Category Archives: Site Articles

Get Motivated, Get Better

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Jamie Roberts

“I’ve swum for my country, I’ve swum for my coaches, my schools and my team. I decided this time I was going to swim for myself” Continue reading →

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Great Coaches Of Sport – Sam Mussabini

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Haydn Walker

Immortalised in the film Chariots of Fire, Sam Mussabini was the father of professional sports coaching in the UK. Continue reading →

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Get Motivated, Get Better

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Jamie Roberts

“You can learn little from victory, you can learn everything from defeat” Continue reading →

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Training With The Ball (Part 1)

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Mike McGurn

One of the best bits of advice I was ever given when starting out as a conditioning coach was to always train with the ball. This initially proved to be a problem because growing up in Northern Ireland Gaelic Football … Continue reading →

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Get Motivated, Get Better

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Jamie Roberts

“It used to be I wanted everything to be perfect. Now I can take the good with the bad. I get to play again next week” Continue reading →

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Get Motivated, Get Better

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Jamie Roberts

“Football success is desire, speed and intelligence – and desire is 85% of it” Continue reading →

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Get Motivated, Get Better

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Jamie Roberts

“If you have confidence, you have patience. Confidence is everything”
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What can happen to knees?

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Lisa Sharratt

Knee injuries are common in rugby Lisa gives an insight into what to do to minimise the chances of injury and how best to get back to fitness when injured. Continue reading →