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Optimizing Groups for Small Sided Games (SSGs)

In the following video I will show you how to: a) Calculate normal scores for any test/statistic (percentiles & z-scores) and the difference between them; b) Calculate composite scores using weighting factors and normal …

Mladen Jovanović August 23, 2013

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Naming the HIT Drills

I love the idea of naming certain drills/workouts (like Crossfit does using female names) because it is easier for the athlete to ‘personalize’ them and remember them. So, instead of saying we are going to do 30:30 i…

Mladen Jovanović August 14, 2013

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Individual Qualities vs Positional Demands

Individual Qualities vs Positional Demands One frequent question I get from coaches and try to resolve myself is whether the conditioning should be based on individual characteristics (MAS, YOYO, VMAX, etc) OR based on p…

Mladen Jovanović August 14, 2013

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MMA Training Classification Using Bondarchuk System

I decided to publish the following tables that I have created to guide my planning/programming for one friend of mine and MMA athlete that asked for my advice last year.I have utilized Bondarchuk approach in classifying…

Mladen Jovanović June 21, 2013

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Running Based Intervals – Velocities Table

This is a simple Excel workbook with classified methods I always use when it comes to running based intervals and cross-training. It allows you to save your favourite HIIT drills, but also to easily calculate the running…

Mladen Jovanović March 3, 2013

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Individualizing HIIT in Intermittent Sport Athletes with the 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test

I just got the following full paper which is very interesting. If you have access you should definitely check this one out. I would love to see a third experimental group too – combined approach

Mladen Jovanović October 14, 2012

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What is „harder“? –help needed

I am working on an annual plan that quantifies the training impulses (or training load) for most of the training methods (strength, specific conditioning using SSG and running-based conditioning) based on the intensity, …

Mladen Jovanović October 6, 2012

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How to Make a Readiness Monitoring Using a Simple Wellness Questionnaire [Addendum]

Just a quick update – My free Screencast account reached maximum bandwidth so the videos are not available any more. I decided to put the video files in my Dropbox account. So, if you haven’t had a chance to take a l…

Mladen Jovanović October 4, 2012

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Running-Based Conditioning for Team Sports – Part 2

I have touched upon training transfer in the discussion of work capacity. Transfer is defined as: if I improve in doing X how much will I improve in doing Y? Or in plain English: if I improve my squat strength, how much …

Mladen Jovanović September 19, 2012

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Running-Based Conditioning for Team Sports – Part 1

There is a recent trend in team sports to completely ditch the running-based conditioning for the sake of performing only small-sided games (SSGs). There have been an over-use of running-based conditioning (i.e. running …

Mladen Jovanović September 17, 2012

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Tag: ESD

Optimizing Groups for Small Sided Games (SSGs)

Naming the HIT Drills

Individual Qualities vs Positional Demands

MMA Training Classification Using Bondarchuk System

Running Based Intervals – Velocities Table

Individualizing HIIT in Intermittent Sport Athletes with the 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test

What is „harder“? –help needed

How to Make a Readiness Monitoring Using a Simple Wellness Questionnaire [Addendum]

Running-Based Conditioning for Team Sports – Part 2

Running-Based Conditioning for Team Sports – Part 1

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