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Pro’s Playbook: Launching strike runners

Posted 9 days ago

EVERY MONTH we rack the brains of the professionals to bring you the best tips to help you improve your game! Gary Street, England Women head coach, shows how to lauch strike runners where the opposition least expect them.
You can download the PDF, to read at your leisure or take it with you to training!

Speed and agility tips from Christian Wade and Tom Varndell

Posted 49 days ago

Christian Wade and Tom Varndell

LONDON WASPS wings Christian Wade and Tom Varndell have proved to be a lethal double act this season, scoring tries for fun in the Aviva Premiership and the Amlin Challenge Cup. Now they’re offering you their top tips so you can improve on your speed and agility. Here’s their advice for in the gym…

And this video has tips for training…

Pro’s Playbook: Playing from an edge

Posted 75 days ago

EVERY MONTH we rack the brains of the professionals to bring you the best tips to help you improve your game! Ben Harvey, Jersey head coach, shows how to beat a flat, open-side defence that is strung out across the pitch.
You can download the PDF, to read at your leisure or take it with you to training!

Conditioning combo 6: Prowler push, sled drag & skipping

Posted 79 days ago

Sled drag

THIS IS the sixth and final instalment of this season’s conditioning combos series put together by Harlequins head of strength & conditioning John Dams. They are all dynamic three-exercise circuits or ‘triple sets’, which should be performed one after the other with rest after the last exercise. Work-rest ratio’s can be changed to whatever suits you but a 1:3-4 work…

Pro’s Playbook: Tap Penalty Move

Posted 127 days ago

EVERY MONTH we rack the brains of the professionals to bring you the best tips to help you improve your game! Ben Ryan, England Sevens head coach, explains how to use a good old-fashioned tap-penalty move to create try-scoring opportunities.
You can download the PDF, to read at your leisure or take it with you to training!

Conditioning combo 5: chin-ups, get-ups and dynamic side plank

Posted 143 days ago

Get-up

 
THIS IS the fifth in a series of conditioning combos put together by Harlequins head of strength & conditioning John Dams. They are all dynamic three-exercise circuits or ‘triple sets’, which should be performed one after the other with rest after the last exercise. Work-rest ratio’s can be changed to whatever suits you but a 1:3-4 work ratio will suit…

Conditioning combo 4: Prowler push, farmer walk & med-ball slams

Posted 156 days ago

Ball

THIS IS the fourth in a series of conditioning combos put together by Harlequins head of strength & conditioning John Dams. They are all dynamic three-exercise circuits or ‘triple sets’, which should be performed one after the other with rest after the last exercise. Work-rest ratio’s can be changed to whatever suits you but a 1:3-4 work ratio will suit…

Pro’s Playbook: Midfield Attacking Options

Posted 169 days ago

EVERY MONTH we rack the brains of the professionals to bring you the best tips to help you improve your game! We speak to John Fletcher, RFU Development Manager and head coach of England U17 and 18, to find out the best way to stretch your defence.
You can download the PDF, to read at your leisure or take it with…

How to – Fight the Festive Flab

Posted 174 days ago

THE FESTIVE season always leads to an increased intake of food and drink. But try to keep your diet in check, maintain some sort of training routine and get rid of any extra body fat, writes John Dams, Harlequins’ head of strength and conditioning.

Pro’s Playbook: Target Blindside Return

Posted 179 days ago

EVERY MONTH we rack the brains of the professionals to bring you the best tips to help you improve your game! We speak to Lyn Jones, ex-Wales flanker and head coach of London Welsh, to find out the best way to create a scoring chance for your left-wing.

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