Performance Digest - March 20 (Issue #41)

Issue 41

March 2020

Audio Review

  1. Training Camps

The Science of Coaching

  1. Creativity in soccer

Strength & Conditioning

  1. How short can a half-time re-warm-up be, in order to be effective?
  2. Is there a specific bench press load to enhance punching performance?
  3. Does less volume equal more gains when it comes to hypertrophy and strength?

Technology & Monitoring

  1. Can we quantify biomechanical load on the field?
  2. Smartphone video technology: is it a reliable measure of barbell trajectory?
  3. Does overloading the forearms impact acceleration mechanics?

Fatigue & Recovery

  1. Can U18 rugby union players recover between matches separated by 96 h?
  2. Are subjective wellness scores capable to distinguish different exercise intensities?
  3. Is daily cold-water immersion effective during a 5- day tournament?

Youth Development

  1. How to develop combat sport skills using a game-based approach
  2. Concussion: are coaches reinforcing guidelines in youth sport?
  3. Powerful decisions: an investigation of childhood choices on adult displays of muscular power

Nutrition

  1. Novel changes in fat-free mass and resting metabolic rate in youth soccer players
  2. Does the ingestion of protein benefit muscle protein metabolism when exercising with reduced carbohydrate?
  3. Can a skinfold prediction equation be validated against DXA to estimate body fat percentage in females?

Injury Prevention & Rehab

  1. Does chronic ankle instability affect neurocognitive function?
  2. Rate of torque development and hamstring to quadricep ratio in football players with previous hamstring injury
  3. Effectiveness of an injury prevention program in recreational adult volleyball

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Performance Digest - February 20 (Issue #40)

Issue 40

February 2020

Audio Review

  1. Internships and Careers in S&C

The Science of Coaching

  1. Identifying athlete leaders

Strength & Conditioning

  1. How should we individualise sprint programs based on horizontal force-velocity profiles?
  2. Is flexibility as important for sport as we originally thought?
  3. Should we focus on unilateral or bilateral exercise for sport performance?

Technology & Monitoring

  1. What variables best represent fatigue within soccer?
  2. Does tensiomyography predict sprint and jump performance?
  3. Is the Push Band v2.0 a viable velocity-based measurement option?

Fatigue & Recovery

  1. Soccer-specific training or active recovery: which promotes better recovery?
  2. Should an endurance sport athlete complete highintensity training before bed time?
  3. How much time do soccer players need to recover from a speed endurance training session?

Youth Development

  1. Body combat™: the role of music on mood in adolescents
  2. Multidirectional plyometrics: how do these impact jump, change of direction, and dynamic postural control?
  3. Kinetic variables: the effects of maturation on force, movement, and jump performance

Nutrition

  1. Cannabidiol use in professional sport: is it really worth the risk?
  2. Does dietary nitrate intake effect human skeletal muscle nitrate stores?
  3. Does chewing caffeine gum at half-time benefit rugby union players?

Injury Prevention & Rehab

  1. What is the impact of extracorporeal wave therapy when combined with a single-leg squat protocol?
  2. What impact does foot posture have on lowerlimb injuries in professional basketball players?
  3. Can the application of Kinesio tape have an impact on trunk isokinetic strength?

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Performance Digest - December 19 (Issue #3)

Issue 39

January 2020

Audio Review

  1. Menstruation in Sport

The Science of Coaching

  1. Analysing successful football teams in LaLiga

Strength & Conditioning

  1. Should strength and hypertrophy be a priority during the pre-season?
  2. Does joint angle specificity exist with isometric exercise?
  3. How little can you train and still get stronger?

Technology & Monitoring

  1. Uncovering genetic testing in athletics: limits, concerns, and possibilities
  2. Monitoring methods to mitigate time-loss incidence in rugby
  3. Effective implementation of perceived effort scales

Fatigue & Recovery

  1. Does cold water immersion improve sprint speed recovery?
  2. Cold water-immersion, active recovery, and static stretching: Which is better for the recovery?
  3. Workload efficiency: a new index for external and internal workload?

