Strength and power are vital performance qualities, allowing athletes to generate large ground reactions forces, joint torques and produce high mechanical output when sprinting, jumping, striking, throwing, tackling, changing direction and other key sport actions. However, the benefits of strength and power training are not just sports performance related, with the positive adaptations associated strength and power training being very beneficial in reducing the aging effects of sarcopenia, osteopenia, osteoporosis, reduced motor skills and cognitive function and ultimately, allowing for a better quality of life.
However, many practitioners often feel overwhelmed when designing strength and power training programmes, seeking guidance on how to periodise and programme when aiming to improve strength and power performance in athletes and clients alike. Therefore, the overall aim of this workshop is to provide coaches with a greater understanding of how to programme strength training, plyometrics, ballistic training and contrast training using an evidenced-based approach, allowing practitioners to effectively train athletes and clients for strength and power performance.
Aims:
- Describe the performance benefits of strength and power training
- Describe the health benefits of strength and power training
- Explain fundamental strength and power training periodisation
- Explain concurrent, linear, modified linear and undulating periodisation
- Design a three-day model and four-day module strength and power weekly micro-cycle
- Design individual strength and power performance programmes
- Periodise strength and power training over a training block
Author Bio
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Thomas Stringwell
Thomas Stringwell is the founder of Your Gym Sports Performance Ltd, an education provider that specialises within the fields of strength and conditioning and sports science. He’s an accredited strength and conditioning coach with the UKSCA and currently provides performance consultancy services across a range of sports including rugby union, rugby league, soccer, handball, boxing, mixed martial arts, BMX supercross, strength sports and Youth Athletic Development.
He holds an MSc in Sports Biomechanics (Loughborough University), a 1st class honours degree in Sport and Exercise Science (Manchester Metropolitan University) and a Certificate in Education teaching degree (Huddersfield University), with future ambitions of completing a PhD within the field of motor learning, constraints-based learning and non-linear pedagogy.
He has a real passion for education and coach development, having both coached and taught within the fields of strength and conditioning and health and fitness for over a decade. He’s a lifelong strength sport enthusiast, having competed both in Olympic Weightlifting and Powerlifting at a national level, with a genuine drive to support and educate coaches throughout our industry.