Resolving the periodisation puzzle: practical planning in the 21st century

The evolving journey as an S&C coach into performance leadership

Testing and Interpreting multi-directional speed: the deceleration deficit

Influencing coaches

Profiling ACL injuries and return to play criteria

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England Golf’s physical preparation programme, implemented for the under-16 regional elite golf players

Movement training for football

Physical and physiological profiles in badminton athletes

Strength and conditioning for taekwondo athletes

Field based test battery for tennis

A field based fitness testing battery for rugby league

Physical preparation for netball – part 1: needs analysis and injury epidemiology

Strength and conditioning for sprint hurdles

Land-based conditioning for UK-based surfers

Strength and power training for golfers

Masters & servants: How the preparation framework serves the performance model

A needs analysis and testing battery for field hockey

A review of sport-specific performance testing in squash

Gaelic football: physical characteristics, training programmes, and a fitness test battery

Preparation strategies for world-class MMA fighters

S&C for Olympians: the technical approach of the English institute of sport

Using the isometric midthigh pull in the monitoring of weightlifters: 25+ years of experience

A comparison of maximal aerobic speed and maximal sprint speed in elite youth soccer players

Applications of technology in S&C coaching

Defining, developing and measuring agility

Assessing agility: where applying science meets coaching

Application of the vertical jump

Strength and conditioning for taekwondo athletes

Field based test battery for tennis

A field based fitness testing battery for rugby league

Strength and conditioning for sprint hurdles

Maximum velocity is when we can no longer accelerate: using biomechanics to inform speed development

Data to decision making: science informing practice in elite swimming

How technology can inform the coach's decision-making process

Monitoring training load and fatigue

Reliability and measurement of inter-limb asymmetries in four unilateral jump tests in elite youth female soccer players

Applying the 30-15IFT in international hockey: improving the scoring and practical applications

A qualitative assessment tool to identify athletes with high knee abduction moments during cutting: cutting movement assessment score (CMAS)

Reliability of five-, ten-, and 20-metre sprint times in both sexes assessed using single-photocell electronic timing gates

A needs analysis and testing battery for field hockey

The isometric mid-thigh pull: a review and methodology – part 2

A review of sport-specific performance testing in squash

The isometric mid-thigh pull: a review and methodology – Part 1

Gaelic football: physical characteristics, training programmes, and a fitness test battery

Modifying the pro-agility test: is the change of direction deficit affected by a rolling start?

Technology and performance - where are we now?

Testing and Interpreting multi-directional speed: the deceleration deficit

Applications of technology in S&C coaching

Application of the vertical jump

Strength, conditioning and the heart

Thoracic spine function: assessment and self management

Integrating injury prevention and athlete preparation: the cricket, athletics and rugby experience

Return to sport monitoring in elite ski racers

A problem-solving process to identify the origins of poor movement

Getting to the bottom of locomotor control

Training consideration for athletes with lower limb muscle imbalance

Restricted ankle dorsiflexion: methods to assess and improve joint function

Rehabilitation in elite sport: looking beyond the numbers

Neuromuscular training during return-to-play in an elite junior soccer player: case report

How technology can inform the coach's decision-making process

FMS screening for middle distance running: a case study of the impact of a four-week training intervention

Reliability and measurement of inter-limb asymmetries in four unilateral jump tests in elite youth female soccer players

Screening movement dysfunctions using the overhead squat

Identifying readiness to train: when to push and when to pull

A systematic approach to movement screening: case report of a weightlifter

Addressing movement patterns by using the overhead squat

Assessing movement using a variety of screening tests

Technology and performance - where are we now?

Is screening still a useful tool? It depends! A case example of male youth soccer players

Using the isometric midthigh pull in the monitoring of weightlifters: 25+ years of experience

The single leg squat: when to prescribe this exercise

Developing a strength and conditoning based sports academy - the cougar power model

Movement training for football

S&C and nutrition: a multidisciplinary approach to working effectively in team sports

The holy grail of sports programming: Individualisation and effective transfer of training - an experiential approach

The effects of resistance training on running economy - a review

Advanced resistance training strategies for increasing muscle hypertrophy and maximal strength. Part 1: Accumulation methods

Strongman training – a rationale for its inclusion in S&C: part 1

A review of resisted sled training: Implications for current practice

Using velocity measure to improve resistance training programming & coaching

Fit for purpose (when the purpose is an Olympic Games)

Pronounced inter-limb asymmetry in an international female 400m athlete: A 14-week case study using periodised strength training

Plyometrics and distance running

The difference between the counter movement and non counter movement jump

How to monitor net plyometric training stress: guidelines for the coach

Short term effects of testosterone and cortisol for athletic performance: Part II

A review of post activation potentiation & its application in strength & conditioning

Strength and conditioning: what is specificity?

