Follow the programming and thoughts of training a group of athletes as they transition through the performance pathway in the pursuit of following the athletic dreams and also the development of coaching activity.
Musings about improving sports performance, speed, strength and power. Along with staying healthy and programming training correctly. General chat about track and field.
Todays episode is an update on training for the sprints squad coached by Stew during the lockdown 2.0 in the UK and discussions around competition opportunities that may occur.
We take a look at why …
Good title, you think? Hard to really think of a better one... But it does what it says on the tin!!
In todays episode we discuss the use of Sticks when sprinting, not to be confused with accelerati…
In this edition Stew and Aid simply rant! As we enter a second Covid lockdown the uk government have allowed "Elite" sport to continue, unfortunately the definition of what is elite across different …
In todays episode we go into the role of Hip Internal Rotation and running/sprinting and some compensatory cues you can spot and how you can work to rectify. We momentarily discuss a recent paper hig…
Todays episode, we take a little deeper look into GPP considerations for athletes with this time a bit more emphasis on the gym, but of course unless your sport is gym based its should always take in…
In this episode Stewart takes a look at the GPP, a traditional time for coaches and athletes to layer fitness into their athletes, but is this really being done correctly and what the athletes need?
In our last episode Stew and Aid made some bets on the speed power events at the british athletics championships, so who won on the track and off?
Stew and Aiden go face to face in their gambling predictions for this weekends British athletics championships being held in Manchester. A bet of £1 on each of the speed power events... who will win …
Todays episode we discuss the role of track side therapy in keeping athletes moving during sessions and even those playing games. What quick interventions can a therapist or coach do help the athlete…
Today we take a quick shallow look at how to develop speed.
Speed development is simple right? getting faster is as simple as just sprinting often and at maximum intensity.
Well, actually there are 3…
So whats best for an injury? Ice or Heat?
We all have heard about RICE (Rest Ice Compression and Elevation) but is this really the best thing to do in the initial stages of an injury?
We take a loo…
Today we take a look at what actually is tempo, explaining the difference or even similarities with the "Tempo" done by distance runners. Break down the terms of tempo and discusses the correct use w…
In this episode we have a general catch up chat about whats changing in our own lives as we start opening up after the covid 19 shut down. Discuss some strange racing coming out of the USA and also s…
In this episode we delve a little into acceleration for team sports during none Sagital movement. Discuss the role of Transverse movement and dissociation, along with Hip internal and external moveme…
Well we have to discuss whats going on in the world or track and Field.
And to kick this episode off we discuss the situation of the World champion and 3rd fastest athlete of all time at 21 years old…
This is the 1st episode of "Book Club" starting at a basic level of books to introduce those who are starting out o their career, either as parents helping out or those wanting to focus and set thems…
In today's episode we discuss the Achilles, some misconceptions around tendinitis and tendonosis. How a coach can visually identify their athlete not coping with the pain and also how we can get tha…
In this episode we have a discussion with UK Sprints Performance coach David Sadkin, who in 2019 guiding the progression of young British 400m to the world championships and this year was hoping to h…