The winter sports season has well and truly passed. Now we have had that time to rest and recover, we need to start looking at offseason conditioning. The offseason is often undervalued and neglected which becomes concerning given its integral role in the athlete’s development.
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What is Training Load? “Training load” is a broad term describing total volume, intensity and type of physical activity an athlete undertakes during both training and competition. External load: the physical work performed by an athlete. For example, distance run, amount of jumps performed, balls thrown. It van also be the duration, intensity or […]
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Winter is almost over which means we are fast approaching finals fever. After enduring a long season this can be the hardest time for an athlete to both manage and limit physical and mental fatigue. Our team at Coast Sport have put forward a few ideas to help you maintain peak performance. Nutrition What we […]
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icon Dance is hard both mentally and physically, so it’s important to consider strategies to help prevent injuries. Here our 3 injury prevention tips for dancers that are often overlooked! 1. Get strong! No, we don’t mean you need to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but being strong throughout your full range of movement is essential. […]
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icon Quite a few swimmers have some time out of the pool following nationals. This is a well-deserved and much needed break and part of freshening up and getting ready for the next season. However, swimmers and coaches must consider: Swimmers most common injury is to the shoulder, and most of the time involves the […]
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icon It’s almost winter sport season, which means it’s time to start preparing for the slopes. Ensure you are ready for your best snow season yet by staying injury free and moving well out on the slopes! Although fractures are by far the most common injury in winter sport (they account for up to 71% […]
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Neuromuscular programs are gaining more and more momentum as great injury prevention tools as well as performance enhancement strategies. We’ve particularly seen this in football, with the FIFA 11+ program used for injury prevention with significant reduction rates in both male and female football players. This is particularly seen in those injuries that are thought […]
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With the netball season starting it is important to consider how we fuel for games for those consistent high-level performance! Nutrition is not only important to how we play but to how we train and recover during the week. At all levels of netball, the body’s anaerobic and aerobic systems are fired up, requiring players […]
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icon Sprint performance is a vital aspect to many team and individual sports. The ability to sprint over short distances of 10-40m is a performance predictor for many sports. Several research studies have found that not only is lower body strength correlated with sprint performance but increases in lower body strength have a positive transfer […]
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icon Most runners are used to having something wrong when they run – some sort of niggle or pain that is just there. Often these may be nothing, or they could turn into something more. Running is a great form of exercise but can be tough on your body and, there is no shortage of […]
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