Bring SABA to HOME
Bring SABA to life at HOME
As the coronavirus pandemic presses on, we have settled into routines that involve a lot more home cooking, habits that look like they will continue after the pandemic. This shift…
Bulletproof Your Hamstrings
Despite the best efforts of performance coaches, physiotherapists, doctors and players to maintain hockey‐specific physical conditioning during the lockdown, many players may show detraining signs, resulting in an increased risk…
Sprinting Out of Lockdown
SPEED - Quality over quantity! When it comes improving your speed, it is not about quantity but more about quality. Covid-19 and home isolation has negatively affected all aspects and levels of society. Covid-19…
Maximal aerobic speed, otherwise known as MAS, is a useful tool for measuring performance, training prescription, and monitoring training loads. Finding the most effective and time-orientated methods for developing an athlete’s aerobic power is of great importance, and training prescription based on MAS may facilitate these types of improvements. Lockdown provides us with an opportunity to improve of Aerobic power, take this opportunity to raise your hockey fitness standards.
Sample Programme to Increase Your Maximal Aerobic Speed
Week 1 - Test 1500 m Running Test Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1500 m Test 4 minutes on 3 minutes on …
There has been numerous research publications identifying the mediating effect of physical fitness on technical performance. An increased aerobic capacity allows for greater physical output levels, which in turn allows for greater match involvements across several sports
The benefits of increasing your Aerobic Fitness for Hockey
When schedules are busy with sports, smoothies are the perfect solution to fuel performance. One of the big benefits of smoothies is that you can add in fruits and vegetables to deliver important nutrients that aid in refueling the body.
Power of Smoothies – Give it a Go!
Nutrition is important for athletes because it provides a source of energy required to perform the activity. The food we eat impacts on our strength, training, performance and recovery. Not only is the type of food important for your activity performance but the times we eat throughout the day also has an impact on our performance levels and our bodies ability to recover after exercising.
Managing Your Nutrition During Lockdown
SLEEP – A NON-NEGOTIABLE but is POORLY PRESCRIBED!
It is recommended that 7-9 hours of sleep will allow for psychological, physiological and physical recovery. Every tissue in the body is renewed faster during sleep than at any time when awake. Here are just a few other ways that sleep can optimise performance;
PSYCHOLOGICAL: Increased in reaction Times, Improved learning and memory capabilities, and increases motivation.
PHYSIOLOGICAL: Balanced release of hormones.
PHYSICAL: reduces the likelihood of injury and decreases illness susceptibility
Sleep Hygiene – Improved Performance
Rest and recovery is an important aspect of an exercise program, especially for high level athletes.
Athletes understand the importance of exercise training for optimal performance and improvement. However, rest and recovery is also an important aspect of an exercise program because it allows the body time to repair and strengthen itself in between workouts. It also allows the athlete to recover, both physically and psychologically.
Hockey Recovery Strategies
Incorporate Mobility into your day
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