Issue 36

October 2019

Audio Review

  1. Can You Even Coach?

The Science of Coaching

  1. Developing team resilience

Strength & Conditioning

  1. Hamstring strength vs. length: what should be the recovery priority following hamstring injury?
  2. 45° hip extension and Nordic hamstring exercises: which one should you use?
  3. A new, practical way of prescribing optimal load for resisted sled sprinting

Technology & Monitoring

  1. Using machine learning for injury mitigation
  2. Is the PUSH BandTM 2.0 a valid and reliable measure of bench press velocity?
  3. The best method for predicting 1RM using a load-velocity relationship

Fatigue & Recovery

  1. A 2.5 min cold water immersion may aid half-time recovery in team-sports
  2. What are the effects of cold showers after exercise in the heat?
  3. Can foam rolling help professional soccer players recover?

Youth Development

  1. Can visual feedback enhance the speed of movement?
  2. Building the beast: does resistance training really improve performance in adolescent rugby players?
  3. The international athlete: does travel impact sleep?

Nutrition

  1. How much nitrate and nitrite are actually in commonly used products for athletes?
  2. The effects of breakfast consumption on end of day energy balance
  3. Nutrition for travel: what you need to know

Injury Prevention & Rehab

  1. What effect does compliant surface training have on muscle activation and co-contraction after ACL injury?
  2. Effects of blood flow restriction training without concomitant exercise on strength and muscle atrophy
  3. Shoulder girdle injury mechanisms in the Australian Football League

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Performance Digest - September 19 (Issue #35)

Issue 35

September 2019

Audio Review

  1. Warm-ups

The Science of Coaching

  1. Team tactics using small-sided games

Strength & Conditioning

  1. Reverse hyperextension or hyper extension machine: which one for what purpose?
  2. How should you taper to maximise performance?
  3. How can a newly proposed change of direction deficit for team-sports influence your training?

Technology & Monitoring

  1. How good is a smartphone app at measuring change of direction?
  2. The Yo-Yo test: what does research say about test-retest reliability?
  3. Assessing force-velocity relationship using two different squat jumps

Fatigue & Recovery

  1. Sleep but not alertness is affected by a professional rugby match
  2. Sprint performance and rating of perceived exertion are affected by pitch dimensions
  3. An acute intensified training day may lead to acute changes in sleep and dietary intake

Youth Development

  1. Why do they do it? Investigating the motives for exercise in young boys and girls
  2. The modulating effect of maturation and recovery during plyometric activity
  3. It’s all in the back: an analysis on trunk and pelvis function in adolescent athletes

Nutrition

  1. Do your athletes know why they are taking supplements?
  2. The use of carbohydrates to improve performance in soccer players
  3. How can nutrition supp ort rehabilitation from patella tendinopathy?

Injury Prevention & Rehab

  1. Effectiveness of a prevention program for throwing injuries
  2. Hamstring rehabilitation in track-and-field athletes
  3. Natural grass vs. artificial turf: which surface poses an increased injury risk?

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Performance Digest - August 19 (Issue #34)

Issue 34

August 2019

Audio Review

  1. Agility for Youth Athletes

The Science of Coaching

  1. Who’d want to be a coach?

Strength & Conditioning

  1. A new way to progressively overload strength training
  2. Practical recommendations for priming exercise: when, what, and how
  3. Can compression garments be used for more than just recovery?

Technology & Monitoring

  1. Can accelerometer-derived metrics monitor fatigue?
  2. The Fatigue and Fitness Test for Teams (FFITT): A practical method for monitoring fatigue?
  3. Is the Polar Team Pro Sensor reliable when used indoors?

Fatigue & Recovery

  1. GPS measures obtained during football are associated with post-match fatigue
  2. What load measures are related to changes in cardiovascular fitness amongst elite footballers?
  3. Sleep extension through napping may effect performance

Youth Development

  1. The impact of socioeconomic status on physical literacy
  2. The role of elastic band training on performance variables in male youth handball players
  3. Growing up: the associated risk in football

Nutrition

  1. Nutritional strategies to enhance performance of strength and power athletes
  2. The severe detrimental effects of making weight the wrong way
  3. Can milk really help with adaptations following resistance training?

