Posts Tagged ‘sport science’
What is Dynamic Correspondence?
Dynamic Correspondence: Is it misunderstood?
The greatest challenge for any strength & conditioning/athletic development coach is to elicit specific adaptions on the athlete in order to gain an advantage on the field of play. Specificity can arise in the form of biomechanical, metabolic, or psychological adaptations1. However, recent focus on specificity has taken on a new chapter, with the development of Siff & Verkhoshansky’s2 dynamic correspondence model.
Read More10 things Sports Science has taught us in the last decade
“Accurate observations of human nature hold true no matter their age.
Tom Kurz (in his guest blog about coach observation).
I am of the view that pseudoscience is only repeating what we already know or suspect. However, conscious that I may be a luddite, I asked Matt Brookland to come up with 10 things it has taught us in the last decade:
Read MoreHow training the Central Nervous System helps you become a better athlete
The Sporting Brain: Understanding how the mind helps us play sport
Top cricket batsmen have been reported to hit balls within a time window of 2 to 3 milliseconds, that’s the same speed as a house fly’s wing flap!