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Greatness isn’t born, it’s grown. First published in 2009, the Talent Code has been one of the ‘must read’ books, talked about at the school gate ever since. Daniel Coyle is an American journalist and author and his aim on writing The Talent Code was to investigate what makes some people truly great, whilst others […]

If you regularly read popular magazines and newspapers or listen to the news, you would be forgiven for thinking that the ‘experts’ are forever changing their minds. Advice about Super-foods and Killer-foods appears to change with the weather and new weight loss plans with amazing health claims are being invented all the time. Doctors advise […]

The use of GPS has transformed team sports analysis. It allows coaches to study each individuals movement around the field during a match and means training, conditioning and nutrition can be tailored to an individuals specific needs. Professional footballers have pretty much every step they take monitored by GPS and matches are analysed in minute detail. […]

In the article ‘So you want to be an olympian’ I looked at whether you are born an athlete or become one with training. I concluded that in most sports, body shape is not of primary importance. However headlines this week have highlighted that size can matter, as a number of Formula One drivers state […]

  In 2011 Djokovic won ten singles titles, three grand slams and forty-three consecutive matches. What was odd was that less than 18-months earlier commentators were questioning whether he would ever have the mental and physical strength to finish a five set match. Djokovic who was brought up in Belgrade suffered from crippling muscle fatigue, […]