A ‘useful’ guide for linear running distances (from 5 m to 125 m give or take 1-2 m) on a standard (105 x 68 m) football pitch. Or just keep it simple and use a trundle-wheel 😐
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Sprint "velocity-based" resistance training: let's fill the gap between gym 🏋️♀️ and track methods and individualised loading 🧐
Full details & refs📄
Tutorial 🎥
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Free spreadsheet
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Nice (simple) visual from @sciofmultispeed! When moving up the chain to focus on adductors, I would add a strong dose of oblique work, specifically hypertrophy.
Exercise suggestions to target areas for change of direction preparation and knee injury mitigation🎯💪🌪
🔑KEY:
RDL = Romanian Deadlift
OH = Overhead
COD = Change of Direction
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An intriguing, age-specific study using the GOLD standard of left 🖐️ x-ray to investigate the links between skeletal maturity level and match-running performance in youth soccer players at CA U14 & U15. Great read!
https://t.co/TZUVCiqQtB
As we read, the muscles that generate speech engage. The same phenomenon does not occur when we hear or listen to sentences. In other words, reading is a form of speech practice. The science & implications of this are in the Huberman Lab Podcast out now: https://t.co/RTtVQBFFJS
Interesting study that puts a stat to what we know. Boys have a much higher training age and girls start too late or not at all.
“youth male sport participation rates (80%) are significantly higher than females (20%).” @LBU_RaE
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Mobility is a lot more than just stretching. Finding ways to load in and out of the hips especially with the application of the pelvis moving on a fixed femur has become a high interest to me #explorethecorners
Psychology limits motor learning...This means that a person must, first, want to learn, and, second, trust in the coach/process enabling them to do so. It doesn't matter how good your cue or drill is, if you don't have the person's belief and trust, you have nothing.