Training 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

• Will tapering before races increase performance?

  Endurance athletes will spend a tremendous amount of time training to be able to compete successfully. Their huge volume of work leaves them near exhaustion and before major competition they have to find the best way to reduce fatigue while retaining fitness.

• 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 Review - Planning

• Meeting athlete expectations
• Finding 'the peak' through competition tapering

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