Landing Mechanics – Practical Application

By Julie Gooderick (MSc, Bsc Hons, ASCC) DoTraining coach and brainbox Julie Gooderick, has taken a break from her busy coaching schedule to fill us in on practical applications for landing mechanics. At any stage of athlete development, training landing mechanics and force absorption is of vital importance. This has been well documented in the […]

S&C Essentials: Part 3 – Landing Mechanics

Strength and Conditioning Essentials is back with Part 3 – Landing Mechanics. To read the previous 2 parts of Strength and Conditioning essentials then click on the following links. Strength and Conditioning Essentials: Part 1 – Mobility. Strength and Conditioning Essentials:Part 2 – Activation. In strength and conditioning essentials part 3 we will look at landing […]

Strength and Conditioning for Youth Athletes – Examples

Duncan Ogilvie (MSc, ASCC, CSCS) A few weeks ago i wrote a very well received article in relation to Strength and Conditioning for youth athletes (see it here – “Strength and Conditioning for Youths – Start them Early”). This article highlighted the distinct need for quality Strength and Conditioning coaches to be working with youth and young teenage […]

Strength and Conditioning for Youths – Start them Early.

Duncan Ogilvie (MSc, ASCC, CSCS) I went to a great seminar this past weekend on youth training and strength and conditioning for youths. I took a huge amount away from it with the take home message of, If you get children and adolescence doing the right things early then you will solve many of the […]

Building the Developmental Athlete: Lessons from Gymnastics & Dance

By Julie Gooderick (MSc, BSc Hons, ASCC) Gymnastics and Dance a sport for pansies right? Prancing around in lycra, making pretty shapes to music? No, there are many good lessons to be learnt from gymnasts and dancers when developing an athlete, even for the most meathead coaches who assume you’re doing something wrong if you’re […]

Building the Developmental Athlete: Speed Development for Team Sports

By Julie Gooderick (MSc, BSc Hons, ASCC) A large number of recent articles for junior athlete training have been centered around optimizing strength development. Whilst clearly important for all sports, in many sports speed development is just as important in the production of a well-built athlete. In sports such as tennis, hockey, volleyball and football, […]

Considerations When Coaching Youth Athletes

By Julie Gooderick (MSc, Bsc Hons, ASCC) DO Training would like to introduce you to a very talented, skilled and intelligent coach Julie Gooderick. In the first, of what will be many articles posted by Julie she looks at coaching the youth athlete. As always read, like, share and tweet. Youth athletes are very different […]

Getting Strong – The misconceptions to the female athletes.

Duncan Ogilvie (MSc, CSCS, ASCC) – Director of DO Training One of the issues that comes up when working with young and inexperienced athletes within a strength and conditioning (S&C) and athletic performance setting, is dealing with all the misconceptions that they have about S&C and lifting weights. Educating your athlete is essential in order […]