All team and individual sports have a specific demand. For athletes to perform they need to be optimally prepared and fully recovered. All aspects of the athlete's training and recovery - strength and conditioning, sports training, sport competition, and lifestyle factors need to be coached, as they are all linked to on-field performance.
As each athlete develops, their strength and conditioning training and recovery strategies need to develop with them. This will give each athlete every opportunity to perform at the highest level.
Strength and conditioning training is an essential component for sport preparation and high-level athletic performance. By understanding the specific physical demands of their sport, athletes can train and improve physical qualities, reduce their risk of injury, and ultimately achieve their full potential.
Total S&C app supports the player to improve their performance.
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Develop a range of strength qualities - relative strength, reactive strength, and maximal strength, as strength qualities are highly correlated to all performance characteristics for team and individual sports.
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Improve acceleration through sprint mechanics and optimal ground contact times.
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Better agility and change-of-direction strategies through changes in neuromuscular coordination and function.
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Enhanced aerobic capacity to support repeat sprint ability and running economy.
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Reduced injury risk through better intra-and-inter muscular coordination – essential factors to reduce lower limb and knee injuries.
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Enhanced confidence - athletes who are physically prepared, play with greater confidence and can effectively express their sport skills.
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Monitor recovery through load management and different phases of training.
The Total S&C app guides each athlete through their strength and conditioning training. Training is divided into blocks consisting of a range of modalities, as each modality offers specific physical adaptations. Watch video-led training drills and exercise with key instructions, empowering athletes to practice and learn technique and form. Individualise training loads are calculated from the athlete’s training history. Load management, which is synched to the coach’s portal, allowing the coach to analyse training modes, volume, frequency and adherence.
Essential training modes include -
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Strength training – learn, practice and develop the fundamental strength exercises that are vital to all athletic movements and help to reduce the risk of injuries.
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Plyometric drills – essential drills that target and improve the stretch-shortening cycle mechanism and function.
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Sprint training – learn the difference between acceleration and high-speed training.
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Agility drills – specific drills that develop motor function and cutting.
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Conditioning – develop an aerobic fitness base not only for endurance sports but an important factor for repeat sprint ability – essential in most team sports.
The injury rates in athletes are high, especially lower limb and knee injuries, with most injuries being classified as overuse or sport-related injuries.
Unfortunately, a general lack of preparation leads the athlete unable to cope with the demands of the sport. Along with high volumes of sport training (technical skills and competition) this can place the athletes at a higher risk of overtraining, feelings of burnout – leading towards musculoskeletal injuries.
Using the Total S&C app, athletes can complete weekly recovery questionnaires, review their training load and volume. Essential components to monitor include -
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Fatigue from training and sports
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Training loads
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Muscle soreness
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Energy levels
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Sleep quality and freshness
Total S&C App and Coaching Platforms are available for most Team and individual sports. See below for details.