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Are you restricted by forms?

Posted On Friday, 25th January 2013 at 11:06

“When one has reached maturity in the art, one will have a formless form. It is like ice dissolving in water. When one has no form, one can be all forms; when one has no style, he can fit in with any style.” Bruce Lee

Three training sessions a day: just noise?

Posted On Monday, 19th November 2012 at 08:26

" I did speed, strength and endurance all in a day"

A lack of foresight and planning can lead to poor training gains or potentially overtraining.

In the rush to get everything done, you might stress your system hormonally, metabolically and nervously. This leads to training "noise": you get tired, but you don't adapt.

Have you got the 4 cornerstones of your training programme in place?

Posted On Monday, 03rd September 2012 at 08:08

Any training programme for sport should consist of the following areas:

periodisation

Preparation: Either planning, warming up, or getting ready to train.

Planning your Training: Block Periodisation for Young Athletes

Posted On Thursday, 23rd August 2012 at 16:04

What is Periodisation?

Periodisation is the term given to the practice of breaking down an athlete’s conditioning plan into specific phases of training. By varying the emphasis of the training at regular time intervals, periodisation attempts to produce optimal gains in strength, power and endurance.

How to plan your fitness routine (and increase your vertical)

Posted On Monday, 24th October 2011 at 07:44

In the age of the Internet, where you can buy commercial, generic "workout of the day" programmes, getting young athletes to sit down and plan their training is tricky.

A recent experience with a Junior International highlighted this: he had been downloading "Vertical Jump " programmes and sticking them randomly into his week. I had been asking for a copy of this, and also his playing/ training schedule for 3 weeks before I had to say "no training until you do it".

How to Plan Your Training: GAIN Review 6

Posted On Tuesday, 23rd August 2011 at 07:30

“90% of coaches’ work is grunt work” Terry Brand

Vern Gambetta did a few presentations on planning training, as well as a couple on coaching itself. The overall theme was “have a plan, then work the plan”. I will cover some specifics in this blog, as well as an overall summary.

Hierarchy of needs

Posted On Thursday, 08th April 2010 at 05:06

Maslow talks about a hieracrchy of needs. Food, water, shelter, comfort, self actualisation and so on.

Without the basic needs being met, the higher ones can't be achieved.

If your athlete isn't recovering- lack of sleep, food, outside stressors- then they will not respond to training.

That is not the time to pile more work(and stress) on- it is the time to back off and address these issues first.

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Scheduling Training- Andy Larmour

Posted On Friday, 26th March 2010 at 03:47

tokeley One significant issue affecting young athletes more and more as they become increasingly successful is scheduling.

This is a multi-sport issue.

As young athletes achieve greater success their talent is required more and more.

Before they realise it they can be required to represent their school, their club, their county, their region and possibly their country, often at more than one age group. It's exhausting just thinking about it.

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