342: Moving Beyond Aerobic and Anaerobic Training Labels
Does the way we talk about aerobic and anaerobic training help us prescribe better conditioning, or can it lead us towards the wrong session...
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Come with us as we delve into the mysterious and exciting world of sports science… This entertaining podcast explores: • The science behind the world’s best athletes. • Current issues and ev...
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20 of 341 episodes341: Preparing Athletes for Pressure and Adversity
Can athletes learn to grow from pressure, rather than simply recover from it? This week, Richard Graves welcomes Dr Nick Holton to the Scien...
340: What Saliva Testing Can Tell Us About Athletes
What can a saliva sample tell a performance team that a blood test taken a few times a season might miss? This week, Richard Graves is joine...
339: Can a Playing Surface Change How an Athlete Moves?
How much does the surface beneath an athlete’s feet really affect performance and injury risk? This week, Richard Graves is joined by Profes...
338: How Sports Science Has Changed Coaching with Simon Grayson
Few people are better placed to chart the evolution of sports science in professional football than Simon Grayson. Across a career spanning...
337: Structure, Pacing and Recovery in Fight Preparation
Are elite athletes training harder than the demands of their sport require? This week, Richard Graves is joined by performance coach Colin B...
336: How the NFL’s Best Practitioners Use Performance Data
Elite teams have access to more performance data than ever. The real competitive advantage, however, comes from knowing which questions to a...
335: The Three Outcomes That Define High Performance
What does it take to build a genuinely integrated high-performance programme? This week, Richard Graves is joined by Dr Trevor Short, Senior...
334: How Elite Athletes Respond Under Pressure
This week, Richard Graves is joined by Dr Alicia Naser, behavioural scientist and founder of The Naser Institute for Behavioral Sports Psych...
333: Why Athletes Keep Breaking Down
This week, Richard Graves is joined by Dave Emsley, physiotherapist and movement specialist at The Body Mechanics, for a practical conversat...
332: Growth, Maturation and Athletic Development in Tennis
Tennis players need far more than clean technique and a strong forehand. They need to be fast, powerful, durable and able to recover well en...
331: Why Energy Management Is the Next Big Performance Tool
How much of an athlete’s performance is shaped by the materials they wear and use? This week, Richard Graves is joined by Dr Sarah Karmel, C...
330: Frontal Plane Fundamentals with Dr Matthew Ibrahim
Richard Graves welcomes Dr Matthew Ibrahim back to the Science for Sport podcast to discuss how sports science, strength and conditioning, a...
329: The Five Qualities of Speed Development
Speed in American football is about far more than running a fast 40-yard dash. It is the ability to create space, close space, accelerate, d...
328: Blood Flow Restriction at the World Cup
In this episode of the Science for Sport Podcast, Richard Graves welcomes back Dr Warren Bradley, Co-Founder and Head of Elite Performance a...
327: Building Nutrition Systems in Elite Sport
Richard Graves welcomes Dr James Morehen back to the Science for Sport podcast for a practical conversation on what it really takes to work...
326: Creatine’s Next Chapter with Steve Jennings
This week on the Science for Sport Podcast, Richard Graves welcomes back Steve Jennings for part two of one of the most fascinating stories...
325: Building Sports Science Systems That Coaches Use
This week, Richard Graves is joined by Anna Cruse, Assistant Athletics Director for Applied Health and Performance Science and Director of F...
324: Joe Truman: Training of a GB Track Sprinter
This week on the Science for Sport Podcast, Richard Graves is joined by Great Britain track cyclist Joe Truman. Joe has spent nearly a decad...
323: The Unseen Work of S&C and Sports Science
This week on the Science for Sport podcast, Richard Graves welcomes Matt Parr back to the show for a deeper look at the work that really dri...