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Training Based Research Studies: the Biggest Con in sport since the Muffin.

: shot of twins & cupcakes from Crestock Images

Remember how when we were kids everyone liked to eat cupcakes.

Then when we got older and a bit more health conscious we were told to give them up because of the sugar and flour and other stuff in them.

Then along comes a sports nutritionist who said “Muffins are a great food for athletes – nutritious, high carbohydrate energy foods”. So we all started eating them again even though they are basically still just big cupcakes.

What a big con.

Almost as big a con as Training Studies in Sports Science Research.

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Thinking Outside the Box in Coaching in High Performance Sport – Creativity is King!

High Performance Sport, Sports Coaching

: Earth in box from Crestock High Quality Images

There is a tribe in the highlands of Papua New Guinea who have never seen modern technology, who could not even imagine using the latest electronic tools, who can not comprehend western society concepts of computing, social media, high speed Internet links, laser technology or satellite navigation.

This tribe, believes that the best way – the only way – the way everyone must adopt to cut down a tree is to make an axe by lashing a sharp rock to a piece of wood. This knowledge has been passed down from generation to generation for centuries….this tribe knows for certain that the only way to cut down a tree is to use a hand made stone ax.

And then, one day, through the forest, comes a man from the USA carrying a chain saw…….

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Can you achieve the same or better performance results with reduced training volume? More on More with Less.

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One of the greatest challenges many traditional Olympic sports face is how to achieve the same or better results in less time. Kids and parents have very little spare time and for sports like swimming, track and field, rowing, diving, gymnastics, tennis and cycling, finding ways to optimise athletic development and enhance sports performance efficiently: i.e. achieving better performances in less time has become an increasingly important aspect of coaching around the world.

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Training Based Research Studies: the Biggest Con in sport since the Muffin.

Thinking Outside the Box in Coaching in High Performance Sport – Creativity is King!

Can you achieve the same or better performance results with reduced training volume? More on More with Less.