In this week’s blog post I want to discuss a topic which has come up again recently, and it’s a topic that will not go away. It concerns resistance training and youths. Pictures of Cruz Beckham on Instagram lifting heavy weights prompted the question — how young is too young to be performing bench presses? […]
Are you a good coach? This is the question I asked the group of students to think about at the University of Hertfordshire, at my latest Guest lecture for David Turner and his final year sport studies students. Well, to be more specific I asked them to come up with an observation checklist that they […]
Excited to bring you news of further opportunities with APA. We are looking for S&C coaches to work with our Partners at Gosling Tennis Academy (Hertfordshire) and Challenge Tennis (Bucks). Full details are below in the PDF APA JOB ADVERTNov17 role Racketedge Tennis Fitness, Sport Science and Coaching Conference Also don’t forget I will […]
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 […]
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