- Overload: To precipitate improvements in performance, in a controlled way, athletes must be exposed to stresses in excess of that which they have been used to.
- Specificity: Athlete training programmes should contain large elements which mimic the movement demands, metabolic demands, technical and tactical requirements of the sport for which they are preparing.
- Individualisation: Don’t apply the same training stimulus to a squad of athletes and expect them all to respond in the same way!
- Reversibility: If you don’t use it – you lose it! Training effects are very quickly lost if training load is not adequate.
- Variation: If training programmes do not contain adequate variety, there is an increased risk of physical or psychological staleness, illness or injury.
What are core sports science principles that apply when implementing wearable technology into a performance program?
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