Strength and Conditioning

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Speed Development Featured

Resisted Sprinting (RS) & Its Role in Developing Sprinting Performance

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Gaelic Games Featured

The Science of Gaelic Football

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Agility in Invasion Sports: Position Stand of the International Universities Strength and Conditioning Association (IUSCA)

Invasion sports are team games in which the purpose is to invade the opponents’ territory while trying to score points and minimise the opposition’s scoring. A parameter closely associated with effective movement is agility, and this is generally considered to be a key component of performance.

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Speed Development Featured

The Use of Sled Training to Improve Sprint Performance in Team Sport Athletes

Team sport athletes should not be trained like sprinters (or vice versa) when implementing Sled Training as distinct athletes will respond differently to similar loads. A consensus has not yet been reached; thus, the most appropriate & effective loading condition is still unclear.

Strength and Conditioning Featured

Principles of a Physical Development Session Structure

A very simple graphic of some key considerations that can aid your physical development session structure design.

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Planning Considerations for Session Design

A simple graphic demonstrating many of the variables that must be considered during the planning process in sport.

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Sports Science Featured

Cold Water Immersion as a Recovery Strategy in High Performance Athletes

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Football

Positional High-Intensity Efforts in Elite Soccer

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Football

Physical Demands of Soccer

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Football

Positional Activity Profiles of 11 vs. 11 Professional Football: Variations Across Common Playing Formations

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Football

Match Physical Performance of Elite Female Soccer Players

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Football

A Match-Day Analysis of the Movement Profiles of Substitutes from a Professional Soccer Club Before & After Pitch-Entry

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Football

A Comparison of Match Demands using Ball-in-Play versus Whole Match Data in Professional Soccer Players of the English Championship

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Football

Match Running Performance and Fitness in Youth Soccer

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Football

Strength, Power and Speed Characteristics in Elite Academy Soccer

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Coach Pedagogy

Pillars of Long Term Athletic Development

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Coach Pedagogy

Long Term Athletic Development: Training Components

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Coach Pedagogy

Long Term Athletic Development: Basic Components of Resistance Training

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Coach Pedagogy

Developing World-Class Soccer Players: An Example of the Academy Physical Development Program From an English Premier League Team

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Coach Pedagogy

A Coaching Session Framework for Long Term Athletic Development

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Coach Pedagogy

A Coach’s Dozen - An Update on Building Healthy, Strong, & Resilient Young Athlete

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Rugby

Position Specific Physical Characteristics Of Different Professional Rugby Union Competition Levels

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Coach Pedagogy

Dynamic Correspondence

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Nutrition

Fuel to Perform

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Sport Specific

Energy System Development