Injury Prevention & Rehab

  1. Implementation of an adductor strengthening program in sub-elite football players
  2. What are the clinical risk factors for Achilles tendinopathy?
  3. Orthopaedic injuries in the elite adolescent athlete

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Performance Digest - June 2019

Issue 33

July 2019

Audio Review

  1. Heart Rate Variability

The Science of Coaching

  1. What and how do coaches learn?

Strength & Conditioning

  1. Using the force-velocity imbalance to individualise training
  2. What transfers more to jump and sprint performance, vertical or horizontal exercise?
  3. Is there an optimal recovery time to potentiate swim start performance?

Technology & Monitoring

  1. Acute physiological response to using a hypoxicator or elevation training mask
  2. Workload monitoring approaches in basketball
  3. What is more effective for monitoring sprint performance, an absolute or individualised method?

Fatigue & Recovery

  1. How do players respond to competing in an international rugby sevens competition?
  2. What is better for improving range of motion, foam rolling, static stretching, or a combination of both?
  3. Micro-cycle schedules: How the professionals are doing it

Youth Development

  1. Move to get stronger or get stronger to move?
  2. What coaches say to their youth athletes: the role of cues in jump performance
  3. Is one jump enough? Monitoring landing error score system over multiple repetitions

Nutrition

  1. The importance of nutritional intake during the acute stages of ACL recovery
  2. Does bone broth really have the bang for the buck?
  3. The nutritional requirements for single- and multi-sport athletics

Injury Prevention & Rehab

  1. Average return-to-play times following common football injuries
  2. Do certain physical fitness attributes help decrease the risk of injury?
  3. Are isometric exercises the best option for patients with tendinopathy?

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Performance Digest - June 2019

Issue 32

June 2019

Audio Review

  1. Nutrition in Rugby League

The Science of Coaching

  1. Developing performance and tactical decision-making

Strength & Conditioning

  1. Staying cool to reduce fatigue during Rugby Sevens
  2. Detraining and strength: we can retain strength longer than you think
  3. What’s better for improving strength and power, cluster sets or traditional sets?

Technology & Monitoring

  1. Can a stationary sprint test be used to assess anaerobic fitness?
  2. A multi-dimensional approach to training load and performance monitoring
  3. Using loss in repetition velocity to prescribe resistance training

Fatigue & Recovery

  1. Can thermoneutral water immersion be used as a recovery modality?
  2. What is the impact of foam rolling on range of motion and sprint performance?
  3. Individualised sleep hygiene may improve the sleep quality of elite athletes

Youth Development

  1. The hamstring at length: the “more vs. less” conundrum
  2. Small-sided games: the solution for endurance training in soccer?
  3. To move or not to move? Exploring active vs. passive recovery strategies in children

Nutrition

  1. Does a cherry-based supplement help alleviate soreness and improve markers of well-being?
  2. How do immunity biomarkers react following a 4-week period of interval training?
  3. Does “going keto” really benefit metabolism and fat utilisation?

Injury Prevention & Rehab

  1. The effect of hip and groin pain on the health and quality of life in retired NBA players
  2. Do specific, isolated hip-, or knee-based exercises improve patellofemoral pain?
  3. Trunk position during landing may effect the kinetics and kinematics of the lower extremities

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Performance Digest - May 2019

Issue 31

May 2019

Audio Review

  1. Fatigue, Recovery, and Training Load

The Science of Coaching

  1. Developing athletes’ creativity

Strength & Conditioning

  1. Don’t just sprint in a straight line: why curved running is important
  2. How to include backwards running into your program to enhance performance
  3. Should you foam roll before or after exercise?

Technology & Monitoring

  1. Smartphone video technology: a reliable tool to measure jump performance?
  2. The validity of measuring body composition with foot-to-foot bioelectrical impedance
  3. How placement and running surface affect the reliability of accelerometers

Fatigue & Recovery

  1. Wearing compression socks during exercise may enhance performance
  2. Travelling may affect the sleep of professional soccer players
  3. Foam rolling increases passive range of motion but decreases muscle strength

Youth Development

  1. Backward vs. forward running: is there a benefit to speed and power?
  2. Hip thrust vs. back squat: which is better for developing the performance of soccer players?
  3. Muscle-tendon unit length: what are the training responses in children and adults?

Nutrition

  1. Supercompensate carbohydrate intake before exercise for 20-30% increase in work capacity
  2. Nicotine administration via gum or transdermal patch: does it harm the athlete?
  3. Do caffeine and carbohydrates work hand-in-hand to improve performance?

Injury Prevention & Rehab

  1. Does return-to-sport testing really tell us whether or not an athlete is ready to return from an ACLR?
  2. Do weekly changes in running distance affect running-related injury risk?
  3. The success of return-to-sport following anterior shoulder instability treatments

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