Dr Jonathan Ward

🇳🇿🇦🇺🇨🇵 | Physical Performance Coach | PhD | ☕️ &🍷

[1080 Motion @1080motion]

How the elite in rugby prepare for game day in 🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📍England

The @BristolBears use their off-field work to create specific forces, both vertically and horizontally

And their 5 1080 Sprint 2’s fit into the process by both bridging the gap and driving competition, everything needed in a MD-2 training session

Shoutout to @jonobward (First Team Athletic Performance Coach) and the rest of the staff for setting the standard in rugby 👊

[Sportsmith @SportsmithHQ]

The role of instrumented mouthguards in contact sports

From @jonobward

https://t.co/fDzLYNVvz9

[Dr Jonathan Ward @jonobward]

@MatijaPavlovic @lahti_johan @rolf_ohman @Guadango gotcha! I don't have a Keiser rack so I'm defs in no position to comment 😅😅

[Dr Jonathan Ward @jonobward]

@MatijaPavlovic @lahti_johan @rolf_ohman @Guadango I can't say I have ever used free weights or bands with the Keiser Squat. The whole point of Keiser pneumatic resistance is minimal inertia and momentum. Adding external load kind of defeats that purpose?

[Dr Jonathan Ward @jonobward]

My takeaway from this is if the goal is to expose players to max speed, we need to be thinking about sprint distances beyond 30m. Short 20m sprints are great for acceleration, but they aren’t enough if you're chasing max speed exposure across all positions. Tight five included!

[Dr Jonathan Ward @jonobward]

Sprint profiling over 20m gives us a good snapshot of how players accelerate, and anecdotally we know that 20m often isn’t enough to get players to their top speed, except maybe for the tight five (props and second rowers), who generally have lower top end speed

[Dr Jonathan Ward @jonobward]

Contrary to popular belief, even props and second rowers, who I assumed might hit top speed earlier, still need more than 20m to get into their max velocity zone (>90%).

[JB Morin @jb_morin]

Excellent one @jonobward !! 👍🏉🏃‍♂️
Very detailed application of research in elite context.
Programming Resisted Sprints on the 1080 Sprint: Setting Speed Limits and the Impact on Sprint Kinetics https://t.co/wPrxINALwy

[Dr Jonathan Ward @jonobward]

@rowland_carter @SimpliFaster Hi Carter, appreciate the kind message mate, and glad you could take something from it!

[Dr Jonathan Ward @jonobward]

In my new article on @SimpliFaster I explain how I use to 1080 Sprints speed limit setting to overload Force &/or Power, depending on the sprint phase I am targetting. Plus I share some practical examples of how I use it within my program of pro rugby players!

[Nate Huffstutter @CoachsVision]

“The benefit of training athletes at specific velocities is to strategically overload the kinetic qualities of force & power.”

📈 My guy @jonobward goes deep on how & why to use speed limit functions on @1080motion.

Data/Protocols from his 🏉 athletes⤵️

https://t.co/0xijmrxK56

[SimpliFaster @SimpliFaster]

"To be fast, you need to hit 3.0m/s or 6.7mph on your 1st step. If the athlete has not reached that threshold, their body is not moving fast enough to get the center of mass forward enough to get the 1st step under or behind the mass."

📈 New @korfist ⤵️
https://t.co/sXX7RwZpKH

[SimpliFaster @SimpliFaster]

The Collision Zone: Tracking Momentum in Rugby Union w/ @1080motion Benchmarks

Has ⬆️body mass made them ⬇️explosive & mobile. While they may be more dominant in collisions, has there been a cost in terms of # of ball carries & tackles?

📈 @jonobward ⤵️

https://t.co/SEM3o2dAvB

[Dr Jonathan Ward @jonobward]

Monday 1st July
11AM 🇫🇷 / 7PM 🇦🇺
How I use the @1080motion Sprint with our squad to improve sprint performance throughout the season!

[Aus S&C Assn @the_ASCA]

New online event! Monday 1 July (19:00-20:00 AEST) with Jonathan Ward
Learn more via https://t.co/V2aeMfbpel

[Dr Jonathan Ward @jonobward]

The budgets of second division French clubs tells us that rugby is going strong here in 🇫🇷

Most second div clubs have more $ than Super Rugby and NRL clubs back in Aus 🇦🇺

Brive for example has a budget of 26 million AUD, with Aurillac (the smallest) with 8.1 million AUD.

[Infos Prod2 @InfosProd2]

Comparatif entre le classement final et le budget des clubs
#Prod2 #rugby
@VRDRrugby @SAXV_Charente @agen_rugby @BOPBweb @UsmSapiacRugby @RouenNdieRugby

[Dr Jonathan Ward @jonobward]

Minor Premiers 2023/24!

Time to recover and get prepped for a home semi in two weeks.

By the time the season finishes we would have started preseason exactly 1 year ago. This season has been a marathon, but a rewarding one at that.

[Rugby PRO D2 @rugbyprod2]

#PROD2 – J30
Le verdict vient de tomber 👨‍⚖️
🥇 @ProvenceRugby termine leader
🎟️Un final au suspense insoutenable et le @CABCLRUGBY arrache le dernier ticket pour la phase finale
⚔️ Le @RouenNdieRugby tombe les armes à la main et se retrouve relégué en Nationale
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Plus d'infos 👉https://t.co/WFrXB4MsMl

[Dr Jonathan Ward @jonobward]

@eddylea @KeiserUK @Woolley_Man I have this up next to our Keiser Squat showing the players best results at diff resistances. Not a FV profile but gives the boys targets to try and hit depending on the prescribed loading of that day. I have position averages too. Best for us is a Prop with 5864 W at 300lbs.

[Chris Bishop @DrChrisBishop]

📄 New recently accepted manuscript on the utility of the Dynamic Strength Index - is it actually useful?

👏 Cracking piece of work led by the ever impressive @resolveperf (whom we should all be following)!

🔗 Link to text on RG: https://t.co/3GQYcmPi26