Tag: Australia Institute of Sport

Extraordinary Effort “In The Zone” Requires Extra-ordinary Commitment In The “Trained-For-Zone”

THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT… Your coach says, ‘‘We’re going to do some grand slam training, so I want you to do 1100 sprints for eight to 10 seconds over the next six hours.” Sounds crazy, doesn’t in? Well, that’s exactly what Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal did in their five hour, 53 minute 2012 Australian …

Oh Canada: Good Is The Enemy Of Great

Excited to be getting back into the lab after having spent the last day and a half in Futog, Serbia, attending a FIBA coaching clinic. The sessions were FANTASTIC with some wonderful new coaching ideas. Some of the coaches leading sessions included: the head coach from Panathinaikos Athens (Željko Obradović), the Australian U19 head coach …