Tom Dos'Santos

Testing: What is it Good For?

Overview Fitness testing (i.e., testing the components of fitness related to sports performance and injury) helps drive physical preparation strategies to improve performance and mitigate injury risk (McGuigan, 2017). Fitness…

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Athletic Development

Developing Neuromuscular Power for Athletic Performance: Part 2 – Training Strategies andProgramming Solutions

In our previous blog, we have highlighted key mechanical terminology related to power development, discussed the underpinning physiology and biomechanical theories applicable to power training, and identified possible training modalities…

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10 min

Athletic Development

Developing Neuromuscular Power for Athletic Performance: Part 1 – Physiological and Biomechanical Theories

Overview Developing an athlete’s ability to generate power is the primary goal of most strength and conditioning (S&C) programmes and is usually the final phase and foci during a periodised…

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12 min

Athletic Development

Programming Resistance Training to Improve Sports Performance and Injury Resilience

In our previous blog (part 1), we discussed the importance of resistance training and force production, and the key principles of training. In this blog (part 2) we will discuss…

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11 min

Athletic Development

The Importance and Principles of Resistance Training

You have never heard a practitioner or coach state the following: “That player would be better if they were just a bit weaker.” But how do we develop our athlete’s…

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Optimising Cutting Attacking Agility Actions: Technique Guidelines

Attacking agility actions, such as side-steps, shuffle steps, crossover cutting, split-steps, spins, sharp turns, and decelerations are important manoeuvres in invasion team-sports, often linked with decisive, match winning moments. Generally,…

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Are You Missing a Step When Coaching Change of Directions? The Importance of the Penultimate Foot Contact for Performance and Injury Risk Mitigation

Directional changes are some of the most exciting and decisive actions performed in multidirectional sports, often performed to deceive and evade opponents or change location on the pitch or court.…

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Why Screen Side-Step Cutting Movement Quality? Implementing the Cutting Movement Assessment Score

1. Introduction In 2017, we developed and validated the Cutting Movement Assessment Score (CMAS) field-based screening tool to evaluate side-step cutting movement quality related to potential non-contact ACL injury risk…

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Testing: What is it Good For?

Developing Neuromuscular Power for Athletic Performance: Part 2 – Training Strategies andProgramming Solutions

Developing Neuromuscular Power for Athletic Performance: Part 1 – Physiological and Biomechanical Theories

Programming Resistance Training to Improve Sports Performance and Injury Resilience

The Importance and Principles of Resistance Training

Optimising Cutting Attacking Agility Actions: Technique Guidelines

Are You Missing a Step When Coaching Change of Directions? The Importance of the Penultimate Foot Contact for Performance and Injury Risk Mitigation

Why Screen Side-Step Cutting Movement Quality? Implementing the Cutting Movement Assessment Score

Assessing True ‘Agility’ – The ‘Holy Grail’ of Performance Testing?

Assessing the Speed Qualities of the 360° Team Sport Athlete

Don’t Speed Up What You Can’t Slow Down: How Are We Assessing Our Athlete’s Horizontal Deceleration Performance Capabilities?

Curve Your Speed: Biomechanical Insights Into Developing Curvilinear Running Speed

Testing: What is it Good For?