An approach to the periodisation of training during the in-season for team sports

Quantifying workloads in resistance training: a brief review

A model of periodisation: optimising performance and recovery in the elite 100m sprinter

The efficacy and design of strength training programmes for distance running events

Land-based conditioning for UK-based surfers

Recent trends in high intensity aerobic training for field sports

Programming for speed

A biomechanical comparison of accelerative and maximum velocity sprinting: specific strength training considerations

Physical preparation for netball – part 2: approaching programme design

The development of a NFL off season programme

“Whatever it takes” - physical preparation of a professional rugby team

The tactical athlete: optimising physical preparedness for the demands of combat

The Arsenal academy physical development framework

Integrate strength and conditioning into the PE curriculum at secondary school

Defining and developing the aerobic capacity

Monitoring training load and fatigue

Training strategies to optimise repeated sprint ability

Resolving the periodisation puzzle: practical planning in the 21st century

Making difficult decisions in the lead up to a major event - how do you know what really matters?

Considerations for coaches training female athletes

Measuring range of motion: an S&C coach’s guide to assessing mobility

Mobility training: debunking the myth

Strength and conditioning coaching practice: what is an effective demonstration?

Providing effective feedback and instruction

A critical review on the acute effects of various stretching methods on performance

The role of static stretching in my programmes

RAMP warm-ups: more than simply short-term preparation

Warm up revisited - the 'RAMP' method of optimising performance preparation

Natural movement

Movement specificity - what does it mean?

Optimising speed and agility development using target classifications and motor learning principles - Part 1

Optimising speed and agility development using target classification and motor learning principles - part 2

Utilising a range of motor learning methods in the development of physical skills

Strength training is motor learning

Applying the concept of reflection to strength and conditioning

Developing the young athlete: from biology to behaviour

Back squat

Barbell step up

Pull up

Deep overhead squat behind neck press (the back of steel)

Barbell rollout

Exercise of the month - squatting

Coaches corner - back squat

Coaches corner - the hook grip

Coaches corner - stiff leg deadlift

Coaches corner - rack position front squat

The single leg squat: when to prescribe this exercise

Strongman training – a rationale for its inclusion in S&C: part 2

Overhead squat

Deadlift

Split squat

Stiff leg deadlift

The effects of resistance training on running economy - a review

Training for power: principles and practice

Lower limb power output : A literature review

UKSCA position statement: youth resistance training

Advanced resistance training strategies for increasing muscle hypertrophy and maximal strength. Part 1: Accumulation methods

Strongman training – a rationale for its inclusion in S&C: part 1

Using velocity measure to improve resistance training programming & coaching

Understanding and improving explosive muscle strength

Strength training for endurance performance

Strength training is motor learning

Evidence versus belief-based practice for induction of muscular hypertrophy

Pronounced inter-limb asymmetry in an international female 400m athlete: A 14-week case study using periodised strength training

Cluster sets: current methods for introducing variations to training sets

Short term effects of testosterone and cortisol for athletic performance: Part II

Neuroendocrinology and resistance training in adult males

A review of post activation potentiation & its application in strength & conditioning

The efficacy and design of strength training programmes for distance running events

Physical preparation for netball – part 2: approaching programme design

The jump squat

The role of beta-alanine in building muscle strength

Cluster training: theoretical & practical applications for the strength and conditioning professional

Augmented eccentric loading: theoretical and practical applications for the strength and conditioning professional

Myths and reality: training the torso

Resistance training and sports performance in children: a brief review

Stuart Yule's Coaches Corner Video Series

Transfer of strength training - implications from how the central nervous system works

Preparing for Rio de Janeiro 2016? When to initiate integrative neuromuscular training to optimise performance and reduce injury in youth

Training the female athlete

Training and building the squat

Measuring and monitoring lifting speed in resistance training and its application to velocity-based training

Using the isometric midthigh pull in the monitoring of weightlifters: 25+ years of experience

The pull – the development of explosive strength qualities in the knee and hip extensors

Deep overhead squat behind neck press (the back of steel)

Weightlifting technique: observations and coaching practice

Coaches corner - second pull

Applications of technology in S&C coaching

The application of weightlifting to sprinting

Surfing the force-velocity curve with weightlifting derivatives

Classical weightlifting exercise: the jerk

Who is strongest? Adjusting lifting performance for differences in body weight

Lower limb power output : A literature review

Training for power: principles and practice

Plyometrics and distance running

A perspective on...plyometrics

The difference between the counter movement and non counter movement jump

Plyometric technical models: biomechanical principles

How to monitor net plyometric training stress: guidelines for the coach

Exercise of the month - drop jump

Effects of unilateral and bilateral plyometric training on endurance running performance

Working a continuum of plyometrics

Learning to react

Optimising speed and agility development using target classifications and motor learning principles - Part 1

Optimising speed and agility development using target classification and motor learning principles - part 2

Defining, developing and measuring agility

Assessing agility: where applying science meets coaching

Multidirectional training: Teaching the language of movement

Agility training for team sports – running the OODA loop

Movement mastery: "the art of multi directional speed"

Agility development: A structured approach to dealing with the chaos of sport and activity

Questioning and progressing the current evaluation and training of change of direction and agility

A qualitative assessment tool to identify athletes with high knee abduction moments during cutting: cutting movement assessment score (CMAS)

Modifying the pro-agility test: is the change of direction deficit affected by a rolling start?

