Nutrition Not only is adequate nutrition important around competition to perform and recover, but it is also critical for day-to-day training. It assists with: Session quality. The more you can train at higher quality, the more likely you are to improve. Maintaining high levels of performance and decision making for longer durations. Reducing illness or
Overtraining/Training Loads What is overtraining? Overtraining has been defined as an imbalance between training and non-training stress (physiological, psychological and social) and the recovery process resulting in an unplanned overreached state. If unresolved this increases athlete risk of progressing through the stress/fatigue state continuum, culminating in overtraining. To improve athletic capacity and performance, we must
Recovery Nutrition Nutrition is one of the 3 pillars of recovery which becomes even more important when athletes have a high training load and/or train multiple times per day. Nutrition aims to restore fuel supplies, promote rehydration, support muscle repair and adaptation, and support broader health status. For a more in-depth discussion on nutrition, view
Hydration It is important to always be hydrated, and this is especially true for athletes. Approximately 60-70% of the body is water. Blood needs enough water to transport oxygen to working muscles when we exercise. If we are dehydrated, then our performance will be hindered. Water loss of as little as 2% of total body
Hot Weather Considerations Football NSW has an Extreme Heat Policy designed to protect everyone involved in football when temperatures soar across NSW. The policy is based on the Sports Medicine Australia (SMA) Extreme Heat Policy, combining temperature, humidity and heat stress risk to guide decisions about matches, training and other activities. Hot weather – especially
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The Warm Up The purpose of the warm up is to physically prepare players for the demands of a training session and match while also reducing injury risk. It is also an opportunity to improve movement efficiency for actions such as change of direction and landing, in a controlled environment, before increasing complexity with a
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What is gluteal tendinopathy? Gluteal tendinopathy (GT) is lateral hip pain originating from the glute Medius and Minimus tendons. GT is an overload injury caused by failure of the tendons to adapt to load. Therefore, you will likely be able to trace symptoms back to a period of either increase in activity (load) or a
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Cricket remains one of Australia’s most loved summer sports. Even though it’s a non-contact game, cricketers still face a variety of injuries – often from repetitive motions, sudden movements, or overuse. The best cricket injury research has come from Australia under the direction of Dr John Orchard. Cricket injuries at elite level In Australia have
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Management of Hamstring Strains Hamstring injuries are common in sports involving sprinting and kicking. They are one of the most common injuries in elite football, representing about one-third of all time-loss injuries. The hamstring muscles run down the back of the leg from the pelvis to the back of your knee. The hamstrings consist of
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Heel Pain in Children: Managing Sever’s Disease What is Sever’s Disease? Sever’s disease, also known as calcaneal apophysitis, is a very common cause of heel pain in children and adolescent athletes. Sever’s Disease is an osteochondrosis caused by overload. The growth plate at the calcaneus (heel bone) becomes inflamed secondary to repetitive traction stress of
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