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Training With The Ball (Part 2)

Using the Rate of Perceived Effort (RPE) scale of 1-10   (1 being the lowest perceived effort and 10 the maximum amount of effort the player felt they had worked at), I designed 4 conditioning sessions. Two sessions were using the … Continue reading

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Training With The Ball (Part 1)

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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In Season Conditioning (Part 2)

The second in the series that looks at fitness for the club player during the season Continue reading

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In-Season Conditioning (Part 1)

The first of a series that looks at in-seasn training. Continue reading

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Are We Fit Enough – Part 1

The first in a new five party series from Mikey. Continue reading

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Anaerobic sessions for scrum halfs and fly offs

Anaerobic Running Session 1 WARM –UP : Warm-up: 5 mins running at ascending pace, finishing with 4 x 50 m strides up to 90% pace. SET 1 : Start on halfway line with stopwatch in hand Sprint to the try … Continue reading

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Speed session

Warm up for both speed and speed endurance session Continue reading

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Christmas Fitness Plan

With Christmas and bad weather upon us here is a week long fitness plan to take you into the new year. Continue reading

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Speed and Agility

A simple insight into this aspect of performance. Continue reading

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Getting More from your Gym Sessions (Part 2)

Below is an example of the squat exercise with a tempo of 3 seconds to lower,1 second pause, and 1 second to raise  as indicated by the speed of 311 Order Exercise Session no 1 1 Deep Squats Weights 1) … Continue reading

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