Entries by dazdrake

Russian Special Strength Training (SST) – Part 1

This is the last blog post to round off my series on ”Power” development as it relates to jumping.  There will definitely be a follow up on other concepts such as rotational power and upper body power, but I’ll save that for another day.   Special Strength Training Manual for Coaches – Vuri & Natalia […]

Pacey Performance Podcast REVIEW- Episode 373 Jeremy Sheppard & Dana Agar-Newman

This blog is a review of the Pacey Performance Podcast Episode 373 – Jeremy Sheppard & Dana Agar-Newman   Jeremy Sheppard Jeremy is a strength conditioning coach with Canada Snowboard, previously having also worked with the Canadian Sport Institute. Twitter Dana Agar-Newman Dana is a senior practitioner at the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, and a head […]

Does the Jump Squat Fail to Deliver?

As part of APA’s goal to be the Best Tennis S&C Team in the World I am reviewing the #APA Method and have been identifying and questioning my assumptions about various aspects of the method.  This is one of several posts looking at the concept of ”Power.”  It started with my review of Triphasic Method […]

The Force-Velocity Curve for Tennis – Part 2

In today’s blog I’m going to follow up the first blog- The Force-Velocity Curve for Tennis- Part 1   As stated in the first blog, one way to conceptualise the forces acting on the body is by using the F-V curve and placing various tennis actions on the curve.   I ask my coaches to do […]

APA Job Opportunity – Gosling Tennis Academy

Coaches- please give your attention to the Job Advert below.  Anyone interested should contact me immediately and submit their CV for consideration as this role is for an immediate start.                                                  ? APA […]

Is there any Evidence that Surfing the Curve is Important?

In my last blog I talked about conceptualising the forces acting on the body by using the F-V curve and placing various tennis actions on the curve.   I ask my coaches to do this exercise when they first work in Tennis with APA and so in Part 2 of this blog I will present an […]

The Force-Velocity Curve for Tennis – Part 1

In today’s blog I’m going to introduce an important concept- the Force-Velocity (F-V) Curve and how we can use it to write better S&C programmes for Tennis performance.   A lot of us (myself included) have at one point probably blindly followed a model for improving ‘performance’ without really taking time to understand how certain types […]

My thoughts on the Triphasic Method – Part 2

This is a follow up post, you can read Part 1 here which focuses on the Block periodisation model used in Triphasic training.     The triphasic method is only part of the entire training system Cal uses; the triphasic method refers to the ‘strength’ phase (also known as the ABOVE 80 block), but there […]

My thoughts on the Triphasic Method – Part 1

I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for a while, in truth the book’s been sitting on my book shelf for over a year but I’ve finally got around to reading it properly and I have to say it wasn’t what I was expecting- in a good way.     If someone had asked […]

Pacey Performance Podcast REVIEW- Episode 367 Gareth Sandford

This blog is a review of the Pacey Performance Podcast Episode 367 – Gareth Sandford Gareth Sandford Researcher and physiologist for Athletics Canada, working with the Canadian Sports Institute, and the University of British Columbia. Website Background:    Gareth Sandford   He previously earned his master’s in Sport Science and Physiology, where he did a year’s […]