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Over the past few years, there has been a big debate about the use of Olympic lifts compared to loaded jumps in an athlete’s training program. Before diving deep into this debate, it is important, to begin with understanding the difference between the two and the variations of each. Typically, both Olympic lifts and loaded …
For the vast majority of team sports, outside of the sport skill element, speed, strength, and power are key physical characteristics that have a direct impact on an athlete’s performance. Typically, as the level of sport increases, so do an athlets ability to generate maximal force and power and accelerate in a straight line and …
An often overlooked quality within baseball training Read More »
Your training load is important whether you are a high-performance athlete, weekend warrior, or enjoy the occasional sport session for health. What is a training load, you may ask? You may have been fed conflicting information on how much is too little or too much training to reduce your risk of injury. “Don’t overtrain yourself …
During my time in high school and university weight rooms, I’ve seen and experienced first hand the performance-enhancing benefits of team training sessions. The basketball guys rallying up their teammate before a max vertical jump attempt, rugby players psyching up each other on Bench press testing day and the track team building comradery in the …
Difference between optimal training and overtraining Read More »
Following on from last month’s blog, Off-Season Training Part 1, where we outlined the basic principles and thought process behind the evolution of off-season training, the progression from general to specific and typical focus points of the general preparation phase. This month we’re diving into more depth about the next phase, the specific preparation phase. …
For many athletes, spring and summer are normally the off-season. It provides athletes of sports like Hockey, Rugby and Basketball, to take some time off, wind down and relax from the challenges of their sports season. While it is important to wind down during this period, it doesn’t mean we spend 3 months sitting in …
An area that is often overlooked, not given enough attention, and very much misunderstood, which leads to the wrong type of method being prescribed. We all know recovery in between training sessions and after a competition is key to our short and long-term performance. But why is it the vast majority of athletes skip the …
As many of us know, rugby union is a very physically demanding game, with short and repeated bouts of intense efforts. These intense efforts often involve high force collisions and/or high running speeds, meaning rugby players require high levels of strength, power, speed and endurance, regardless of their position. The levels of these key performance …
Ravens U15 & U19 – Performance testing Jan 22 & 23 Read More »
Basketball is one of the most physically demanding sports we play. The sport requires athletes to be able to complete specific skills and tasks under pressure, fatigue, and as fast as possible to be successful. To help athletes be able to do this, we first have to be able to understand the physiological characteristics required …
SPLIT SECOND BASKETBALL – performance testing Jan 15 & 16 Read More »
The single leg squat from a box is one of our go-to exercises at Saltus not only for developing single leg strength, but also as an assessment tool to gauge the athletes’ movement quality which includes their mobility, stability, and level of symmetry between their right and left sides. To safely and effectively perform the …
Why the Single-leg squat Is Important to assess movement quality Read More »
Overcoming isometric front squat Overcoming isometrics involve setting the athlete up at a specific range of motion of an exercise and instructing them to contract against a level of resistance that is heavier than their maximal level of strength. This allows the athlete to practice generating as much tension as they possibly can without having …
RESOURCES FOR PARENTS At Saltus Performance, we emphasize developing the youth athletes’ ability to safely sprint, jump, throw, and lift. These physical attributes should be utilized and emphasized differently depending on the athletes’ training age and biological age. Long-term Athlete Development (LTAD) is about training for athletic longevity. The benefits of LTAD include: Reduced risk …