Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio
The acute:chronic workload ratio can assist practitioners in understanding the preparedness of an athlete and their relative injury risk.
Body Composition Testing
Changes in body composition can be determinants of successful performance, and there are several methods of body composition testing.
Bio-Banding
Bio-banding is the process of grouping athletes based on attributes associated with growth and maturation, rather than chronological age.
Smallest Worthwhile Change
Fitness testing is a crucial part of athlete profiling, and meaningful results can be assessed by calculating the smallest worthwhile change.
Force-Vector Training
The force-vector theory allows coaches to identify training exercises which may have greater specificity to the competition movements.
Squat Jump
The squat jump is a simple, practical and very reliable measure of lower-body power, and is used widely by coaches and sports scientists.
Relative Age Effect
The relative age effect is when children born in, or close to, a critical age cut-off period may have a sporting and academic advantage.
Velocity-Based Training
Velocity-based training is simply a method of training which uses a piece of technology to track the movement speed of the exercise.
8 Must Read S&C Books: PART II
This is our second list of eight must-read strength and conditioning books. Check out the list to see what you should be learning about!
Peak Weight Velocity
Youth practitioners need to know what peak weight velocity is, and how to programme safely for athletes during accelerated periods of growth.
Coaching Cues
Every coach uses coaching cues, and different cues can have a big impact, but very few coaches give them a second thought.
Massage
This article looks into the science of massage and whether it is actually useful for recovery from exercise.
GPS (Wearables): Part 2 – Metrics and Application
GPS devices are often used to measure the workload of athletes. In this article, we explain what you need to measure and why.
GPS (Wearables): Part 1 – Technology, Validity, and Reliability
The use of GPS devices in sport has become increasingly popular in recent years, but is the technology accurate?
Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
Heart rate variability is a method of measuring athletes’ fitness and fatigue to determine their readiness to train and prevent overtraining.
