Posts Tagged ‘strength and conditioning course’
Athletic Development Workshop at Christ’s Hospital
Athletic Development in action at Christ’s Hospital Last week I ran 2 workshops for some of the Sports Scholars at Christ’s Hospital School in Horsham, West Sussex. Whilst the title was Athletic Development, the content was all about teaching the pupils about movement. Movement is the foundation of physical education (p.e.). So you could just…
Read MoreGetting started in strength and conditioning
“There is more to circuit training than just getting tired”
was something I kept explaining to coaches on the recent level 1 coaching strength and conditioning for sport course.
Read MoreAre you a Dot Collector or a Dot Connector?
Anyone can go to a workshop, read a book or watch a YouTube video and get a drill or exercise.
A good coach knows how to assess whether this fits into their System of training, and if so how and when to use it.
This is the difference between just collecting dots and knowing how to connect them.
Sports Nutrition- Grow your own veg
As Andrew Hamilton remarked a couple of weeks ago on the blog festival with regards to sports nutrition: Walk before you run. It constantly amazes me how clueless young athletes are about simpel eating facts. One of the reasons is that society has beome distant from food in its natural state. Do youngsters go scrumping anymore? (that would combine the tree climbing for pulling strength and healthy eating!).