🇳🇿🇦🇺🇨🇵 | Physical Performance Coach | PhD | ☕️ &🍷
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If you're a coach with an interest in speed then check out the latest article on Sportsmith. I break down how we at the @BristolBears use sprint analysis software from Forceteck to help our rugby players run faster and safer.
Using AI, video analysis, and the coaching eye within sprint performance case studies
From @jonobward
sportsmith.co/articles/using…
Dr Jonathan Ward retweeted
The best way to learn is by doing, so join us to elevate your speed training in 📍England
With a combination of presentations and work stations with 5+ 1080 Sprint 2 units, this is a great opportunity for practitioners to learn hands-on in real-time how to take both their linear speed and COD training to the next level
🗣️ Speakers
- @jonobward. First Team Physical Performance Coach, Bristol Bears Rugby Club
- Matt Sayce. Regional Performance Director, 1080 Motion
🔗 Full itinerary and sign-up 👇
I have coached in Australia, France & the UK...nothing prepared me for the scale of French rugby. Its 4th division pulls bigger crowds than the 2nd tier in England, Australia or NZ. Incredible depth & serious money at the top. shorturl.at/ytvOb
Dr Jonathan Ward retweeted
How the elite in rugby prepare for game day in 🏉🏴📍England
The @BristolBears use their off-field work to create specific forces, both vertically and horizontally
And their 5 1080 Sprint 2’s fit into the process by both bridging the gap and driving competition, everything needed in a MD-2 training session
Shoutout to @jonobward (First Team Athletic Performance Coach) and the rest of the staff for setting the standard in rugby 👊
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The role of instrumented mouthguards in contact sports
From @jonobward
sportsmith.co/articles/the-r…
Sprint profiling over 20m gives us a good snapshot of how players accelerate, and anecdotally we know that 20m often isn’t enough to get players to their top speed, except maybe for the tight five (props and second rowers), who generally have lower top end speed
Contrary to popular belief, even props and second rowers, who I assumed might hit top speed earlier, still need more than 20m to get into their max velocity zone (>90%).
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Excellent one @jonobward !! 👍🏉🏃♂️
Very detailed application of research in elite context.
Programming Resisted Sprints on the 1080 Sprint: Setting Speed Limits and the Impact on Sprint Kinetics simplifaster.com/articles/pr…
In my new article on @SimpliFaster I explain how I use to 1080 Sprints speed limit setting to overload Force &/or Power, depending on the sprint phase I am targetting. Plus I share some practical examples of how I use it within my program of pro rugby players!
“The benefit of training athletes at specific velocities is to strategically overload the kinetic qualities of force & power.”
📈 My guy @jonobward goes deep on how & why to use speed limit functions on @1080motion.
Data/Protocols from his 🏉 athletes⤵️
simplifaster.com/articles/pr…
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"To be fast, you need to hit 3.0m/s or 6.7mph on your 1st step. If the athlete has not reached that threshold, their body is not moving fast enough to get the center of mass forward enough to get the 1st step under or behind the mass."
📈 New @korfist ⤵️
simplifaster.com/articles/ze…
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The Collision Zone: Tracking Momentum in Rugby Union w/ @1080motion Benchmarks
Has ⬆️body mass made them ⬇️explosive & mobile. While they may be more dominant in collisions, has there been a cost in terms of # of ball carries & tackles?
📈 @jonobward ⤵️
simplifaster.com/articles/co…
Monday 1st July
11AM 🇫🇷 / 7PM 🇦🇺
How I use the @1080motion Sprint with our squad to improve sprint performance throughout the season! – at Aix-en-Provence, France
New online event! Monday 1 July (19:00-20:00 AEST) with Jonathan Ward
Learn more via strengthandconditioning.org/…
The budgets of second division French clubs tells us that rugby is going strong here in 🇫🇷
Most second div clubs have more $ than Super Rugby and NRL clubs back in Aus 🇦🇺
Brive for example has a budget of 26 million AUD, with Aurillac (the smallest) with 8.1 million AUD. – at Ansouis, France
Comparatif entre le classement final et le budget des clubs
#Prod2 #rugby
@VRDRrugby @SAXV_Charente @agen_rugby @BOPBweb @UsmSapiacRugby @RouenNdieRugby
Minor Premiers 2023/24!
Time to recover and get prepped for a home semi in two weeks.
By the time the season finishes we would have started preseason exactly 1 year ago. This season has been a marathon, but a rewarding one at that. – at Ansouis, France
#PROD2 – J30
Le verdict vient de tomber 👨⚖️
🥇 @ProvenceRugby termine leader
🎟️Un final au suspense insoutenable et le @CABCLRUGBY arrache le dernier ticket pour la phase finale
⚔️ Le @RouenNdieRugby tombe les armes à la main et se retrouve relégué en Nationale
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Plus d'infos 👉prod2.lnr.fr/classement
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📄 New recently accepted manuscript on the utility of the Dynamic Strength Index - is it actually useful?
👏 Cracking piece of work led by the ever impressive @resolveperf (whom we should all be following)!
🔗 Link to text on RG: researchgate.net/publication…
First time in the clubs history making finals! Next objective is to secure a home semi! Allez les noirs ⚫️⚪️ – at Ansouis, France
