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Are you fit enough to play in the Champions League Final?
18/05/2012 - 08:19
Bayern vs Chelsea: Only the fittest will prevail. As the world’s top footballers prepare to meet in the Champions League Final this weekend, we explore what it takes to make it at the highest level....

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Batman's recovery drink

Posted On Wednesday, 25th January 2012 at 08:09

What does Batman drink after a hard night of crime fighting?

Batman milk

If it's good enough for Batman, it should be good enough for you. 

How much sleep is enough after training?

Posted On Tuesday, 30th August 2011 at 07:35

A Guaranteed, Free and Easy Way to Improve Performance…

                                                SLEEP

In a recent workshop we ran, every athlete was found to be SLE

8 Things I know to be true

Posted On Wednesday, 13th April 2011 at 06:43

With 26 years of formalised training experience, including 3 years of International training and competition, plus 15 years of coaching, including 10 years full time, plus umpteen courses, qualifications and articles read and written, I have come to see a few home truths. I can’t quantify it, but I can almost guarantee these points.

1-The athlete does not exist in a vaccuum.

How to monitor training loads and recovery.

Posted On Thursday, 18th November 2010 at 07:35

Very often young athletes are broken or burntout before they get started.


They don't come under the umbrella of one coach, and play several different sports. They have to juggle club versus school versus district, sometimes on the same day.


The poor parent is also getting burntout trying to do what is best for their child.

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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