Youth Development

  1. Is eccentric training appropriate for youth athletes?
  2. Can acute physical exercise support learning? An analysis of aerobic training in youths
  3. Does plyometric training really improve sprint speed amongst youths?

Nutrition

  1. Can dehydration be identified using a practical dehydration-screening tool?
  2. Health considerations in female physique athletes
  3. The impact of physical collisions from rugby match-play in effective recovery post-match

Injury Prevention & Rehab

  1. Does hip range-of-motion impact baseball players with ulnar collateral ligament injuries?
  2. Single-leg chair hold vs. Nordic hamstring curl in improving hamstring strength-endurance
  3. The association between the functional movement screen, Y-Balance test, and physical performance measures

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Performance Digest - December 19 (Issue #38)

Issue 38

December 2019

Audio Review

  1. Making Weight

The Science of Coaching

  1. Self-control and achieving high performance

Strength & Conditioning

  1. Should we teach weightlifting derivatives to beginner athletes?
  2. Short warm-up vs. long warm-up: impact on sprints performance
  3. Is “reactive strength” no longer classed as a strength quality?

Technology & Monitoring

  1. Can the Fitbit Charge 2 accurately assess cardiorespiratory fitness?
  2. Do oral contraceptives or the menstrual cycle impact performance?
  3. An adaptable technique to calculating cumulative workload

Fatigue & Recovery

  1. Can session rating of perceived exertion and heart rate be used to monitor training load in technical training sessions?
  2. Is adductor squeeze strength associated with recovery and training load?
  3. Can cryotherapy with phase change material help recovery in soccer?

Youth Development

  1. Are they safe? “Lifting” our understanding of youth resistance training
  2. The surface conundrum: assessing change of direction on wood vs synthetic surfaces
  3. Getting in their head: An investigation of the psychological skills used to combat stress in youth soccer

Nutrition

  1. The impact of carbohydrate intake on changes in iron and immunity in endurance triathletes
  2. Do nutrition education interventions really embed what we want our athletes to know?
  3. To drink coffee pre-exercise or not?

Injury Prevention & Rehab

  1. Single-leg squat and extensor strength after ACL reconstruction
  2. The relationship between sleep and injury occurrence in elite soccer
  3. Which poses a greater benefit: App-based or on-site instruction in injury prevention exercises?

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Performance Digest - November 19 (Issue #37)

Issue 37

November 2019

Audio Review

  1. ACL Injuries

The Science of Coaching

  1. Emotional intelligence training in rugby

Strength & Conditioning

  1. Is the isometric mid-thigh pull a one-size-fits-all test?
  2. Do we get a better post-activation potentiation response from eccentric overload or traditional weight training?
  3. Should you start with the weaker or stronger leg to reduce asymmetry?

Technology & Monitoring

  1. Reliability of a take-home sleep monitoring device
  2. Can we trust the PUSH band when performing push-ups or a bench press?
  3. Strategies and effectiveness of daily sleep and HRV monitoring

Fatigue & Recovery

  1. The effect of foam rolling on recovery from a high-volume sprint session
  2. Monitoring fatigue: Are subjective wellness, jumping performance, and submaximal running test reliable?
  3. Does chronic use of cold water immersion lead to muscle hypertrophy and strength adaptations?

Youth Development

  1. Are coaches learning how to prevent anterior cruciate ligament injury? A meta-analysis
  2. Can exercise improve FMS? An investigation in youth elite soccer players
  3. Making the cut: do physical performance outputs and team selection go hand-in-hand in youth sport?

Nutrition

  1. Using DXA to estimate energetic balance in team-sports athletes
  2. The effects of protein supplementation on endurance training adaptations
  3. Can consuming a gelatin collagen gummy sweet improve collagen synthesis?

Injury Prevention & Rehab

  1. How to implement strength and power training principles into rehabilitation
  2. Erector spinae activation in rowers with a history of low-back pain
  3. Does limb preference influence braking strategy in the knee during pivoting in female soccer players?

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