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A Movement Manifesto
3rd January 2025
A personal movement manifesto for all Humans have evolved through adaptation to moving in their environments. I aim to help people learn to enjoy movement and make it part of their physical and mental selves. Physical activity is often reduced to a number: “10,000 steps”, “walk a mile a day,” or ’100 reps’. By focussing […]
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Periodisation Strategies

Periodisation is often talked about, but is soon forgotten once a season starts. It appears that some Coaches view periodisation as simply an offseason and a season. S&C Coaches may see it as 3 weeks of loading, followed by an unloading week- in my experience this leads to players getting broken.

I have seen some professional clubs just do more and more work for 3 weeks, then take a whole week off- that is not periodisation in my opinion.

Here is an article I wrote a few years ago:
http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/periodisation.html

I am currently having to use about 3 different periodisation strategies within one group of players- it has to suit the individual in front of you. It makes more work for me, but the players are my key priority.

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