July 2020 - Page 2 of 2 - Your Gym Sports Performance Ltd.

Improving Ballistic Push-off Performance

https://vimeo.com/452863392/9f3859f713 Many sports require athletes to produce ballistic push off movements without any prior landing or eccentric loading including sprint events across a variety of sports (e.g. sprint start, swim…

Identifying ACL Injury Risk Factors in Athletes

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https://vimeo.com/453001881/495e9f65a4 The anterior cruciate ligament connects the femur to the tibia and is often a major injury site amongst athletes across multiple sports. Research by Hawkins and Fuller previously highlighted…

Eccentric Strength Capabilities & Injury Prevention

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https://vimeo.com/452860248/208efa04d5 A strength and strength conditioning has two primary objectives when preparing athletes for the demands of sport. One : to increase the required performance qualities of an athletes chosen…

Plyometric Training : Replicating the Biomechanical Demands

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https://vimeo.com/453000702/a712526c66 Plyometric training has shown to be an effective power-based training method within sports performance, with previous research investigations demonstrating significant improvements in vertical jump performance (Markovic et al, 2007),…

Olympic Weightlifting within Sports Performance

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https://vimeo.com/452861316/2d48763059 The ability to be able to produce high peak ground reaction force is vital within sports performance. However, the high velocities involved within most sport actions requires athletes to…

Loaded Jump Training : An Effective Power Training Method

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https://vimeo.com/453000217/a019b73b17 Olympic weightlifting and its derivatives (hang, power and pull versions) are often implemented within strength and conditioning practice as a means of increasing power production in athletes. However, the…

Increasing Power Performance in Athletes

By YGSP Alumi

https://vimeo.com/455464677/d76d682e1e Power is a defined as the ‘total amount of work completed per unit of time’ and has previously been identified as a key performance indicator within sprint acceleration performance…

Power within Sports Performance

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https://vimeo.com/453001331/6730134831 Newtonian mechanics demonstrates that the greater the magnitude of ground reaction force generated, or the higher the amount of force that is applied to an object, the quicker the…