Coaching Matters, my round up of articles & videos is proving more & more popular so I thought I would provide an RSS feed of the sites I visit most regularly for those who would like the most up to date posts as they happen.
The articles update on an hourly basis so bookmark the page & keep coming back. If I am missing any good blogs drop me an email or let me know on Twitter @SiNainby. Enjoy!
- 10 Reasons Your Gym Should Buy a kBox
[mashshare] By Sean Smith At Exceed Sports Performance and Fitness in Westborough, MA, we train more than 150 athletes each month, and receive dozens more in monthly visits, including drop-ins by performance coaches from other facilities looking to gain insight on the ExceedSPF method. The most common questions we receive from performance coaches ... read more5 hours ago - Unpacking Extreme Isometrics, Super Slow Training and Effective CNS Training. Just Fly Performance Podcast #116 Dr. Mark WetzelToday’s episode features Dr. Mark Wetzel. Mark is a chiropractic neurologist with expert knowledge of the nervous system, reflexes and transference to sports training. A running theme of this show has been digging into some unconventional training methods, one of which is long duration isometric holds and other exercises ... read more1 day ago
- Bridging the Gap in Sports Education and Practice with Korey Van Wyk
[mashshare] Freelap Friday Five with Korey Van Wyk Korey Van Wyk earned a bachelor’s degree in strength and conditioning from Central College in Pella, and a master’s in nutrition and exercise from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He previously served as a teaching assistant at the University of Nebraska, helped ... read more1 day ago - Can Nutrigenomics Help Athletes Reach Their Full Potential?
[mashshare] By Nanci Guest An individual’s dietary and supplement strategies greatly influence sport performance. This holds true for all ages, ethnicities, and levels of skill, regardless of whether the goal is optimizing physical activity for health and fitness or training for high performance sport. An individually tailored sports nutrition ... read more2 days ago - Buyer’s Guide to Pneumatic Compression Recovery Systems
[mashshare] The market of pneumatic compression systems for sports recovery has grown and evolved over the last decade. While each system shares numerous design similarities, their pricing, claims, portability, muscle pressure, and compression patterns are all different. Nearly every professional team and top-tier college program uses compression in some form, ... read more3 days ago - “I want to make myself unnecessary” – a conversation with Peter Prickett
Peter Prickett is a coach that is passionate about the role that games can play in the child's sports experience. So much so that he has written a book that is dedicated to playing games. But not just any games...specifically 3 v 3 games as he believes that they offer ... read more3 days ago - Join me, John O’Sullivan and Mark Bennett to discuss ‘The Future of Coaching’
I am super excited to be able to announce that on January 4th and 5th I will be joined by John O'Sullivan from Changing The Game Project and my mentor Mark Bennett MBE at Stamford School in Lincolnshirefor 2 days of deep learning, discussion and exploration around the subject of ... read more4 days ago - Can’t Do Dips?
Question: I am a fat ass and can't do a proper dip. Just had a quick search but can't seem to find anything in terms of progression building up to dips. Any ideas? Answer: There have been good suggestions, the Slingshot being (at ... read more4 days ago - An Analysis of Kevin Mayer vs. Ashton Eaton’s Decathlon Record and a Progression of the World’s Greatest Athlete
This past weekend was an exciting one for track and field fans (and hopefully fans of human performance in general) as the world Decathlon record went down once again, broken by Kevin Mayer of France totaling 9126 points in the 10 event competition. It’s always intriguing to me the nature ... read more4 days ago - Avoiding the High Tackle
During the Wasps v Leicester Tigers match yesterday, Tigers’ lock Will Spencer was shown a red card for a high tackle that made forceful contact with the head of Wasps’ hooker Tommy Taylor. Without getting into the social media storm about whether or not it should have been (which angered ... read more5 days ago
