Glenn Pendlay: The Deadlift
The Pendlay WOD uses deadlifts. I know some coaches do not, preferring to use the clean or snatch pull. This was my opinion for much of my coaching career. In fact for much of my career I used mostly the [...]
Setanta Talks – Bridging The Gap Between Science & Sport
We were delighted to meet with Rami Alhamad, CEO of PUSH, at our HQ here in Tipperary last week. Listen to our chat in full below! Rami was on a tour of the UK and Ireland and has been introducing [...]
Glenn Pendlay: Breaking PR’s
Going to maximum is a skill, and the only way to get good at it is through practice. You have to challenge and break your weightlifting PR’s again and again and again. This is a mental challenge as well as [...]
Youth Development: Active Lesson Plan
In order to support Holycross National School in their application for the Active Schools Flag, coaches Maggie and Sinead paid 4th class a visit ahead to their annual 5k annual run last week. The aim of the session was to [...]
Overcoming The Challenges Of Inter-County GAA
A new dawn and challenge for all in Hurling There is no doubt that the new hurling championship format has produced thrilling encounters and equally enthralling questions and debates. The demands of a consecutive weekly series of match play has [...]
Setanta Talks – The Evolution of an S&C Programme
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Jason Cowman, head S&C coach with the Ireland national Rugby Union team, which you can listen to in full below. From a player system development point of view, he had some great [...]
Performance Science – Why We Can’t Ignore It
Dr. Liam Hennessy discusses how to prepare for the future of sports performance & practice as technology becomes ever more prevalent in sport and exercise. Performance science is the discipline where all the sciences, such as physiology, biology, biochemistry, technology, [...]
Lets Get Active: Youth Lesson Plan
With Active Schools Week running from Monday 23rd to Friday 27th April, it aims to offer schools around the country the opportunity to come together and work with each other, their community and local amenities to raise awareness about physical [...]
Fit For The Saddle: The Role of S&C in Horse Racing
How jockeys are training and using Sports Science and Strength & Conditioning as part of their physical preparation. One would be forgiven for thinking, in this 'Championship' week of horse racing at Cheltenham, that the jockeys just spend their days [...]
How The NFL Combine Recruits Some Of The Best Athletes In The World
Last week over three hundred college American football players underwent what has been described as “an intensive four-day job interview” in pursuit of an opportunity to play in one of the world’s most prestigious sporting organisations the NFL (National Football [...]