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Edinburgh, Scotland
Saturday 13th August 2011
The waiting is over! For football fans up & down the UK, today is the day that the summer has been building towards. The English Premier League is back under way this afternoon after 6 weeks of pre-season training. To mark the occasion, today's blog looks at what the pre-season held in store for the sports scientists, conditioning coaches & technical coaches in the elite clubs & shows how the players have been developing their fitness parameters, putting the physiological foundations in place for the weeks & months ahead.

Nike have produced the "Inside Edge" series, filmed during pre-season training at Manchester United, Juventus & Arsenal They interviewed, amongst others, my former colleagues Tony Strudwick (whilst at the Football Association) & Gary Walker (research dissertation colleague at Loughborough University) to find out more about the training sessions they have put together.

Click on the links below to learn more.

GENERAL SPORTS SCIENCE & CONDITIONING TOPICS








POSITION SPECIFIC SPORTS SCIENCE TOPICS









So there you have it...now when you are cheering on your tough tackling left back or berating the lazy centre forward, you have a bit better understanding of what they have been doing (or shirking) to prepare them for games you are watching.


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