EliteFTS- benefits of a strength and conditioning programme.Here are three articles you need to put in the hands of coaches and athletes (or give them the headline data) Benefits of Strength training on Sports Performance But as I said earlier, we need to make sure that future generations of aspiring pro athletes and sports coaches (who sometimes have mixed views on the importance of strength training) get the right education. It will be great to see if some of them can make it to this year’s Wimbledon Main Draw. They all buy in to strength training, and all work hard to combine strength & conditioning with a daily tennis practice schedule. I should also say I’m really privileged to work with some fantastic professionals that really ‘get it.’ With my work at Gosling Tennis Academy I’ve been fortunate to have worked with several of the athletes at this years Wimbledon qualifying, including Katy Dunne (No 335), Daniel Cox (No 554), Ed Corrie (No 358), Marcus Willis (No 708), Joe Salisbury (No 710) and Harriet Dart (No 448). But how strong that is, is a debate for another blog! Wimbledon success with APA athletes….and they all lift weights! Yes there will be a point of diminished returns where further strength gains don’t justify the extra fatigue and muscle soreness required- you can be strong enough. Furthermore, it will be part of a balanced approach while will include high quality speed work on the pitch so that the strength gains always transfer to the sport. Obviously the strength training needs to reflect the needs of the sport- athletes don’t train like bodybuilders (or at least they shouldn’t) and the prescription should allow for a progressive peak towards explosive training in the gym. There is no published data that I am aware of that shows that strength training slows you down. Are fast players excused from getting stronger because they have already achieved high speed levels? Education, education, educationįurthermore, I think we need to make sure that future generations of aspiring pro athletes and sports coaches (who sometimes have mixed views on the importance of strength training) get the right education. Reeves adds: ‘We construct a tailored programme for all players and key to Jamie’s is a prolonged recovery time because of the explosive power he expends in matches.’īut while I agree that more explosive players will need more recovery time I’d like to ask Matt about his comment that because Vardy has electric pace he does not tend to focus on improving strength. ‘Much of Vardy’s work in training is done to build a robustness that will last throughout the season. Having said this, he has always possessed electric pace and so he does not tend to focus on improving strength or building muscle quite as much as others.’ Matt Reeves, Head of Fitness and Conditioning, explains: ‘Jamie pushes in excess of 400kg for three reps. ‘The squad at Leicester don’t focus on Olympic lifting, instead on pushing heavy loads on the club’s customised leg press. The Daily Mail have previously commented on Jamie Vardy’s supreme athleticism (see the full article here) and you can’t disagree with his stats- a 70cm vertical jump and a top speed on the pitch of 9.6m/s- making him the fastest in the league! He will do up to 500m of sprints in a game and scores more of his goals in the last 30 minutes of a match so he’s conditioned too! Vardy, whose body fat percentage is measured at just under six per cent, is credited as one of the quickest players in top flight football. See the full article hereĪpparently he is the third most popular searched football player on the world wide web right now (Gareth Bale #1 and Christiano Ronaldo #2) which means his latest comments will have some of us Strength & Conditioning coaches pulling our hair out: This week with the Euro Championships 2016 in full flow and ALL the home nations and Republic of Ireland qualifying for the knock out stage, Jamie Vardy is making the headlines again, and this time it is about his ‘unique’ approach to fitness. There is some great insights in how they condition the hamstrings for repeated sprints using the ‘Nordbord,’ as well as some information on how they use cryotherapy and ice massage. To find out all about the science behind their premier league title click here. One of the stars of that team was Jamie Vardy. We recently witnessed a football miracle- Leicester City winning the Premier League title. This week we are talking about football- and a myth about strength training.įootball is a hot topic right now. Last week I unpacked a few nutrition myths about calories- not all calories are created equal.
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