When our local amateur rugby club decided to get serious about reducing soft-tissue relapses — hamstrings, groins, calves — we didn't expect a revolution. We expected steady improvement. What...
I recently ran a small, focused experiment with a youth striker I coach to...
Coaching pressing on a tight time budget is something I do all the time with...
I’ll walk you through a six-session plan I use with teenage centres to build...
scouts, coaches and part-time analysts ask me this all the time: can a...
I first started using the Polar H10 chest strap with a semi-pro rugby side...
I spend a lot of time working with players and teams that face the same problem...
I’ll walk you through a six-session plan I use with teenage centres to build reliable contact technique and sharper in-game decision-making. The...
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scouts, coaches and part-time analysts ask me this all the time: can a sub-£300 GPS unit realistically replicate the sprint outputs you get from a...
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I first started using the Polar H10 chest strap with a semi-pro rugby side three seasons ago when I realised GPS load data alone wasn’t telling the...
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I spend a lot of time working with players and teams that face the same problem you do: a jam-packed fixture schedule and no licence to add extra gym...
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I spend a lot of my coaching week testing small margins — the run that attracts a defender, the millimetre of angle on a cross, the timing of a...
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I remember the first time I had to design a return-to-play plan for a semi-pro back coming off a shoulder and hamstring combo injury — the sort...
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I remember a wide midfielder I worked with last season — electric on the flank, brilliant at beating his full-back, but invisible when the ball...
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When I help grassroots teams pick equipment, one of the most common requests is: “Which cheap GPS units actually give reliable sprint data?”...
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I want to tackle a question I get asked a lot when working with backs at club level: which GPS metrics actually predict soft‑tissue relapse, and...
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I remember the first time I decided to retrain a naturally wide midfielder into an inside forward. The player was quick, comfortable on the ball, but...
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