Sports specific training articles

Over time we will add more and more articles to this area. For the time being please read the sports specific articles that have be uploaded so far.

 Balance exercises for football and tennis - Balance exercises to improve performance

 Biomechanics of cycling - Reduce the risk of injury and improve performance

 Critical swim speed - Using CSS to calculate the aerobic capacity of swimmers

 Fitness for football - Intervak training for improved football performance

 Fitness testing for all sports - Fitness testing to improve all spects of sporting perfomance

 Golf warm up - How golf specific warm ups can reduce the risk of injury

 Hill sprinting - Can hill sprinting improve strength and speed

 Rugby fitness training - Fitness conditioning training for rugby

 Sports motivation - Mind games: Keeping it sporting

 Sports training techniques - Learn about training from the world's very best athletes

 Sports vision - What is sports vision?

 Swimming strength training - Strength training techniques for swimming

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