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25th March 2025
The father of a 9-year-old boy asked me if I could coach his son 1-1 with his running technique. I said, ‘No.’ Boys that age should be playing outside with their friends, not stuck in an awkward situation with an experienced coach and an expectant father watching on. Unfortunately, the boy attends a private school […]
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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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I first met James at a South West Gymnastic conference and thought he was superb then, and still do! James' ability to adapt to different sports and levels is excellent, and he is superb at getting his message across to different ages of gymnasts. He did a workshop at our club for our competitive gymnasts and it was superb, His work was of great value to a wide range of ages and levels, with a tremendous emphasis on posture and injury prevention. We have been able to put his training methods into practice and are seeing an improvement in the all round strength and fitness of our gymnasts.
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