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 […]
Hey Everybody! This week I delivered a presentation to my team of coaches on a case study of the work I am currently doing with a 14 year old female Tennis player. One of the physical goals of the programme is to improve acceleration technique over short distances. The athlete in question ‘pops up’ very […]
Last week I had the pleasure of spending the morning with my former lecturer Dr. Iain Fletcher. I love popping in to see ”Fletch” who oversees the BSc in Strength and Conditioning at University of Bedfordshire, is an external examiner for a number of Universities and is also a Tutor and Assessor for the UKSCA. […]
Hey Everybody! In this week’s Blog I am going to give you some examples of the Speed DRILLS that APA use to get our athletes Faster. I take a lot of time at the front end to make sure that the athlete and coach understand what type of speed quality we are working on. This […]
In this week’s blog we are summarising some of the points I made on my recent Episode 7 of Daz Dee TV. A lot of the content is already for everybody to see on this website so I’ll save myself some time and tell you all to go to the Education section of the website […]
In this week’s blog I take you through the three elements you must consider when designing a Strength training programme. Three types of Strength– muscular endurance, maximal strength and maximal power Seven types of Exercise classification Five components of a training session Three Types of Strength This links to a previous episode of Daz Dee […]
In this blog I am going to be summarising the latest Episode of Daz Dee TV- Episode 5 Periodisation. I am slowly getting better at giving the elevator pitch- the 30-second summary of what APA’s Training Philosophy is all about. Only this week I had decided to put a four page summary up on the […]
It’s getting to the final stages of the academic year for many under graduates and post graduates. I have a number of interns working within Athletic Performance Academy and it got me thinking about what kind of opportunities there are on the horizon for them as they go into the job market. So this post […]
Why is Peak Height Velocity (PHV) important? For many years I have tracked the height of the young athletes I work with. I would do it by simply observing how many centimetres each year an athlete had grown. I was taught that a typical amount of growth per year for a child was around 5cm. […]
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