Timid rehabilitation protocols can lead to a “false positive” when it comes time to assess an athlete’s readiness to return-to-play, whether that is on a field or in everyday life. Rehab specialists’ risk aversion in the clinic can backfire by increasing the risk of re-injury upon return-to-play. Low expectations, outdated protocols and an exaggerated sense […]
Joseph Coyne is the Physical Preparation Coach with the Chinese Athletics Association. He joined the Just Fly Performance podcast for a wide-ranging and detailed discussion on training sprinters and jumpers, going back to his time working with Randy Huntington. Towards the end of the show, the conversation turned to overspeed sprinting. Coyne talked about how […]
1080 Motion recently hosted their annual Summit in Gothenburg, Sweden. Attendees from across Europe, the United States, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia participated in lectures and demonstrations from coaches and clinicians pushing the limits of sports science with 1080. J-B Morin and Cameron Josse presented on their research and training with resisted sprinting […]
An emerging consequence of the growth of sports technology over the last 10 years is the messy proliferation of sports data. Every device and every app captures and creates data by the megabyte to describe each stride, rep and heart beat for every athlete using the system. The most successful products – the ones that […]
Ola Eriksrud and Vern Gambetta covered as much ground as they could in 45 minutes on a recent GAINcast interview. Highlights included Eriksrud’s perspectives on hamstring injuries, movement efficiency and the meaningless use of the word “core.” Ola Eriksrud is a professor of biomechanics and 1080 Motion’s director of research and development. Far from being […]
Major League Baseball teams defy a simple or clear relationship between player injuries and team performance. The team that has suffered the most injuries since 2010 – the Los Angeles Dodgers – also won the most games in that span. They have been to the National League Champions Series three times, and are now in […]
