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Twitter for athletes and coaches- Diary of an Intern

Posted On Friday, 08th April 2011 at 05:55

A couple of weeks ago Active Devon, held the annual Devon Coaching Conference, with the support of Team Devon and UCP Marjon. All the staff at Excelsior went and found the day extremely beneficial, in developing our coaching delivery and knowledge. There were a vast range of workshops and coaching observation to participate in. It was a day that was well worth going to.

 (Got a flat tire on the drive home though, and couldn’t get the spare tire out so had to call the RAC! How embrassing! )

 Ones that I found really useful were:

 

Istvan "Steve" Javorek's top 4 training tips

Posted On Wednesday, 15th December 2010 at 10:48

Istvan "Steve" Javorek is famous for his book and methodology of training with complexes.


Here are 4 nuggets of training advice that I gleaned from a 2 day workshop with him 3 years ago:



  1. Continuous disciplined programme is better than a disorganised one.

  2. Hydration\ refuelling discipline is key, eating breakfast is essential.

Repeated jumps versus single jumps

Posted On Tuesday, 24th August 2010 at 05:42

Bondachurek highlights research from Eastern Europe that shows that performing repeated jumps is more effective in improving sporting performance than doing single jumps for distance.

Working on this principle with a group of Athletes last week a couple of things need to be in place: Balance and strength.

Without both of these, the jumps will not be effective. The athletes who have been working with me for a year, have enough of both to do repeated hops rapidly over 15 metres.