Rugby Fitness Training – Fascia
The fascial system is more widespread than the muscular system within the body yet very rarely people have heard of it. The fascia is a dense connective tissue that surrounds the muscles, bones, nerves and blood vessels of the body. It is the framework which holds the...
Rugby Fitness Testing – Star Performer
It can be really helpful if you periodically measure your fitness (2-4 times a year). From this you can then chart progress and identify weaknesses. This means you can set out the fastest way to increase on field performance. The video shows some simple tests to do...
Rugby Flexibility & Warm-Up – Star Performer
The main goal of flexibility training is to restore posture to more ideal realms. This involves unlocking joints and looking to return the spine to a more ideal alignment through stretching of the muscles and fascia. When this happens you can see remarkable...
Aerobic Training – Star Performer
Find below a video on aerobic training. It comes from my course for high performance - The Star Performer Blueprint. Aerobic fitness is a foundation upon which all your rugby is based. A lack of an aerobic base will greatly undermine your rugby performance. In this...
Star Performer – Strength Training
Find below a video on strength training without using equipment. It comes from my course for high performance - The Star Performer Blueprint. Rugby is a strength sport. Stronger athletes are faster, push with more force and dominate their opponents. Take a look at...
Star Performer – Agility Technique
Take a look at this video which is small segment of the agility module in 'The Star Performer Blueprint'- My course for high performance conditioning. One of the big errors made in agility training is forgetting that your speed is based upon a sound technique. In this...
The 11 Types Of Tackle Part 3
In the first part we looked at front on tackles and part two covered side on and diagonal tackles. This leaves tackles from behind. There are five main types of tackles from behind. Backwards – Leg wrap This is the standard from behind tackle. This is quite a rare...
The Speed Formula
Max Strength - This is the amount of force you can generate within the muscles. This is also called slow speed strength as it takes up to a second plus to exert maximum force. For sprinting the stronger you are the better. A key point to note is that it is the maximum...
Base Plyometrics
This video is of a base plyometric exercise demonstrated by me and then with examples of how it looks when rugby players perform it in training. The video is of a super simple and low intensity plyometric exercise yet as you can see none of the players are even close...