Sports specific training

What is sports specific training? Quite simply it is an exercise programme that rather than being an end in itself, is designed to help you improve you performance in your chosen activity.

Sport specific training is usually thought of in terms of mainstream team games such as football or rugby, but as the following list of articles shows, sports specific training has applications for a whole range of different events:

• Outdoor Hiking
• First Triathlon
• Rugby fitness
• Outdoor paddling
• Punting a football
• Soccer conditioning
• Warm up routines
• Mountain biking
• Volleyball strength
• Indoor cycling
• Resistance workouts for tennis
• Preparation for skiing
• Core work for winter activities
• Golf conditioning

These types of workouts are suitable for everyone from absolute beginners just thinking of trying something new through to those who have played for many years but want to improve their skills.

Research shows that improved conditioning not only reduces your chances of injury, it also allows you to perform your particular skills better, particularly late in a game when fatigue might otherwise set in.

So to improve your game, check out the links.