Training Articles - Planning
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Planning |
Articles - Planning
- Planning your athlete's training is
essential - here is how to do it
How to prepare an your training program to ensure both short and long term objectives are achieved at the right time in the season
- When not to train hard
An explanation as to why rest is esential to performance improvement and how to plan it into your training
- Knowing at what age an athlete is likely
to achieve peak performance is a big help in planning a training program
A explanation as to the age an 800m and1500m athlete will potentially achieve their best performance and how to best prepare for these events
- How to Squash in the Training
The athletic demands of squash and how to plan your training
- Tapering for success
A look into why tapering before competition is beneficial
- The sport that requires the most precise
preparation of them all - Swimming
The athletic demands of swimming and how to plan your training
- Adaptations to training
If an exercise routine is correctly planned and properly adhered to, then improvements in physical strength will result as the body adapts to the load. Here is how to plan your strength training program
- The FITT Principle … in relation to
injury prevention
An overview of the FITT principle and its application to avoid injury
- The Long and Winding Road to Marathon
Improvement - Practical Steps for Mere Mortals
Practical steps for those mere "mortal" athletes, seeking to perform at a higher level. It may not see you on the airplane to the next Olympics but it will provide you with good memories that last a lifetime
- Goal Setting
When setting goals the succession of events goes like this: set a goal, have a detailed plan, commit to that plan, and then take action. Sound easy? It can be if you take goal setting seriously and approach it systematically
- Periodisation - Working towards a long
term plan for young athletes
Appropriate programming is necessary for improving performance but it is also essential for reducing the risk of injury to young athletes
- Look to the past for new training
ideas
It is interesting how much the techniques of those that have gone before us can be ignored. Is this really because modern methods are better or is it because those methods are lost as each generation passes through?
- Planning or lack of it is at the base of
school sport in Japan
An overview of the school rugby system in Japan
- How to prepare for your next
competition
Races are run with the feet but often won with the head. With two runners of equal ability it is the one who uses his or her head - who focuses, concentrates and thinks best - who comes out on top
- How to design a
Circuit Training session
Circuit training is an excellent way to simultaneously improve mobility, strength and stamina.
- How to design and plan successful
training phases
Consider what the intermediate goals are for each phase, how to identify them and what to do to achieve them
- How to develop a Training
Program
The process of creating a training program to help develop an individual's level of fitness comprises of 6 stages
- Without a plan, you will be mediocre at
best
The benefits for young athletes of short and long term planning
- Periodisation: Myth and
Reality
In a modern sport, performance improvement depends upon proper levels of physical, technical, psychological and tactical preparedness of the athlete. Different means and methods exist to achieve this high level of preparedness
- Seven strategies for developing the exercise habit
A number of suggestions that might help you to establish an exercise routine that will eventually become a habit
- Designing an effective speed-training
program - Part I
Why it is important to understand the needs of your sport or event before you start planning your training
- Designing an effective speed-training
program - Part 2
The seven steps to building your speed training programme
- Designing an effective speed-training
program - Part 3
An overview of the components of fitness that contribute to speed development
- Designing an effective speed-training
program - Part 4
An overview of the six fundamental training principles
- Designing an effective speed-training program - Part 5
By understanding how the energy systems work and how a particular prescription of exercise develops that particular system, we can facilitate more effective adaptations.
- Planning your sprint training program
How to prepare your sprint training program
Literature Reviews - Planning
- Planning for success
- Planning around goals
- Dynamic progression
- Meso rules ok!
- Process and outcome goals work best
- Finding 'the peak' through competition tapering
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