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All the variables shown in the dashboard can be adjusted, and are flexible. Please view everything as a guide. The GPS metrics are examples of physical outputs for a variety of sessions. The drill tables provide pitch dimension options, along with example internal and external load variables. Examples are for Rondo’s and squares, possession small, medium and large. This also includes other session drills and matches.

Here are two beautiful gifts, these episodes will widen your field of vision, open you to new possibilities, to re-imagine something new. Here Dr. Sarah Lewis talks about the difference between success and mastery: Mastery is also not the same as success—an event-based victory based on a peak point, a punctuated moment in time. Mastery is not merely a commitment to a goal, but to a curved line, constant pursuit.”

Part Two episode talks about the power of surrender, aesthetic force and the role of imagery in creating change.

Two super episodes that really resonate. The idea of scarcity, that there is not enough. Scarcity mindsets pits us against one another and holds us all back. Aiko reminds us all, on why we should be seen, valued, treated with equity, and respect. Belonging and safety take time.

Brené Brown: My philosophy is, I don’t think the playground is safe if anyone’s getting beat up on it. Even if it’s not me.

It’s the psychological safety we need for innovation, for trust, for creativity, for performance. An organization is not safe until everybody’s safe.

Delighted to be a different voice at this UKSCA Roundtable, sharing my approach to training durability. The goal is to develop robust players who can consistently cope with the demands of training, matches, and speed while remaining fit, healthy, and available for selection.

Tendinopathy Strategies explores the connection between the brain, pain, performance, and tendon rehabilitation. Using a real-world Achilles tendinopathy case study from an elite sprinter, I share practical approaches to pain management, tendon loading, neuroplasticity, speed training, and performance recovery, drawing on the work of leading researchers including Ebonie Rio, Jill Cook, Sean Docking, Keith Baar, and Seth O'Neill.

I will be adding more information on fast v slow twitch dominant muscle fibre types and what you can do to maintain and improve these fibres. What to do if you change your fast twitch to slow i.e by overcooking yourself by too much hard training.

We can change our 'emotional brain' = instincts & our 'logical brain' = thoughts, by changing the way we think and what we do. Nothing is fixed, if we put our minds to it we can achieve no matter how big or small.

Heat affects neuro-muscular function. If you get really hot you bake from the outside in. Force generating capacity decreases so teams need strategies to deal with heat. Here you see water or cooling breaks implemented at the FIFA WWC 2019

We can only produce force if our central nervous system drives it. If the brain cannot, then our ability to activate muscles are affected. The perception of exercise is harder, i.e. nothing left in the tank. If training concurrently i would try to minimise fatigue.

Super info on pain, the brain, mechanisms, software & experiences. Brilliant stuff! from Professor Irene Tracey. Great analogies used, such as pain is caused by a volume knob in the brain stuck on ‘max’ Really interesting to hear about the underpinning scientific evidence, such as brain imaging scans that show cognitive behavioral therapy works (CBT).