Sports-specific training is very misunderstood
Sports-specific exercises, aka sports specificity have become increasingly made up to mimic sports movement patterns and have become the ‘norm’ for some fringe sports. The principle of specificity states that sports training should be relevant and appropriate to the sport for which the individual is training in order to produce the desired effect. Ok, this makes […]
Surf Skate: What’s it all about? The right equipment for the job and why corrective practice matters.
Surf skateboards have taken off in recent years and as a coach these are a game changer for skill acquisition for beginner and intermediate surfers. I love them, they are fun to use and are great asset for any surfer to have to work on surf skills, learning weight transfers, body positioning and mastering turns. […]
Maintaining the body from old injuries and sorting out niggles: A focus for the seasoned board rider (surf, snow, skate).
Common themes I see within board riders who are the from the more “seasoned crew” is that they have never set foot in a gym, looked for any help and have just got out there and done the hard yards, which is totally fine! I get it, and personally I probably wouldn’t have set foot […]
Breath Development Training: Tips, tricks and how to build that all important mental mindset to be calm and confident.
When it comes to surfing there is one huge factor that is debilitating – fear. That moment you see the bigger set behind the wave you just paddled over in a rush and you have the sinking feeling of, oh no, this is going to break on top of me and completely smash me… I’m […]