Many reading this will have watched the Nexflix doc ‘The Game Changers’. It serves as an exemplar of the populist pseudoscience that often surrounds sports performance and verifies UL’s approach to the pursuit of Sport […]
Tag: Training load
MISSING TRAINING LOAD IN TEAM SPORTS: ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES – Alan Griffin
Monitoring training load (TL) is common practice in team sports with most practitioners using the data to aid training prescription and design. However, these practitioners will know the difficulty and frustration associated with achieving compliance […]
Publication: The Association Between the ACWR & Injury and its Application in Team Sports: A Systematic Review
Research Impact: There has been a recent increase in research examining training load as a method of mitigating injury risk due to its known detrimental effects on player welfare and team performance. The acute:chronic workload […]
The Acute: Chronic Workload Ratio: A useful tool for monitoring training load – Alan Griffin
If you are a follower of some of the top researchers and practitioners in the field of strength and conditioning then it is likely that the above image from Gabbett (2016, p.278) has been a […]
New Publication: Relationship between adductor squeeze strength, recovery markers & training load, in elite Rugby players
Research Impact: Monitoring markers of recovery may assist coaches to make informed decisions on the players training status and reduce the risk of performance decrements. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship […]
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