The Importance of Having “The Craic”
Elite performance occurs when both the mind and body are working optimally as one. Likewise, when one is not operating at its maximum, it can have an adverse effect on the other.
Author: Peter Wright
Reasonable Return to Play Will Win This Year’s Championship
Strength & Conditioning social media will be bombarded with posts on Return to Play (RTP) for GAA in the coming weeks. Though these accounts are right to forewarn the pitfalls of a hasty return to performance, many of them don’t actually inform a whole pile in terms of their actual RTP protocol. As they outline […]
Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should
In strength & conditioning, sport science and sports development programs, as in any industry, we have a tendency to go along with the latest trend, without even considering whether it will bring about significant positive change or not. Will the net gain as a result of our efforts be worth the financial and temporal cost […]
“Forwards That Play Like Backs”: The Simile That Just Won’t Die
Following impressive displays by both Codie Taylor and Ardie Savea last weekend in Super Rugby Aotearoa, a number of online analysts have been describing them as “forwards that play like backs”. Now these statements may have been made with flattery in mind, but I believe that they may indeed achieve the opposite. In the grander […]
Why On-Pitch S&C is More Valuable Than The Gym
Ok, first let me get started by addressing the title of this article. Yes, I know that it’s impossible to quantify and compare the value of on-field and weight-room work. Yes, I have baited you into reading this article with a controversial title, but please let me explain why I’ve made this irrationally, oversimplified statement. […]
Strength & Conditioning in the GAA: Where we are and where we’re going
In this post, I discuss the barriers to growth in GAA S&C, as well as how they can be overcome.
10 Things they don’t tell you before you enter the S&C industry
1. You don’t need to know it all Strength and Conditioning is a science, and science is constantly changing and evolving, as we attempt to understand the physical body, the mind and the world around us. So, it’s literally IMPOSSIBLE to know everything there is to know in S&C and Sport Science. Anyone that tells […]
5 Things They Don’t Tell You About Online Coaching
1. It’s Not As Easy As It Seems That Coach with 20k followers and 50 online clients. Yeah, that didn’t just happen overnight. Online Coaching is a process of trial and error, which takes quite some time to get the hang of. Figure out what works best for you and your clients. Don’t start off […]