The Recovery Gap in Every Congested Soccer Fixture Block
You have three games in eight days. Wednesday night away in Europe, Saturday at home, the following Tuesday away again domestically. Your recovery protocols exist, and your staff know what works, a...
The Recovery Plan Is There. The NFL Week Is the Problem.
Nobody in professional sport needs convincing that recovery matters. You read the research, attend the conferences, know what works. The plan is never the issue. The problem comes when the week get...
Recovery Doesn't Need Another Place in the Programme
Nobody in professional sport needs convincing that recovery matters. The research is clear. The protocols exist. The plans are written. The problem is never the plan. The problem comes when the ...
162 Games, No Days Off: How Baseball Performance Staff Protect Players Through the Grind
The MLB season is the longest, most relentless schedule in professional sport. Here is how the best performance departments keep players available when availability is everything. No other professi...
The First Six Weeks: Why the Season Start Is the Highest-Risk Period for Squad Availability
The new season does not ease you in. Within days of the opening fixture, squads are managing the full weight of competitive football: high-intensity match loads, travel, and, for clubs in European ...
From Camp to Week 1: How NFL Performance Staff Manage the Transition Into the Regular Season
The weeks between training camp and opening day are among the most physically consequential in the NFL calendar. John Griffin, Director of Player Performance at the Atlanta Falcons, explains how th...
What You Need to Know to Use BFR Safely
BFR is safe when it's applied properly, and the evidence on that is strong and consistent. It's also far easier to apply properly than it used to be. Much of what once made BFR fiddly- judging pres...