Last summer I was excited to attend the Seattle Sounders Sports Science weekend.  I was honoured to be asked to present at the event and...

The majority of the literature in load monitoring focuses on injury risk. However, performance is an outcome measure of interest too.

Five years on since we lost performance pioneer Nick Broad, Simon Austin at Training Ground Guru has shared two articles in tribute to him.

Last month we explored the evidence base supporting the notion that athlete availability reduces your team’s chance of success. That post...

It has long been suggested that injury rates and player availability affect a team’s chance of success. Let's explore further.

Rest and recovery are pertinent areas in Sports Science. Is there increased understanding in the optimum balance of training and rest?

This post discusses the science behind the Acute Chronic Workload Ratio (ACWR) and how appropriate it is to use for training load...

Last month I was invited to write a guest blog on Plinths and Platforms about load monitoring and rehabilitation.  It included an...

Recently I was asked by my colleague Sam Blanchard to write a guest post for his blog: Plinths and Platforms. Sam is also based in...

I wasn’t going to write a blog post on this week’s Training Load Monitoring conference held at Aspire because all the presentations will...

Hamstring injuries cause considerable time lost from training and competition, therefore ensuring efficient and successful RTP is a priority

This post expands on the points made in what I believe is a must read review for all Sport Scientists and in fact any practitioner...

Dr Thorborg is based at the Sports Orthopaedic Research Centre and presented on ‘The Prevention of Groin Injuries in Sport’.

Ben is currently the Athletic Performance Coach at the Brumbies, acting as the link between the medical and performance teams.

Dr Anthony Shield from the Queensland University of Technology and the QUT-ACU Hamstring Injury Group discusses hamstring strain injuries.