As a field I think we’ve gravitated too much towards improving performance versus preparing athletes for the demands of the sport. Been watching a lot of football the last few weeks. Which got me thinking about reverse engineering the sport. 🧵⬇️ This is particularly important for a sport like football. While the time motion demands are the same across the sport, the positional demands couldn’t be more different. Which is why it is so important that we account for these demands when preparing. 🧵⬇️

Used to be against rushing back to conditioning after injury. 🧵⬇️ But I’ve been fortunate to get to speak to some people a lot smarter than me over the last couple months that taught me otherwise. ⬇️🧵

Few slides from a presentation on hamstring RTP I’m working on. Trying to bridge the gap between injury and performance. 🧵⬇️

#returntoplay #RTP #strength #Speed #hamstrings #performance #reconditioning 🧵⬇️