Testing and Interpreting multi-directional speed: the deceleration deficit

The application of weightlifting to sprinting

A review of resisted sled training: Implications for current practice

Sprint acceleration mechanics and training

Multidirectional training: Teaching the language of movement

Movement mastery: "the art of multi directional speed"

Supporting the elite sprinter from the gym through to the competition arena

Part 1 - training the hamstring for high speed running: theoretical considerations

Biomechanical aspects of sprint running

Maximum velocity is when we can no longer accelerate: using biomechanics to inform speed development

Programming for speed

A biomechanical comparison of accelerative and maximum velocity sprinting: specific strength training considerations

Questioning and progressing the current evaluation and training of change of direction and agility

Wall drives

Part 2 - Training the Hamstring for High Speed Running

Using the rowing machine

Recent trends in high intensity aerobic training for field sports

Physical preparation for netball – part 2: approaching programme design

Repeatability of high intensity efforts (netball)

Cross-training workouts - using high intensity energy system conditioning for injured athletes

Defining and developing the aerobic capacity

High intensity training: shaping the puzzle piece

Training strategies to optimise repeated sprint ability

A comparison of maximal aerobic speed and maximal sprint speed in elite youth soccer players

Effects of unilateral and bilateral plyometric training on endurance running performance

A model of periodisation: optimising performance and recovery in the elite 100m sprinter

Recovery in performance sport

The performance lifestyle - a multidimensional approach to enhancing recovery and optimising performance

Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) - A new look at an age-old problem

Flexibility – The Missing Link in the Power Jigsaw?

Facility design - a general guide

GPS in Gaelic football: Does volume or intensity better indicate player recovery time

Quantifying workloads in resistance training: a brief review

Using microtechnology to evaluate the between and within-match variability of professional Twenty20 cricket fast bowlers

Identifying readiness to train: when to push and when to pull

How to monitor training load and mode using sRPE

Athlete monitoring: research to practical application

Interpreting statistical tests for training interventions

Determining reliability: a data collection guide for S&C practitioners

Quality and quantity: maximising athletic baseball performances for 162 games in 180 days

Measuring and monitoring lifting speed in resistance training and its application to velocity-based training

The impact of monitoring strategies on a team sport through an Olympic cycle: physical development, taper and recovery

Nutrition for iron-distance triathletes: an overview and some practical advice

S&C and nutrition: a multidisciplinary approach to working effectively in team sports

Analysis of body composition

Protein, carbohydrates and muscle recovery

Nutrition and immune function

Glycemic index and glycemic load: relevance for athletes in training

Lessons from cell signalling: promoting endurance training - induced adaptations of skeletal muscle through nutritional interventions

Recent changes to anti-doping regulations in relation to over-the-counter stimulants

The role of beta-alanine in building muscle strength

Getting the "NAC" of antioxidant supplementation

The top ten nutritional mistakes made by elite athletes

Do UK based athletes require vitamin D supplementation?

An update on carbohydrate intake during exercise: are sugary drinks still the key to prolonged performance?

Tart cherry juice and recovery from exercise

Fat burning strategies

Supplement use in sport - a worrying game of Russian roulette for athletes today

The role of the gut in the athlete’s body

Nutritional strategies to increase muscle buffer capacity

Supplements and the athlete: what the S&C coach must know before even beginning to have this conversation

Periodisation for people: archetypes, influence strategies and bridging the gap with the art of coaching

Applying the concept of reflection to strength and conditioning

The tactical athlete: optimising physical preparedness for the demands of combat

Multidirectional training: Teaching the language of movement

Strength, conditioning and the heart

A critical review on the acute effects of various stretching methods on performance

Part 1 - training the hamstring for high speed running: theoretical considerations

Integrating injury prevention and athlete preparation: the cricket, athletics and rugby experience

Return to sport monitoring in elite ski racers

The role of static stretching in my programmes

ACL injury prevention in female athletes

Cross-training workouts - using high intensity energy system conditioning for injured athletes

Restricted ankle dorsiflexion: methods to assess and improve joint function

Rehabilitation in elite sport: looking beyond the numbers

Neuromuscular training during return-to-play in an elite junior soccer player: case report

Flexibility – The Missing Link in the Power Jigsaw?

