Darren is a lecturer in Sport Psychology at Solent University. Darren first graduated with a BSc (Hons) Psychology from Bournemouth University in 2011, before completing an MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Brunel University in 2012. Darren then completed a PhD at Bournemouth University, investigating the role of stress reactivity in the development of […]
After the recent post on a 4 Stage model to athletic development, I received a lot of feedback online as to how this might pertain to other movements other than squatting. So I decided to add some more content surrounding the other fundamental movements.
The cycle of learning…
If you’re anything like me, you enjoy a good meal. Especially a steak… For me, you just can’t beat a piece of quality, aged beef cooked to medium rare, or some slow roasted barbecue pulled pork, or a nice beef joint roasted slowly. If you cast your mind back to a really memorable meal, I […]
The week’s interview comes all the way from New Zealand…
In this “Ask the Expert” interview I spoke to the owner of Specific Strength and Fitness…
In this installment of the “Ask the Expert” series, I interview Trainee Sport Psychologist Andy Blyth…
Phil is a friend and former colleague of mine. He is currently a Lecturer and PhD researcher at Teeside University.
In this installment, we introduce squatting to our young athletes!
In the previous post here, we discussed an alternative method (The Session RPE) method as an economical and effective way of monitoring fatigue within your youth athletes.