High Performance
Helping athletes to high performance
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Limitations of Australian Weightlifting
Identifying factors that limit the potential of the Australian Weightlifting system to produce high performance athletes.
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Important Decisions for Athletes
Key advice on the decisions that need to be made to pursue high performance in Olympic Weightlifting.
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Developing a High-Performance Structure in Australian Weightlifting
Discussion paper on high-performance Weightlifting in Australia written by Lionel (Leo) Isaac.
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Training Twice a Day in Olympic Weightlifting
Athletes in Weightlifting at the elite level have engaged in 2 sessions of training per day since the 1970s and perhaps earlier. Most famously, it was the Bulgarian weightlifting coach,…
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Levels of Athlete Commitment in Olympic Weightlifting
Probably every athlete starts out with very little idea of what it takes to be successful in a sport and to a large extent it is the responsibility of coaches…
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Self-Care for Better Training in Weightlifting
It is the eternal problem in training for high-performance Weightlifting that, despite the athlete’s motivation to push forward for improved performance, they are held back by frustrating injuries. It may…
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I need to know your mind
As your coach, it is always my wish that I can help you to take steps forward to improve your athletic performance in the competition arena. I feel reasonably certain…
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I want you to be a great athlete
By Leo Isaac People often imagine that the life of any great athlete must be a joy to live but the truth is probably, that it is not. Sure, there…
