Field Running Distances
Ashley Jones


Just a guide for distances if you are limited only to running on a rugby field, based on a 100m length and a 70m width, you can get a variety of distances and patterns, you can also use the “Cards of Death” and place each different run on the back of a business card and draw them out at random as the runs for the session.


All distances are based on Pythagoras formula, A squared + B squared = C squared and are rounded up or down to the nearest whole number for convenience. Hopefully my math will hold up but please check if you feel so inclined.

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Hi Ashley and team,

Im suffering from a recurrent hamstring tear (not significant - grade 1 really). Was doing well at the back end of it, full training again but yesterday training session I changed direction and went to pass ball off wrong foot (left foot) and felt it go again, which now is really depressing me!

Apart from rest, ice. stretching and some soft tissue work on it is there something I can do to help strengthen it up and ensure this type of injury doesnt happend again. Are there any good pearls of wisdom or something which you have picked up over the years which you can advise me on in terms of this type of injury. At the moment Im also seeing my chiropractor for quite a badly rotated pelvis, which increases the torsion on the hamstring..

I'll be resting it now for 48 hours with ice etc.. but when is good time to start working it and if so what type of exercises.. once healed are there any specific things I should be working on the ensure/prevent further problems?

thanks

Luke

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Guys, Any Progs Or Ideas For Training Legs For Size & Power Without Using Squats, My Athlete Has Long Standing Lower Back Issues.
Thanks

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Bigger, Stronger, Quicker
The Eternal triangle of conditioning to play back row in Rugby.
Ashley Jones

So you are getting ready for your season, you play back row and are around 6ft (183cms) tall and weigh roughly 14 stone (89kg), you want to be in good shape metabolically, slightly bigger and quick to the breakdown. You want to be Richie McCaw, who is in most people’s minds is the quintessential open side flanker in world rugby.

If you have the time I would recommend the following program:

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ashley and damian (plus anyone else who may find this an interesting discussion point),

i recently attended a weight lifting workshop where i learnt the olympic lifts and the various derivatives. the workshop included programming and periodisation and at one point we were discussing individual training sessions.

the tutor presented us with 3 different programmes he used with his athletes and asked us to discuss and critique them.

now, i have always worked on the principle that in a training session the fastest, most demanding (in terms of skill and neural demand) come first i.e. the snatch, followed by less demanding exercises.

however, the tutors example sessions started with a heavy strength exercise (in this case pulls from thigh) then progressed to the explosive exercise (snatch from thigh). his rationale was that the heavy strength exercise acted as a 'primer' of sorts for the explosive power exercise.

i can understand this rationale but i was wondering what your take on this was?

my initial thoughts were:

- would the athlete be too fatigued from the strength exercise to be explosive enough to maximise the snatch?
- would technique suffer as a result?
- is this a long-term strategy or something that may be used sporadically?
- shouldn't the athlete be performing the fastest exercises at the start of the session when they are freshest?

i'm not saying the methodolgy presented to me was wrong, far from it! the tutor was an international s&c coach so the system obviously works but i was hoping to get a few other perspectives on this, and perhaps stimulate some debate.

thanks,
tom

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Please could someone Tell me the main difference in the way weightlifing is adaped for power in training for league as opposed to union. i ask this as the need for extra stength for scrums/mauls etc not needed. I am involvd with Gaelic Football and fitness for league is more akin to our game. Have my own ideas but looking for other approaches.
Sean Adamson