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!
- Spielman’s OFSTED Game Changer: The Importance of the Curriculum.
Perhaps I had a bit of sunstroke but it seemed to me that what the new OFSTED supremo, Amanda Spielman had to say was a ‘game’ changer. In her gloriously uplifting speech at the, equally gloriously uplifting, Wellington Festival of Education she said that: One of the areas that… ... read more5 days ago - “Understanding” and Occam’s razor
At the beginning of the 20th century, the physicists Hendrik Lorentz and Albert Einstein both concluded independently that measurements of light speed would be the same for all observers. But while both arrived at the same results from their equations, Lorentz’s explanation relied on changes that take place in ‘the ether’. Because Einstein’s paper On the Electrodynamics… ... read more5 days ago - Toughness
Robert A. Panariello MS, PT, ATC, CSCS Professional Physical Therapy Professional Athletic Performance Center New York, New York Recently my good friends former NFL and Hall of Fame Strength and Conditioning (S&C) Coaches Johnny Parker, Al Miller and I traveled to visit a good friend, a Head S&C Coach… ... read more5 days ago - Just Fly Performance Podcast Episode #53: Aaron Davis
Today’s guest is Aaron Davis, sports performance and health coach at Train Adapt Evolve. I first discovered Aaron’s work after reading his piece on arterial occlusion and tempo vs. circuit training prescriptions which sparked a huge interest in the topic on my own end. Aaron’s work is first class, and his… ... read more5 days ago - The Balancing Act- Developing Speed and Endurance
Training is all about balance. It may be a cliché statement, but when it comes to training for almost any event, ensuring that speed and endurance, stress and rest, or any number of factors has the... [ To read more, please click the title link above.] ... read more5 days ago - Direction Bias Gym Programming and Athletic Performance
Direction Bias programming is the evolution of the validated concept of Direction Preference, which has demonstrated that repeated movement in an individual’s preferred movement pattern yields improved function. Preliminary DB studies show that certain heavy resistance exercises, when matched to the individual, can lead to improved athletic performance. Author information… ... read more6 days ago - JAILBREAKING MY IPHONE 3GS AND ESSENTIAL CYDIA APPSI’ve been an iPhone client for very nearly 2 years and have opposed hacking it since it gave the greater part of the usefulness I required. Truth be told, that is as yet the case, however I at long last [...] CONTINUE READING The post JAILBREAKING MY IPHONE 3GS… ... read more6 days ago
- New developments
Yes, it looks like I am slacking on my blog posts a bit. The main reason is I am working on two new books at the same time, which takes a lot of my time. In the meanwhile I have been working on some interesting issues. We did a project… ... read more7 days ago - 7th ISPAS International Workshop on the 5th September at Middlesex University
International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport Workshop – ‘Innovation in theory, practice and technology in PA’Workshop overview The aim of this International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport (ISPAS) workshop is to provide performance analysis practitioners, academics and students with a platform to attend high quality applied and academic… ... read more7 days ago - The challenge of scouting Ajax
Ajax’s impressive run to the Europa League final alerted clubs across Europe to the potential of the young players in their squad, and suggested to many that they had the temperament as well as the skill to compete in bigger leagues.While clubs have access to video as well as the… ... read more7 days ago
