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New book published: ‘Coaches’ Corner’
7th November 2024
Essays to help sports coaches and P.E. teachers. My latest book, ‘Coaches’ Corner,’ is now available to buy on Amazon. It contains over 50 essays about athletic development, coaching, and physical education based on my work over the last ten years as Head Coach of Excelsior Athletic Development Club. How and what I’ve coached has […]
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Welcome to the Excelsior blog. It is a mix of current research and thoughts on Athlete and Coach Development, Strength and Conditioning and personal reflections.

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James Marshall

  1. Coaching book reviews

    Book Reviews Whenever I work with other coaches and discuss how they develop their own practice, reading books is always high as a favourite.  Unfortunately, a lot of them seem to be “sciencey” such as Syed’s bounce, but actually add to misinformation, rather than informing our practice Here are a few that I have read […]

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  2. Fitness training for Field Hockey: Part 2

    When looking to improve speed and agility we first need to look at what areas contribute towards them. Other than technique which is essential we can also work on:

    force production
    movement efficiency
    decision making

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  3. Fitness training for Field Hockey: Part 1

    Hockey can be classed as a Transition game sport, it requires efforts of varied intensity that occur randomly with varied rest periods. The game is 70 minutes in duration consisting of two 35 minute halves with 5 minute half time. A squad consists of 16 players, 11 are on the pitch at any one time in a variety of formations.

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  4. Structural Integrity: Building the Foundation for youth athletes.

    How do I start training?

    how to start fitness trainingIn the rush to get results fast and take shortcuts, or to “get to the interesting stuff” young athletes get broken.

    One thing I have been working on over the last two years is improving the structural integrity of the athlete, before moving onto other areas of fitness.

    Structural Integrity is composed of  4 key components:

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  5. Speed Training for Gymnasts

    How to get to the Vault or Double Mini Trampoline quicker

    gymnast vault run upIn order to generate a bigger jump, gymnasts need a faster approach to the Vault or Double Mini Trampoline (DMT).

    This involves them running for about 20-30m and then jumping onto a springboard or the DMT.

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  6. Olympic Weight lifting Tips

    Learning from a WeightLifter

    I have been performing the Olympic lifts since the age of 11. My coach at the time kept it simple, didn’t over complicate the movement and allowed for errors early on. 

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  7. Why Lego is a symbol of lack of sporting creativity

    Lego and sports clubs have become sterile environments Lego sets used to stimulate children’s (and their parent’s) imaginations. In the 1970s the goal of Lego was to use imagination and explore as you can see in the letter on the right. Now, Lego blocks are almost always sold as part of some marketing tie- in […]

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  8. Excelsior ADC awarded Sport England Grant

    Excelsior ADC awarded £8756 from Sport England I am delighted to announce that we have been successful in our application to Sport England’s small grants programme. The money will be used to develop the Weightlifting section of our club. The grant we will be used in 3 main parts: Equipment: we shall be buying Eleiko […]

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