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Do you love sports performance, but feel like keeping up-to-date is impossible!? The answer? The Performance Digest. scienceforsport.com/become-m…
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Weightlifting 🏋️
It's a tool
It can be taught efficiently
It can develop RFD and power
You don't have to use it
This can depend upon an athlete's individual situation
Complete our Weightlifting for Team Sport course with Andrew Layne and Guy Houghton
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Having held full-time S&C roles across three continents, @mrjamesdelacey joined us in episode 21 to tell us about how he worked towards such opportunities and what impact this had on his career and life outside of it.
scienceforsport.fireside.fm/…, or Spotify/Apple Music to listen.
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Physical performance frameworks in elite football.
Are decisions made under stress? Do they steer away from your frameworks?
Matt Parr, Head of Athletic Performance at Leicester Tigers, speaks to host @RichardGraves1
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Off-season training in the latter stages of youth football ⚽
@ThomasGreen_1 reviews new research here.
Click the link below to head to the Performance Digest.
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A World Cup edition.
Click the link below to read this week's full newsletter.
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This week, podcast host @RichardGraves1 welcomes Matt Parr, Head of Athletic Performance at Leicester Tigers, and the founder of High Performance Puzzle, to discuss the 'unseen' work required by coaches.
scienceforsport.fireside.fm/…, YouTube or Spotify/Apple to watch or listen.
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"Unlike muscles, tendons can't be voluntarily contracted. They remain in their state of tension."
"Muscles stiffen prior to ground contact. They remain contracted during the eccentric/amortisation phases of the SSC, to transmit forces into the tendon."
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A mini-course from Jason Feairheller on 'Upgrading Athletic Movement'
Jason covers game-speed and some of the key skills he thinks that team-sport athletes need to be fast in the chaos of sport 🏉 ⚽ 🏈
Here's a slide from the Side Stepping module 👣
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Cluster sets in Academy football ⚽
How are they actually used in practice?
What do the players seem to favour?
Clusters paired with velocity-based training
scienceforsport.fireside.fm/…, or head to Spotify/Apple Music.
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Stories from Chelsea FC, Leeds United, and England's 2010/2012 World Cup and European campaigns.
In episode 322, Dr. Dave Hancock speaks to @RichardGraves1 this week ahead of the World Cup.
scienceforsport.fireside.fm/…, head to YouTube or Spotify/Apple to listen.
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Collegiate women's soccer builds lean mass and bone density
New research. Women's football. Findings that can help improve physical preparation in the female game.
Click the link below to read this month's Performance Digest.
academy.scienceforsport.com/…
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This week's Newsletter features come research-heavy.
New research on the single-leg CMJ test, new research on the greatest runners of all time, and new research on concussion knowledge in rugby.
Click the link below to read it.
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"This is a reminder I provide to players. Over a week, not every day or meal is the same. Each day has a different goal." @James_Morehen
🍝 Energy expenditure
📆 Carbs through the week
🏉 Carbs for competition
Click the link to watch the mini-course.
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Dr Dave Hancock has spent more than three decades in roles with the likes of Chelsea, Leeds United, England, and the NY Knicks.
This week, he speaks to @RichardGraves1 about working with England at the World Cup and Euros.
scienceforsport.fireside.fm/…, YouTube or Spotify/Apple.
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The editors' top three picks from the June 2026 Performance Digest, released tomorrow.
Click the link below to go to all the issues inside the Academy.
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When the stakes are high in competitions like the World Cup,, tough decisions have to be made in tough environments. Ben Rosenblatt discusses his experience at the 2018 World Cup with England.
scienceforsport.fireside.fm/…, YouTube or Spotify/Apple to listen with host @RichardGraves1.
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The adolescent growth spurt - "What you can expect is that females will more than likely grow before males."
"Whereas males will have a higher and sharper spike in growth compared to females."
To complete the mini-course, click the link below.
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In episode 17, @BradSchoenfeld joined us to talk all things hypertrophy.
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How did strength levels affect fitness and recovery in international tournaments such as the Olympic Games?
Ben Rosenblatt discusses S&C at international competitions with @RichardGraves1.
scienceforsport.fireside.fm/…, head to YouTube to watch, or Spotify/Apple to listen.
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Rehab, to accelerate or not to accelerate? From club culture to coach pressure and fixture demands, all of these factors impact return-to-play progression.
Click the link below for the full review, which goes live on Monday, in the June 2026 issue.
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