tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467994117916260529.post4243173625795774046..comments2023-10-17T08:19:17.319-07:00Comments on Conditioning Research: Fatigue decreases your skill levelsChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00223657383325055342noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467994117916260529.post-22738305700079006612008-04-21T15:29:00.000-07:002008-04-21T15:29:00.000-07:00There are some great comments there - thanks guys...There are some great comments there - thanks guysChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223657383325055342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467994117916260529.post-10252939824603571482008-04-21T07:20:00.000-07:002008-04-21T07:20:00.000-07:00From a coaching perspective I think this points to...From a coaching perspective I think this points to the importance of tiring the athletes during practice, rather than separating the conditioning from the practice as is fairly common. I've found in training tennis players that I get the best transfer when I work on skills at an intensity comparable to or higher than match intensities. I don't suppose that's a shock. <BR/><BR/>Too often, though, when it comes to a skill like the tennis serve, the practice is almost exclusively done in isolation. The player rarely has a pulse rate over 100 during a serve practice session. What I prefer to do is have the player hit from 2-4 serves, then do some sort of exercise (varying the duration and intensity), then hit 2-4 more serves, etc for about 15 minutes. This seems to transfer much better to match serving than simply standing and hitting buckets of serves. This research indicates why. The tired player is different from the not-tired player. You must train the tired player.<BR/><BR/>A nice by-product of this sort of training is that the players get in better shape, too. They don't get tired as easily in matches. Plus, the intermittent nature of the training trains the recovery phase. Very important in a sport like tennis.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403845075161829870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467994117916260529.post-48776707838499971142008-04-21T03:02:00.000-07:002008-04-21T03:02:00.000-07:00Great Stuff Chris. I know the finding do seem obvi...Great Stuff Chris. I know the finding do seem obvious but it interest me from a martial arts / SD perspective.<BR/><BR/>There is a strong trend towards purely technique based defense systems. And rightly so, a self defense system should allow an individual to act effectively and quickly with a minimum of training. <BR/><BR/>All that said, take two idividuals of equal compentency and but different conditioning levels. Who would you pick to win?<BR/><BR/>"Fatigue makes cowards of us all"<BR/><BR/>Rannoch<BR/><BR/>All that saidRannoch Donaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03626186803479276281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467994117916260529.post-85192044479268859892008-04-20T22:50:00.000-07:002008-04-20T22:50:00.000-07:00I used to play squash with a friend of mine who ha...I used to play squash with a friend of mine who had played at county level in his youth, whereas I was an unskilled amateur hacker. At the time, though, I was much fitter. The rare games I ever won always came at the end of a session.AlanLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04820194790550072204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467994117916260529.post-77507478466643810802008-04-20T19:06:00.000-07:002008-04-20T19:06:00.000-07:00When I've coached both amateur and professional at...When I've coached both amateur and professional athletes, I've always emphasized that it's not the one with the best skills at the beginning, but the one who can still perform at the end of points, the end of sets, the end of games and the end of seasons. Great physical conditioning, and the development of Will that goes along with it, can often match greater skills. Winning is all about heart. And a strong heart with mediocre skills can push a weak heart with much better skills. And "heart" in this context is both metaphorical and physical.Charles R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09139496312163674161noreply@blogger.com