Month: August 2016

Ask the Expert: Johnny Harris-Wright (Bristol Rugby)

Give us a bit of background on yourself… (sporting career, qualifications, coaching experience) I have played rugby most of my life and was lucky enough to play representative rugby in New Zealand and in Ireland at school boy and college level for my home province of Leinster. My most relevant qualifications would be my Undergraduate Degree in Strength and Conditioning and I am […]

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Ditch the running Part 2! How to structure small sided games…

Part 2 of a very popular series on implementing small sided games (SSG) as a form of fitness training…

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Ask the Expert – Matt Depledge (Southampton FC)

This week we interview Matt Depledge, Academy Strength and Conditioning Coach at Southampton Football Club…

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Ditch the running! How to make your players fit without them realizing!

How to get your teamsport athletes fitter, without running!

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Warming Up and the Youth Athlete (Video)

Here’s the latest in our “Youth Athlete” video series aimed at informing coaches and parents of youth athletes. As always, please like, share and comment as you see fit! You can like us on Facebook too.   Here is a great example of a RAMP style warm up, applied at Barcelona FC: Are you a grassroots youth […]

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Ask the Expert – Tom Smale (Leaf Academy)

Would you mind giving us a bit of background about yourself? I studied at University of Stirling getting a BA (Hons) in Sports Studies and MSc in Sports Coaching. Whilst doing my MSc got the opportunity to shadow S&C sessions run by the University and Sportscotland Institute of Sport and realised this would be a […]

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