Performance

BY TOMMY NIXON TAKE TIME TO ENVISION THE GAME Before a match-up, research the opposing team and picture what you will do to exploit their weaknesses and take away their strengths. Things to consider: Who are you guarding? How will you stop them? How do you think they will guard you and what will you […]

BY DR. TONY MCDOUGALL INTRODUCTION Sports injury prevention, it has become the latest hot topic for Sports Medicine and while a google search will get you lots of hits for “sports injury prevention”, many of these articles will barely scratch the surface on the topic, offering banal advice like “stretch more” or “wear a helmet”,

BY MIGUEL OLFATO, S&C INTERN AND UBC KINESIOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE This is a guest article written by Miguel Olfato.  Miguel is a strength and conditioning intern at Saltus, as well as a Kinesiology undergraduate student and athletic trainer at UBC. An avid basketball fanatic, Miguel is pursuing a career in strength and conditioning. The intent of this

INTRODUCTION At Saltus, one of our mandates is to educate athletes on appropriate training methods and principles. However, several poor training practices have emerged recently on social media that set a poor example for young athletes. Gimmicks aren’t better, better is better. This is the fourth installment in our blog series that highlights ill-advised training practices.  If

BY FARAZ DAMJI, S&C INTERN AND UBC KINESIOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE This is a guest article written by Faraz Damji.  Faraz is a strength and conditioning intern at Saltus, as well as a Kinesiology undergraduate student at UBC.  An avid basketball fanatic, Faraz is pursuing a career in sports medicine. The intent of this article is to

INTRODUCTION In his book “Training Systems,” Charlie Francis defines recovery or regeneration to be the: continuous management of muscle tension/spasm, accelerated removal of the effects of fatigue, rapid restoration of body energy systems and substrates, and improved ability to renew physical activity without wasting unnecessarily the energy of the athletes. Low-intensity aerobic exercise, or sub-maximal

BY MIGUEL OLFATO, S&C INTERN AND UBC KINESIOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE This is a guest article written by Miguel Olfato.  Miguel is a strength and conditioning intern at Saltus, as well as a Kinesiology undergraduate student and athletic trainer at UBC. An avid basketball fanatic, Miguel is pursuing a career in strength and conditioning. The intent of this

INTRODUCTION At Saltus, one of our mandates is to educate athletes on appropriate training methods and principles. However, several poor training practices have emerged recently on social media that set a poor example for young athletes. Gimmicks aren’t better, better is better. This is the third installment in our blog series that highlights ill-advised training practices.  If

INTRODUCTION At Saltus, one of our mandates is to educate athletes on appropriate training methods and principles. However, several poor training practices have emerged recently on social media that set a poor example for young athletes. Gimmicks aren’t better, better is better. This is the second installment in our blog series that highlights ill-advised training practices.

INTRODUCTION At Saltus, one of our mandates is to educate athletes and trainers with regards to appropriate strength and conditioning (S&C) principles in order to improve the landscape of athletic development in British Columbia and Canada, especially with younger athletes.  Highschool athletes these days have a remarkable work ethic and desire to improve.  Coaches should

PROGRAMMING AND PERIODIZATION Strength and conditioning involves the development of physical and physiological characteristics that contribute to increased sport performance.  These qualities include, but are not limited to, aerobic and anaerobic power, speed, strength, power, agility, change of direction (COD) ability, and core strength.   While these characteristics are relatively straightforward to develop on their own

SHOULD WE HAVE COMBINES? Athletic testing is somewhat controversial in sport, as the ultimate indicator of performance will always be the athlete’s sport-specific skill level.  The reigning NBA MVP and 4-time NBA Scoring Champion Kevin Durant failed to do a single bench press repetition at 185lbs during the 2007 NBA Draft Combine, yet he is