Eamonn Flanagan (@EamonnFlanagan)

Meta-Analysis: Impact of Lower‑Volume Training on Physical Fitness Adaptations in Team Sports Players 17 eligible research studies with "lower" vs "higher" volume training interventions Team sport athletes ("trained or developmental level") Three key findings below 👇 ...

Plyometrics and Reactive Strength Index A thread of threads Bookmark this for everything from plyometric progression plans, reactive strength testing and normative data 👇 👇 👇...

Team sport sprint profiling for dummies “Speed kills” but faulty interpretation of speed data, kills our ability to meaningfully assess sprint performance Here's a super simple way to get more granularity from speed data 👇...

Plyometric training, programming and testing Everything you need to know in 15 tweets 👇...

A key schematic from Verkhoshansky to understand the context and placement of your plyometric training This helps understand the categories of plyometrics or "jump" training. (figure is slightly adapted from original)...

Plyometric Training Volume Cheat Sheet There's four primary factors when establishing plyo training volume: 🔹 exercise intensity (or training phase) 🔹 surface type 🔹 exercise variety 🔹 the athlete level Here's how they influence plyometric training volumes 👇...

Defining Plyometric Intensity You can't program safely & effectively unless you understand the intensity of training exercises Plyometric intensity = stress exercise puts on muscle, connective tissue & joints Thread & videos below on determining factors of plyo intensity 👇...