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1st June 2023
A guest post from Kath Maguire. Kath is the parent of one of our club’s gymnasts. She asked about doing some volunteering a couple of months ago and whether there was a course she could do. Here are her reflections from the day. “I’ve been thinking about volunteering for a while now but as it’s […]
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How to make an athlete efficient
ef·fi·cien·cy (
-fsh
n-s
)n. pl. ef·fi·cien·cies
1.
a. The quality or property of being efficient.
b. The degree to which this quality is exercised: The program was implemented with great efficiency and speed.
2.
a. The ratio of the effective or useful output to the total input in any system.
b. The ratio of the energy delivered by a machine to the energy supplied for its operation.
This is a word used by the physios I screen athletes with. If the athlete is moving efficiently, then they can utilise their energy systems to provide work for tactical moves at key times. If they are inefficient, energy is wasted on compensating movement patterns and maximal efforts will not be produced.
The key is to work the athlete as a whole, with the kinetic chain working together. The athlete is not a series of micro managed individual muscle actions – so the training should reflect this.
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