Sportsmith

Sportsmith

Spectator Sports

Discover high performance with the world’s best.

About us

Athlete development starts with personal development. Sportsmith provides unmatched experience from high-performance specialists: for coaches, for the athletes.

Website
http://sportsmith.co
Industry
Spectator Sports
Company size
2-10 employees
Type
Privately Held

Employees at Sportsmith

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  • "The biggest thing for me is monitoring mechanics" In this Sportsmith premium presentation Derek Hansen talks on a variety of sprint-based assessment and rehabilitation protocols used in the return-to-play process for athletes from a variety of sporting backgrounds. If you want to learn more, click the link below. https://lnkd.in/eQkgRQPi

  • 💡 Breaking Down Deceleration for Multi-Directional Sports with Damian Harper 💡 Athletes in multi-directional sports face a variety of change-of-direction demands, each requiring different levels of braking and momentum control. For shallower angles (<45°), maintaining velocity is key. But as angles increase beyond 60°, substantial braking is required to decelerate effectively before pushing off in a new direction. This is where deceleration ability becomes a game-changer for both performance and injury risk reduction. 🚦 Using the traffic light system by Tom Dos Santos, we can categorize these demands: - Green light (<45°): Minimal braking, velocity maintenance is critical. - Orange light (45-60°): Moderate braking to prep for the turn. - Red light (>60°): Heavy braking over multiple steps to manage momentum safely. Mastering these phases ensures athletes are equipped for the sharp directional changes they’ll face in competition. 🔄 Deceleration ability combines technical skills with neuromuscular strength—eccentric, reactive, and isometric strength all play crucial roles. Techniques like lowering the center of mass and applying horizontal braking force, paired with targeted strength training, can drastically improve braking efficiency while minimizing injury risks. Ready to optimize your deceleration game? Click the link below https://lnkd.in/e7Y6BSzc

  • Blood flow restriction: Essentials With Dan Howells Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) is transforming performance and rehab approaches, offering solutions from recovery to pre performance preparation. By applying controlled pressure to limbs, BFR mimics the effects of high-intensity training with lower loads, making it an excellent option for injured athletes or those looking to build strength without excessive strain. Whether it’s enhancing hypertrophy, accelerating recovery, or reducing pain, BFR provides versatile benefits backed by science. During rehabilitation, BFR enables athletes to safely begin loading earlier post-injury, even within the first 10 days, significantly shortening recovery timelines. Its ability to improve muscle hypertrophy, manage pain, and stimulate early adaptations allows practitioners to rebuild strength while minimizing joint stress. From post-surgery recovery to ACL rehab, BFR stands out as a game-changing tool for practitioners and athletes alike. Beyond rehab, BFR offers performance-enhancing benefits like ischemic pre-conditioning to boost endurance and reduce effort perception in training or competition. Recovery-focused BFR reduces DOMS and speeds up muscle repair, making it a staple for elite teams worldwide. As technology advances, portable BFR devices like Hytro are empowering athletes to integrate this powerful modality seamlessly into their routines, ensuring they’re always ready to perform at their peak. https://lnkd.in/e2WDEjdA

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  • Plug and play conjugate isometric strength training microcycle Integrating run specific isometric strength training (RSIST) into your program? One effective approach is to align your RSIST exercises with the theme of the training day-max effort, dynamic effort, or repeat effort. This ensures each session complements your broader training objectives. For max effort days, focus on all-out intensity with exercises like knee iso-pushes. Dynamic effort days emphasize RFD development through ballistic knee iso-pushes or holds at controlled intensities. Repeat effort days target muscular endurance and tissue adaptation with exercises like hybrid knee iso-switch-pushes or long muscle length iso-holds. This approach blends strength, power, and endurance to optimize results. Ready to elevate your programming? There's plenty more where this came from in Alex Natera's course. Join over 1300 coaches from every level of sport worldwide who have completed this course. https://lnkd.in/eX7DexxZ

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  • 🔑 Evolving Strength into Sport-Specific Power 🔑 Rehab periodization is much like evolution—it’s a structured progression from foundational force to sport-specific power. This framework starts with building motor control, tissue resilience, and capacity, then advances to force development, and finally focuses on explosive power in the movements that matter most. In the early phase, the emphasis is on control and capacity, using high-rep, low-intensity exercises performed frequently to lay the groundwork. The mid stage builds on this with higher intensities and varied rep ranges, focusing on accumulating tissue and strength. Finally, the late stage shifts toward power development, prioritizing explosive, low-rep movements to prepare athletes for the demands of sport. By following this linear progression, you can help athletes develop the ability to apply force rapidly and efficiently in specific tasks. It’s simple, effective, and proven to work. Ready to evolve your programming? Dive into Fast > Fit a speed based approach to lower limb rehab & training by Alan Murdoch https://lnkd.in/eX7DexxZ

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