ACE PERFORMANCE BLOGS

Struggling to beat your opponent to the ball? Can’t keep up with your teammates at training? Or just want to be the quickest on the team?...

I sometimes (regularly…) imagine ‘what could’ve been’ if my parents invested in Strength and Conditioning for me when I was going through...

We may not want to say it out loud, but many parents have had that thought. Why does my kid run funny? There are a large number of...

Now I’m sure we’ve many of us dreamed of playing pro sports as a kid and as we came through the sporting age groups. I know I did and, in...

‘The new normal’. How many times have we all heard this since March 2020? This is the current reality of the world. In and out of...

Are you someone that just strolls into the gym, does 5 mins on the bike and then go straight into sprinting or heavy lifting? Yes? Then...

Feeling sluggish when you need to change direction or try to evade an opponent? Has a coach or a scout told you that you lack agility or...

Get the feeling that you aren’t hitting the ball as far or as hard as some of your teammates or opponents? In hitting based sports,...

What is severs and how does it affect our youth athletes? Clinically speaking, Severs occurs when the growth plate of the heel is injured...

Want to be quicker off the line, or be able to burst out of the pack, or beat their opponent to the ball? All 3 scenarios are talking...

I’m sure we’ve all seen some videos on Instagram of an athlete doing some crazy looking footwork through agility ladders. I wouldn’t...

There are some things in life that you just wish you knew sooner. There are also some things in life that are so simple and easy to do,...

‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’. I hate that saying, but for this blog topic, it seemed relevant. When talking about strength training over...

How to alter training load to ensure peak performance. What does overtraining look like and how do I avoid it? I've heard of...

How long should I sleep for? Can napping help with recovery? I don't know what to eat when - help! What active recovery movements can I...

What is self massage? How do I use this spiky ball? How can releasing my muscles improve my performance? What parts should I focus on to...

The stages of youth development Does training actually stunt growth? How do we structure our sessions? How can I avoid the developmental...

The next biggest thing that is going to help with preventing as many injuries as we can is how we recover from training sessions....

As parents of a youth athlete, there are several factors and components to managing your child's sporting endeavours effectively, and...

Long term athlete development (LTAD) describes the different stages that a child goes through on the journey towards the possibility of...