:  Jurdan Mendiguchia– Physiotherapist, Researcher and Injury Consultant.  Jurdan is a World expert when it comes to injury prevention and rehabilitation, particularly in hamstrings and ACL.  He has 40+ research papers to his name (see link above […]

Pacey Performance Podcast REVIEW- Episode 248 Hamstring Injuries- Part 1 of 2

This blog is a review of the Pacey Performance Podcast Episode 248 – Hamstring Injury  Australian Catholic University Website Background:  Josh  Ruddy– Running loads and hamstring injury risk.  Two years into PhD embedded with one of the AFL teams.  Looking at hamstring injury prediction. Ryan Timmins– completed PhD, now supervising Josh- and working with elite soccer […]

Can Boxing Training Help You Hit Harder on the Tennis Court?

A month or so ago I asked one of my coaches Ayo Shodimu to lead an in-service session on boxing, to see what we could learn about it.  Unfortunately the video quality isn’t great as we were in a very noisy tennis Academy but I’ve included a few videos from the session. Some of the […]

APA are Recruiting!!

I have a few important announcements today!!! APA Are Recruiting! APA have a number of vacancies within the APA network.  If you would like to be considered for a role with APA then please send a covering letter and CV to APA Owner, Daz Drake at daz@apacoaching.co.uk with email title APA.01 WimX Tennis Academy Full-Time […]

BOOK REVIEW- Methodology of Training in the 22nd Century

Hi Everyone, it’s been a while since I’ve done a book review but I have recently been reading a book that has been really interesting and I wanted to share it with you.  It is called ”Methodology of Training in the 22nd Century” written by Henk Kraaijenhof. I actually have a few chapters to finish […]

How To Stay Motivated

If you’re anything like me November feels like one of the more difficult months to stay motivated and productive.  It’s dark and wet and we are all kind of waiting for Christmas to kick. Many of us will get off track with our nutrition and training goals too. ”Movember” is an annual event involving the growing […]

APA are Recruiting!!

I have a few important announcements today!!! APA Are Recruiting! APA have a number of vacancies within the APA network.  If you would like to be considered for a role with APA then please send a covering letter and CV to APA Owner, Daz Drake at daz@apacoaching.co.uk with email title APA.01 For Full Details Download […]

Workshop Review- [Part1] Proformance April 2019

This will be the first in a series of Workshop reviews starting with a Guest Blog from APA coach Gabe Fishlock Over the 6th and 7th of April myself and many other professionals spent the weekend diving down rabbit holes of various depths inside the heads of James Baker and Dr Mike Young, the minds […]

[Guest Blog] How I Recover Between Heavy Lifts- Todd Davidson

I recently had the privilege to be interviewed by Todd Davidson on his Platform to Perform podcast.  He reciprocated the favour and agreed to do a guest blog for the website! I’ve followed Todd’s early career and he has always struct me as really dedicated coach who has a thirst for learning! He has been […]

Can Heavy Sled Training Make You Faster?- Part 2

I wanted to follow up one the blog on JB Morin’s Pacey Performance Podcast with a bit more of a discussion around resisted sprints.  This will be a two-part blog.  The first blog looked at the benefits of resisted sled work in developing technical mastery.  This blog will look at the use of resisted sprints […]