Sports specific
Whatever your sport, it will have its own specific needs with training, whether it be sprint based, rotational, balance, understanding what you need will give you that edge.
While generic workouts may work for the general population, sports specific workouts are essential for athletes who wish to maximise their performance.
Why Should I?.
Sports specific workouts allow coaches to get the most out of their training sessions, ensuring that the time their charges spend exercising is actually improving the critical areas for their chosen activity.
Understanding the science behind it.
Science has unlocked many of the mysteries of the human body, allowing us to understand the effects of various types of exercise the coach therefore has the knowledge at their disposal to balance out strength and speed, power and flexibility, rest and activity.
At the same time, many old myths have been laid to rest particularly the reluctance of many trainers to use weight training for anything other than the most physical of activities (Olympic lifting, rugby, wrestling).
It really is all sports.
It is now accepted practice for even long distance endurance athletes such as marathon runners to use weight training as a part of their program the key is that when they are in the gym they will be performing different protocols from say, a rugby player.
Even different training within a sport.
Indeed, even within sports, players will vary their training depending upon the demands of their position for example, a rugby prop forward will train very differently from a winger.
The key is to understand the demands of the activity, and have a thorough knowledge of the training options available.
