High Performance

• Fundamental Change in Weightlifting

  At a coaching symposium held at the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra,  in October 2017, I gave a presentation titled “Can Australia be competitive in Weightlifting?” The main purpose of…

  October 24, 2017

• Continuous Improvement in the Training of the Athlete

  From day 1 in the training process, an athlete learns how to train. Initially, this learning is fast but as the months and years go by, an athlete has fewer…

  September 12, 2017

• The causes of burnout in athletes

  I have formed a view, as a result of a lengthy career in Olympic Weightlifting, that the most difficult tasks of the coach are neither the instruction of Weightlifting technique, …

  April 17, 2017

• A coach’s plea

  To my athletes, I would like to take a moment of your time to explain how I might see things differently about training, your training. Last night was a designated ‘heavy’ session. I know…

  November 8, 2016

• The hardest step

  The journey of the athlete in Weightlifting from beginner to the qualifying standard for the national senior championship takes perhaps 3 years of goal driven, well organised, and consistent training. For…

  November 6, 2016

• Talent Identification In Weightlifting

  Nature versus Nurture in Weightlifting It is accepted theory in Weightlifting that genetics plays a substantial role in the ultimate performance of the individual (12, 33).  A typical belief is that Weightlifters…

  March 17, 2016

• Training Principles

  It is no easy thing to make progress towards higher levels of ability as an athlete in the sport of Weightlifting. The level of commitment to training is uncomfortably high and…

  March 24, 2015

• A comparison of different training scenarios on rate of improvement

  [MM_Access_Decision access=’false’] The purpose of this article is to illustrate how differences in the athlete’s commitment to training will effect their ultimate performance capability in the years ahead. In this…

  April 18, 2014

• Path to High Performance: Part 3

  The first article, Path to High Performance: Part 1, provided a discussion about Technical Mastery and the paramount need for good quality coaching to avoid developing persistent errors of technique. This second article, Path to High…

  April 13, 2014

• Do you train hard?

  It was my original attention to write a page on the principles and practise of how to undertake serious training for the sport of Olympic Weightlifting. I mean the sort…

  February 13, 2014