Yoga & Squash

By Peter Nicol I tend to have a short attention span when it comes to my physical conditioning—focusing day-to-day and/or week-by-week with my preparation and recovery. I...

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...

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...

Protein and Energy Bars

By Candace Chemtob, B.S. and M.S. in Human Nutrition The original energy bar was created for astronauts in the 1960s. Eating in space at zero...

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...

Off-Season Training: The Key to Improvement

By Jessica Winstanley, Director of Fitness If you are reading this in the Northern Hemisphere and are not already following an off-season training program, I...

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...

Assessing Your Season and Planning to Improve

By Peter Nicol, former World No. 1 So the traditional season is over and now is the time to assess how you performed. Ideally, you should...