Part 2 - Training the Hamstring for High Speed Running

Staying on track: managing back injuries in track sprint cyclists

Profiling ACL injuries and return to play criteria

Is screening still a useful tool? It depends! A case example of male youth soccer players

Mobility training: debunking the myth

England Golf’s physical preparation programme, implemented for the under-16 regional elite golf players

Developing a strength and conditoning based sports academy - the cougar power model

UKSCA position statement: youth resistance training

Integrate strength and conditioning into the PE curriculum at secondary school

Biological development, physiological training and long-term athlete potential

Youth resistance training

Promoting integrative youth physical development in the United States

Long term athlete development and trainability during childhood

High intensity training in young athletes

The need for a strength and conditioning approach in our schools

Resistance training and sports performance in children: a brief review

LTAD in action: insights from the youth physical development centre

Preparing for Rio de Janeiro 2016? When to initiate integrative neuromuscular training to optimise performance and reduce injury in youth

A comparison of maximal aerobic speed and maximal sprint speed in elite youth soccer players

Developing the young athlete: from biology to behaviour

Considerations for coaches training female athletes

ACL injury prevention in female athletes

Reliability and measurement of inter-limb asymmetries in four unilateral jump tests in elite youth female soccer players

Training the female athlete

Pronounced inter-limb asymmetry in an international female 400m athlete: A 14-week case study using periodised strength training

Football specific fitness in girls' association football players

England Golf’s physical preparation programme, implemented for the under-16 regional elite golf players

Movement training for football

Strength training for endurance performance

Fit for purpose (when the purpose is an Olympic Games)

Pronounced inter-limb asymmetry in an international female 400m athlete: A 14-week case study using periodised strength training

Plyometrics and distance running

Supporting the elite sprinter from the gym through to the competition arena

Physical and physiological profiles in badminton athletes

Strength and conditioning for taekwondo athletes

Field based test battery for tennis

A field based fitness testing battery for rugby league

Physical preparation for netball – part 1: needs analysis and injury epidemiology

Strength and conditioning for sprint hurdles

The efficacy and design of strength training programmes for distance running events

Land-based conditioning for UK-based surfers

Programming for speed

Physical preparation for netball – part 2: approaching programme design

The development of a NFL off season programme

“Whatever it takes” - physical preparation of a professional rugby team

Return to sport monitoring in elite ski racers

Repeatability of high intensity efforts (netball)

The tactical athlete: optimising physical preparedness for the demands of combat

Using microtechnology to evaluate the between and within-match variability of professional Twenty20 cricket fast bowlers

Strength and power training for golfers

Data to decision making: science informing practice in elite swimming

The Arsenal academy physical development framework

Staying on track: managing back injuries in track sprint cyclists

Neuromuscular training during return-to-play in an elite junior soccer player: case report

FMS screening for middle distance running: a case study of the impact of a four-week training intervention

A systematic approach to movement screening: case report of a weightlifter

A needs analysis and testing battery for field hockey

A review of sport-specific performance testing in squash

Gaelic football: physical characteristics, training programmes, and a fitness test battery

There is no "I" in "judo" - embracing an integrated approach to strength and conditioning in judo

Quality and quantity: maximising athletic baseball performances for 162 games in 180 days

Preparation strategies for world-class MMA fighters

GPS in Gaelic football: Does volume or intensity better indicate player recovery time

Integrating Olympic sports coaching methodologies into an elite super rugby programme

Optimising training for your rotational athletes

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Internships - ensuring a quality experience for all

Internships: how these should work in strength and conditioning

Patience and time will show what the best methods are

Challenging the current perspective of S&C and career development : a case study of a training facility in the UK

Less is more: why we should take the via negativa

Managing the transition into retirement from sport for elite athletes

From complete control to complete anarchy: what extremes can teach us

The art of coaching

Evidence-based practice in strength and conditioning – reality or fantasy?

Using the tools of economics: can they enhance the S&C cognitive toolbox?

Our quest for evidence: the evidence-based practice straight jacket

When economics fails: the growth of behavioural economics and its implication for coaches

Managing the ecosystem: a forgotten factor in effective S&C delivery

The five minds of the modern strength and conditioning coach

Coaching effectiveness: how to encourage a reflective strength and conditioning coach

The ‘philosopher’ coach: he who asks the right questions

The future development pathway of strength and conditioning: a proposed model from the UKSCA

Periodisation for people: archetypes, influence strategies and bridging the gap with the art of coaching

Increasing the usefulness of research in practice

The evolving journey as an S&C coach into performance leadership

Managing the un-manageable

Beijing to London - insights into a 4 year Olympic plan to win gold and all major medals on the way!

Influencing coaches

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