Mladen Jovanovic is a physical preparation coach from Belgrade, Serbia, grew up in Pula, Croatia (which he considers his home town). He was involved in physical preparation of professional, amateur and recreational athletes of various ages in sports such as basketball, soccer, volleyball, martial arts and tennis.
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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.
I wanted the early years of Complementary Training on my bookshelf. Something I could pick up, revisit, and one day show my kids. That slightly sentimental idea has become The Complementary Training Archives, Volume 1: 2…
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.
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.
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.
Football isn’t played in pieces, yet most training still is. This article and video explore Tactical Periodization and the weekly rhythm that aligns tactics, fitness, and decision-making into one coherent game model.
This interview breaks down Geoffrey Chiu’s updated approach to S&C in combat sports, focusing on how skill work, robustness, and smart supplemental training fit together. It highlights why fighters often risk overtrain…
I recently stumbled on a YouTube video by Norman Cheung, where he did a fantastic job outlining my concept of Agile Periodization in the context of powerlifting. As the person who originally developed this framework, itâ…
ClusteringPRO is a practical tool built for coaches and sport scientists to explore athlete data, identify patterns, and make informed decisions. This instructional walkthrough explains how to use its key features like c…
In my recent appearance on the Personal Trainer Alliance podcast hosted by Pascal Bauer, we dove deep into a subject that’s long overdue for practical coaching circles—Agile Periodization in personal training.
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