Daryl Clare with Town players - Sports Science

Quoted from LH

What method is used to determine what sort of level of fitness the players are - is it bleep test or a bit more advanced than that? Just wondering how far off elite level I am - feel I'm probably around Unibond in comparison.

Well tend not to use the bleep test as it's very old-school and basic.

We've used a number of tests with high-level equipment to test all components of fitness. Particularly focusing on flexibility, speed, agility and outright endurance.  

I found this very enlightening and encouraging! Sports science/ medicine has taken great strides in recent years (my younger daughter is a physiotherapist with a particular interest in athletic performance) and it seems that the message has finally got through to the BP structure (doubtless through Russell Sade) that 'physiology' really is key to athletic performance.

Could this mean the end to our notoriously slow starts at games.  If so, it could make a huge difference.

It should be noted that Russell has driven this. He set up strong links with the college during his previous reign but his successors had no interest in carrying it on and almost immediately put a stop to it. Something that was very short sighted IMO.

This is the reason why we're starting all over again to create and build this partnership.

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

What an outrageously unfair and ignorant comment to make. For you information our sports science department at the Institute is amongst the best in the country with very knowledgeable staff and state of the art equipment - as noted during our OFSTED inspection recently!

I tend not to respond to idiots but decided to make an exception for you!

Totally agree with your comments responding to the earlier posts but I didn't think Univercities had OFSTED, which I guess is the sort of institution the colleges sports science offering will be measured against.

Don't get me wrong, I am delighted GTFC has started to make strides into incorporating Sports Science into their operation which can only have a positive effect when virtually every other club in League 2 will be doing the same.

Keep up the good work
UTM

Pat on the back for Mighty_Mariner

Quoted from Cloudy

Totally agree with your comments responding to the earlier posts but I didn't think Univercities had OFSTED, which I guess is the sort of institution the colleges sports science offering will be measured against.

Don't get me wrong, I am delighted GTFC has started to make strides into incorporating Sports Science into their operation which can only have a positive effect when virtually every other club in League 2 will be doing the same.

Keep up the good work
UTM

You are right mate - HE provision is inspected by QAA which we have also recently undergone. Our sports science is well integrated into our FE cohort and academies as a progression pathway and was praised during OFSTED.

I also agree that we've been left behind somewhat but previous, short sighted managers who didn't understand the importance and value in sports science. Thankfully that seems to be changing.

Load of nonsense. Slades should have them running up and down the beach until they throw up

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Probably because he was a teacher  

Remember the abuse he used to get on here for being an ex-teacher?

The Cowleys were former teachers too. I doubt there are any Lincoln fans currently ridiculing them for previously being in the education sector

Enjoyed that. Could have really done with a Daryl Clare coming through the ranks when we were non-league - had an incredible goalscoring record! Guess we were just a bit too high up in the pyramid for him when he was with us.