Kevin Tyler Presentation (Keynote)

1. Athletics Northern Ireland
Maintaining Athlete Health
Empowering the Coach
Presentation prepared by: Kevin Tyler
ANI: September 24th, 2011

2. Athletics Northern Ireland: Athlete Health
• Athlete health is ultimately the responsibility of the coach: Empowers
• This responsibility can’t be passed on to third parties
• Medicalisation of injury
• The coach -> athlete development & programme delivery
• If you want to reduce rate of injury it helps to embrace this philosophy
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3. ANI: Athlete Health
• As coaches we need to be introspective about injury
• It is an opportunity to learn & adapt
• Avoid the blame game: it is not productive
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4. ANI: Athlete Health
• Coaches should examine their attitudes regarding injury
Injuries are the result of dumb luck: Inevitable
versus
Injury is the result of inappropriate stressors
either acute or chronic in nature
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5. ANI: Athlete Health
Empowered: Four areas where the coach can make a big difference
1. Coach as the Team Leader
2. Understanding Functional v Dysfunctional in your athletes / sport
3. Programming and Feedback
4. Specific Interventions
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6. ANI: Athlete Health
1. Coach as the Team Leader
• Absolute: non negotiable
• Reductionist nature of Sport Science & Medicine (Goldsmith)
• Ensure you are aligned philosophically
• Use partners to inform, coach as filter
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7. ANI: Athlete Health
Hamstring Injury Example
Injury Can be Confusing:
Expert explanations for this injury: Fatigue,
Eccentric Strength; Flexibility, Imbalances...
But no amount of money has resolved this
issue: Premier League (13% / £200m)
Who you listen to, influences your plan .
Don’t rely strictly on “experts”
Coach as Leader & Decision Maker
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8. ANI: Athlete Health: Understanding Injury
Healthy Injured
Athlete is training Athlete is not training
No reason to be concerned Alarm Bells
Everyone is happy Everyone is upset
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9. ANI: Athlete Health: Understanding Injury
High Loading
Injury Likelihood: Injury Likelihood:
LOW - MODERATE HIGH
Low Risk High Risk
Factors Factors
Injury Likelihood: Injury Likelihood:
LOW MODERATE
Low Loading
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10. ANI: Athlete Health
2. Understanding Functional v. Dysfunctional in your Athletes / Sport
Reality: By nature athletics involves movements that
can result in the establishment of dysfunctional
movement patterns. Particularly if unchecked.
Cyclic, Acyclic, Symmetrical, Asymmetrical...
It is the coaches job to understand which patterns
are unique to the individual / event / sport and
understand what is acceptable and what is not
Remember the goal is to create an athlete capable of
performing consistently at a high level, not a perfectly
balanced human specimen. We often get lost on this.
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11. ANI: Athlete Health
Athlete Video One: T
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12. ANI: Athlete Health
3. Programming and Feedback
• Develop structure in your programme based on sound principles
• Apply progressively / Don’t be in a hurry: Senior success
• Be sensitive to the issue of specificity
• Quality always over quantity
• Allow for recovery at all stages
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13. ANI: Athlete Health: Programming on Sound Principles
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14. ANI: Athlete Health: Programming Progressively
Shane Niemi: Quadrennial Plan: 1997- 2000
200m: 20.60; 400m: 44.86
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15. Training for the 400m
ANI: Athlete Health: Sound & Progressive
Planning for Health

16. ANI: Athlete Health: Programming: Sound & Progressive
Periodisation of Speed (95%+) over a Quadrennial
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2017
Age / TA 16 (3) 17 (4) 18 (5) 19 (6) 22 (9)
# SPP 1 2 2 2 3
Length of SPP 8 6 8 10 12 (4)
Sessions week 2 2 2-3 2-3 3
Speed / Sp End 50 / 80 50 /100 60 / 120 60 / 150 80 / 180
Max Volume 400m 500m 600m 750m 1,000m
Session
Annual Volume 6,000m 10,000m 18,000m 25,000m 40,000m
Comments Accels Accels Intro Intensify Intensity
Speed Speed Special Speed over
Endurance Endurance Volume
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17. ANI: Athlete Health: Specificity & Recovery
Julie: 16 (3) Sample Micro: SPP
Tuesday Wednesday Friday Saturday
Multi Jumps Multi Throws Multi Jumps Multi Throws
Accelerations Ext. Tempo Accelerations Ext Tempo
Speed General Strength Speed Endurance General Strength
Strength Strength
20m -50m 50m-100m 20m-80m 100m-200m
400m 1500m 400m 2000m
Quality over Quantity
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18. ANI: Athlete Health
Athlete Video Two: C
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19. ANI: Athlete Health
4. Specific Interventions
• Align yourself with a therapist that is willing to get their hands dirty
“If you are an athletic trainer or a physical therapist develop your
soft tissue evaluation and treatment skills. Most athletic trainers
and physical therapists don't do massage in this country because it's
too hard and not cost effective. This has to change to stem the tide
of (sports injuries)” my addition. (M. Boyle)
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20. ANI: Athlete Health
Review:
• Injuries should not be accepted as normal or the result of bad luck
• Coaches are the instrumental in injury prevention
• The majority of injuries can be prevented via programming and feedback
• Find a good soft tissue therapist or get some skills yourself
• Accept “experts” for what they are and more importantly what they aren’t
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21. ANI: Athlete Health
Questions?
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22. For further information please contact:
Ryan Murphy, Marketing and Sponsorship Manager, T: 0121 713 8400, E: rmurphy@ukathletics.org.uk
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