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Philosophy Behind Agile Periodization: Thinking About Thinking – Part 2

“I use squats” becomes “I am a squat guy.” Now changing the method threatens your identity, and evidence feels like an attack. Are you still holding the tool, or is the tool holding you?

Mladen Jovanović October 20, 2026

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Philosophy Behind Agile Periodization: Thinking About Thinking – Part 1

An athlete has a poor session. One coach sees fatigue, another low motivation, a third a task that’s too hard. The event didn’t change. The filter did. Part 1: a good theory becomes dangerous when used everywhere.

Mladen Jovanović October 10, 2026

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Philosophy Behind Agile Periodization: Why Philosophy Matters – Part 2

A jump score drops. Do you cut training, repeat the test, or ask what happened last night? The number can't decide. You do. Part 2: data give you an is, coaching needs an ought.

Mladen Jovanović September 21, 2026

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Philosophy Behind Agile Periodization: Why Philosophy Matters — Part 1

Two coaches see the same athlete, the same test, and prescribe two completely different things. The difference is in the assumptions smuggled in before the data arrived. Part 1: you cannot be theory-free.

Mladen Jovanović August 26, 2026

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The Specificity Conundrum and the Intervention Pyramid Part 2 – From Pyramid to Practice

When is physical preparation supporting sport, and when is it pretending to be sport? Part II separates capacity from skill, shows where isolation belongs, and gives you a seven-step audit for Monday.

Mladen Jovanović August 16, 2026

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The Specificity Conundrum and the Intervention Pyramid Part 1 – Why “Functional” Training Never Really Solved It

Does training need to look like the sport to transfer? This article ditches the costume-copying and gives you a clearer framework: what to individualize, what to borrow from sport, and what to leave alone.

Mladen Jovanović August 6, 2026

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Navigating Acting Inside the System

You can understand complexity, quote the right thinkers, and still coach like everything is predictable. This article explores why that happens, how smart coaches fall into the same thinking traps, and what it really mea…

Anastasios Karamitros January 9, 2026

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Tactical Periodization and the Pattern Morphocycle: Integrating Theory and Practice

This article explores Tactical Periodization through the lens of the Pattern Morphocycle, explaining how training, recovery, and performance are integrated into one coherent game-based system. It shows why treating footb…

Norbert Banoocy January 2, 2026

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Optimal Force-Velocity Profile for Sprinting: Is It All Bollocks? – Part 6

In this sixth and final installment of this article series, I will explore whether the “causal” interpretation of the Force-Velocity Profiling "holds water” using N=1 testing.

Mladen Jovanović January 1, 2023

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Optimal Force-Velocity Profile for Sprinting: Is It All Bollocks? – Part 5

In this article I will do a simple simulation to acquire insights about the practical usefulness of the AVP and FVP optimization models.

Mladen Jovanović December 16, 2022

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Philosophy Behind Agile Periodization: Thinking About Thinking – Part 2

Philosophy Behind Agile Periodization: Thinking About Thinking – Part 1

Philosophy Behind Agile Periodization: Why Philosophy Matters – Part 2

Philosophy Behind Agile Periodization: Why Philosophy Matters — Part 1

The Specificity Conundrum and the Intervention Pyramid Part 2 – From Pyramid to Practice

The Specificity Conundrum and the Intervention Pyramid Part 1 – Why “Functional” Training Never Really Solved It

Navigating Acting Inside the System

Tactical Periodization and the Pattern Morphocycle: Integrating Theory and Practice

Optimal Force-Velocity Profile for Sprinting: Is It All Bollocks? – Part 6

Optimal Force-Velocity Profile for Sprinting: Is It All Bollocks? – Part 5

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