This week I had a few comments from parents who were concerned about their children lifting weights. I also had a great meeting with a tennis team about the annual plan of a 13 year old boy and discussion of his strength & conditioning goals for the year. It’s funny how various coaches I […]
Last Sunday I delivered a workshop on ”The Key to Running a Successful S&C Programme- 5 Numbers to Live By.” This blog is a summary of the key take home messages from the workshop. I have narrated the presentation. If you want to listen to the whole thing I go for around 40 minutes but […]
Hey Everyone!! I am a bit embarrassed to admit it has been over a month since I posted a blog, it feels like I’m in confession!! In truth, I made a deliberate effort to disconnect for a few weeks on holiday and then I wanted to take my time to digest and reflect on the […]
In this post I introduce a couple of Tennis Specific Endurance tests. As I explain in the video above there is a big difference between running in a straight line and running sideways with a tennis racket in your hand. They require different physical qualities. Below is a summary of some of the traditional performance […]
Hi Everyone. If you’ve followed my stuff over the years you will know this isn’t the first time I have ever posted about Nutrition. In fact Nutrition is an essential part of the three pillars of APA’s Philosophy. APA’s training philosophy is a holistic approach to developing a Peak Performer. Develop a Peak Performance MINDSET […]
Whenever I take on new coaches at APA one of the first things we go through is the Physical Competency Assessment (PCA). In this week’s blog we take a closer look at this assessment. I’ll previously written about one of the assessments- the Overhead squat in a previous blog- which you can read here The […]
This blog is one I am really excited to write. I have been really enjoying being part of a Youth Strength & Conditioning forum on Facebook. So in the last few days a couple of questions came in that got me fired up and excited to contribute to the discussion. One question was about sport […]
This blog is one I am really excited to write. I have been really enjoying being part of a Youth Strength & Conditioning forum on Facebook. So in the last few days a couple of questions came in that got me fired up and excited to contribute to the discussion. One question was about sport […]
We have had some seriously hot weather these last few days. I’m not used to it and have found it hard to concentrate. But with summer upon us it is also making me think about getting myself in a bit better shape. I recently did a bodyfat test and I was at 15%. I have […]
Mike Boyle wrote Functional Training for Sports in 2004, and since then has been a proponent of unilateral or single leg training. Death of Squatting During promotion for his Functional Strength Coach DVD he went on record to say, ”Squatting is not a lower body exercise. It is a lower back exercise. At some point […]
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