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#170 - The Ultimate Technical Model for Field Athletes Step‑by‑Step Guide
Why do two athletes with the same training load end up with completely different injuries? In this episode, we break down the research behind acceleration strategies like bouncers, striders, spinners, and bounders and why your dominant style might be quietly loading certain muscles more than others. We discuss how a simple isometric test can flag exactly where your strength is lacking, and what coaches should actually be prioritising in the gym to stay ahead of soft tissue injuries.
🔑Highlights from the episode:
- Can you actually alter your kinematics to change how you move?
- What a 7-year professional rugby study revealed about movement
- Is your unique acceleration strategy causing soft tissue injuries?
- The ultimate test of lower body strength that athletes can't cheat
- Why individualising movement beats changing technique every time
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#369 - Chris Bramah on Hamstrings, Rehab, and the S-MAS System
Why do hamstring injuries keep happening even as our prevention strategies get more sophisticated? Chris Bramah, physiotherapist, researcher and biomechanics specialist at Manchester Institute of Health and Performance, unpacks the gap between what the science says and what actually works on the ground. From his Sprint Mechanics Assessment Score (S-MAS) system to how tissue type shapes every loading decision, Chris shares the framework behind his approach to some of the most complex hamstring cases in professional sport.
🔑Highlights from the episode:
- Is MRI technology the real reason we're seeing more injuries
- How an impossible Premier League request birthed the SMAS model
- Why "protective medicine" might actually be failing our athletes
- The hidden danger of plyometrics after heavy endurance training
- Why rescanning injuries before returning to sport might be a waste
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Enjoy the episode and keep striving for high performance!
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07/06/2026
Are you coasting on your pre-season fitness without realising it's already wearing off?
This week's episode of the Prepare Like a Pro podcast exposes the hidden in-season training traps that AFL footballers fall into every single year. We dive deep into why chasing certain gym numbers will actually sabotage your on-field performance, the counter-intuitive strategy for building match fitness during the season, and the unspoken reality of making the jump from country to city footy.
If you want to ensure you're hitting your absolute peak in August and September instead of burning out, you need to hear this.
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#169 - AFL In-Season Strength: Why You Must Optimise, Not Maximise Are you coasting on your pre-season fitness without realising it's ...
Are you tracking what matters… or just collecting data? 📊
In this episode, Nick Poulos unpacks why great monitoring systems need both:
✅ Strategy measures (what you planned)
✅ Outcome measures (what actually happened)
A must-listen for S&C coaches, physios & high performance staff looking to level up.
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