From May 31st to June 2nd, 2017, I and other representatives from Soccer Fitness Inc. and Sport Performance Analytics Inc. presented our research at the 5th World Conference on Science and Soccer in Rennes, France. For me, this was the 7th time I have travelled to an international soccer science conference to present research, dating [...]
The internet has been an amazing invention, which has given billions of people all of the world access to information about anything they could possibly want, all with the convenient click of a button. One problem with information available online, however, is that there are not always clear ways to determine whether or not it [...]
Olympic lifting – specifically, the power clean exercise – is widely becoming a very popular method of training for both individual and team sport athletes. The power clean exercise is an exercise which increases power and strength and works the legs (glutes, hamstrings, quadriceps, calf) as well as the lower back (erector spinae) and shoulder [...]
Today we worked our first match, providing performance analysis to the U19 Academy team in their game versus the Nacional Universidad U19 team. Not only was the weather much nicer - sunny with a slight breeze - the match was also played on one of the best fields in all of Uruguay - Nacional's training [...]
Hi everyone, I've begun my stay in Montevideo, Uruguay, where I am working as Fitness Coach with Canadian SC Uruguay, a professional soccer club in the Uruguayan 'Segunda' (second division). While here, I will be blogging daily about my experiences, and some of things which stand out to me the most. As soon as I [...]
Leicester City are the 2016 English Premier League Champions. Last Sunday, May 1st, after having drawn 1-1 with Manchester United the day before, they confirmed themselves as champions when Tottenham Hotspur drew 2-2 with Chelsea, mathematically eliminating their closest rivals in the league table. Leicester’s run to the Championship this season has been described by [...]
Recently I made the decision to go back to school, and as part of the coursework, I was required to take an Advanced Biomechanics course, in which I am presently enrolled. Our latest assignment for this course was to choose a sports movement that involves the upper body, and to analyse the movement from a [...]
Hi everyone, Welcome to the next edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog. In this Blog, we will be providing weekly video content relating to all things soccer and fitness. In this edition, we discuss the push-up exercise, how it can be incorporated into a player/team's training routine, as well as specific exampled and [...]
For the past 10 years, my business has provided fitness testing, training, and coach education to soccer players, coaches and teams from countless different amateur youth soccer clubs across Ontario. During this time, I have had many discussions and conversations with the club head coaches, members of technical staff, and even the administrators and board [...]
Below is a link to an excellent article written by David Conn and posted on www.theguardian.com a few years ago. I came across this article recently through a link on Facebook and, after having recently been a participant in the 2016 National Soccer Coaching Conference at the University of Toronto this past weekend, I found [...]