Walk before you run, sports nutrition guide: Andrew Hamilton

A good way to develop a successful nutrition strategy is to think in terms of a ‘hierarchy of nutritional needs’. You can think of this as a pyramid, with the widest layer at the base representing the most fundamental dietary needs and successive layers above representing progressively more specialised needs.

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How to acquire skill in strength and conditioning

“Skill learning isn’t just skill learning, it’s preparation” 

skill acquisition john brierleyJohn Brierley in his skill acquisition lecture on our level 3 coaching strength and conditioning for sport course.

Ever see the 5 sets of 5 programme for squats, power cleans and bench press? Dull as dishwater!

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How to get fit for handball pt 2

When planning the ideal training schedule of a Handball team, I would probably include 2 or 3 team technical/tactical sessions, a couple of gym based strength sessions and a court based agility or speed session.

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The ultimate guide to warm ups

Why do you Warm up?

To prepare your body and mind for the activity to follow.

If you have a “routine” that you follow day in day out, it bcomes just that…routine.  Your mind switches off, your body has adapted too well, and any benefits are lost.

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Getting teenagers to take control of their sport preparation

“I don’t have a warm up routine”

how to warm upwas the quote of the day from a 16 year old experienced competitor on our Athlete Support Day on Monday.

Another young athlete I work with was a bundle of nerves before a recent competition. I am trying hard to get these young people to establish a warm up routine that is regular, specific and gives them confidence.

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Movement Patterns

Adapted or adaptable athletes?

multi skill developmentI had the chance over the last few days to look at different people of various ages and sporting backgrounds trying to learn new exericses.

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Multi planar movements

Get off that machine

multi planar stretchingAs beginners we are often taught to isolate movements down to their simplest form.

In gyms this is done as single joint resistance training exercises or stretches.

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Juking the stats 3- recovery

Not all that can be measured is important, and not all that is important can be measured.

I keep mentioning this, but it must be borne in mind when we consider what we are doing.
Recovery is an example of this. Everyone recognises the fact that if we train we must recover in order for adaptation to take place.

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