Port Adelaide is regarded as one of the fittest team in?team sports and there sports science and strength and conditioning program is?often held up as a model of best practices. This inside look provides some interesting insights on their pre-season program:
- Use of monitoring with GPS and heart rate and a full staff to monitor outputs
- Constant feedback via wireless to coaches on physiological data
- Looking for the?total distance covered in practice to be 20% greater than what is seen in games
- Limiting water breaks to 60 seconds and requiring players to run to them
Thanks to @OSPpatrick for sharing this video.
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Mike Young
Director of Performance at Athletic Lab
Mike is the Head Fitness Coach for the North Carolina Courage and North Carolina FC. He is also the owner and Director of Performance at Athletic Lab sports performance training center. He previously served as the fitness coach for the Vancouver Whitecaps and Carolina Railhawks. He has a PhD in Biomechanics, an MS in Coaching Science, and a BSS in Exercise Physiology and has coached Olympic and professional athletes in Skeleton, Track & Field, MLS and NASL Soccer, PGA Golf, NFL Football, MLB Baseball and Olympic Weightlifting. He has lectured around the world and authored 2 books and dozens of research and coaching articles.
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