The squat is a fundamental exercise that we teach all our youth contingent very early on in their foundation phase of training. The exercise is a key performance indicator with regards to jumping height and sprinting and leaving it out of a training program would require a very valid reason. The graphic shows our progression/regression […]
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Trunk Training for the Youth Athlete Part 1 (Read here) of this series discussed the anatomy of the different muscles of the trunk and how this determines function as well as how you can categorise your trunk training to maximise your athletic performance Part 2 (Read here), introduced the concept of low load stability and
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Warm-ups… What do you know about this common phrase? Time and time again we hear of individuals preparing themselves ineffectively for their sport or training session. A quick jog around a pitch or a five minute cycle in the gym is simply not enough. Using the RAMP protocol inspired by the work of Dr Ian
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Trunk Training for the Youth Athlete Part 1 (Read here) of this series discussed the anatomy of the different muscles of the trunk and how this determines function as well as how you can categorise your trunk training to maximise your athletic performance Part 2 (Read here), introduced the concept of low load stability and
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No matter where a child is in their athletic development journey, motor skill competency should be a key part of the process. Below is an infographic based on one from High-Performance Training for Sports, that shows us the competencies that can be obtained. How we obtain these, however, is down to the coach. Low training
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In part 1 (read here ) we defined the trunk, explored the anatomy of the trunk, and used this to help lay out the parameters for optimising our trunk training for the youth athlete. Today’s post will dive into more detail on low load stability trunk training. Following this article you should: Understand how to
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Following on from our Infographic last week, this week we are showing you a visual of our “Child To Champion” Pathway. This is what the pathway on our “Child To Champion” programme looks like to develop confident, resilient young people who are able to cope with the demands of their sport & life. We work
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We all know the importance of jumping and landing with so many different sports in mind, and if it’s not part of your programming in some way shape or form, then now’s the time to start employing it. So often, and we’ve been guilty of it too, the emphasis in training is to get your athletes
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Hey guys! From now on, every Monday we\’ll be sharing with you an infographic relevant to fitness and what we do here at Cornwall High Performance. To start off this week, we are showing you the simple yet very important Performance Pyramid.
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The powers of social media mean every man and their dog has an opinion on how best to train the muscles of the core, or what will be defined in the rest of this post, as the trunk.
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