The Mind Game — Self-Belief
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist and Conditioning Specialist
In a diversion from the usual context of my articles around physical training, I wanted to venture into...
Deceleration—The Art of Slowing Down, Part 3
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
In this final article on deceleration we will look at a series of exercises that can be...
Deceleration – The Art of Slowing Down, Part 2
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Following on from last month, let’s consider some training concepts designed to help improve a player’s ability...
Deceleration—The Art of Slowing Down
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Take time to watch the top players in the world in action and observe how well they...
Strength Training and the Young Athlete—Part III
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Following on from last month’s issue let us look at a series of strength exercises that would...
Strength Training and the Young Athlete – Part II
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Continuing on from last issue’s theme of strength training and the young athlete, let’s consider common questions...
Strength Training for Juniors
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
A topic raising regular concerns and uncertainties for parents of young athletes is weight training. I am...
Getting to ONE
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist &Conditioning Specialist
In this edition I wanted to share with the readers an article that was written for the Tournament...
Early Specialization in Sports: Risk or Reward?
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Whether a parent of a budding young athlete or a coach to a player you believe has...
Range of Motion (ROM) The Freedom to Move
By Damon Leedale-Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist
Many players have come to the end of their competitive season in the US which typically begins...