Low levels of body fat, while important, aren’t the be-all and end-all of athletic performance. You certainly don’t want to lug around unnecessary pounds, but deliberately undereating can lead to serious social and physiological issues. High-intensity competition requires food-generated energy, and many nutrients allow adequate recovery.
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Using Video to Improve the Skill-Learning Process
Video review is a proven method of learning new skills. It can provide immediate feedback, showing athletes flaws in technique. It also forms a “library” of successive improvements in the desired technique over a period of time. Many athletes use video images to match their internal sense of proper technique.
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6 Tips on Dealing with Pressure in Sports
Pressure in competition can be internal and/or external. Six techniques help athletes deal with pressure and thereby maximize their performances.
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DNAFit – Achieve Your Genetic Potential
Anyone who has been in a training squad will have seen team-mates who improved greatly with training and others who didn’t improve anywhere near as much. As an increasing amount of research is carried out into performance genetics, the reasons for these differences are becoming clearer. There are now a number of genes that can partially explain the response to different types of training.
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Sprinting and the 10,000-Hour Rule
The deliberate practice model holds that sporting success is a function of time doing specific practice; the more specific practice you do, the better you will perform. This is commonly known as the “10,000 hour” rule, popularized by Malcolm Gladwell’s 2008 book “Outliers”.
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11 Mistakes I’ve Made (So You Don’t Have To)
Part of me being a coach is helping the next generation and passing on what I’ve learned. Here is your chance to learn from some of the things I did wrong.
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