The debate about who runs the furthest distance in different sports is always one which gets tempers flaring in pub debates; the fact is each sport has different fitness requirements of which endurance running is just one part. While distance run is clearly an important consideration, it is not the be all and end all. Just because competitors in one sport run the furthest distance, does not necessarily mean that is the most physically demanding sport.
But for the sake of resolving arguments...
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Football (Soccer), Field Hockey, Tennis, Basketball, American Football
on 16 Apr at 11:00 PM
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Sustaining a long term injury is an incredibly frustrating, down heartening and negative experience. How you react to such a setback will have a direct impact on both your experience during recovery and the extent to which you recover long term.
It's every sportspersons worst nightmare; A long term injury. You've been training hard, you're approaching your peak and then all of a sudden it's all taken away from you in an instant. No more training, no more competing, no more of the sport yo...
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Fitness & Training, Football (Soccer), Tennis, Running, Cycling
on 30 Mar at 12:00 AM
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Doping in sport is a serious issue and is one that does not look like going away quickly. How to effectively tackle doping in sport and what the appropriate sanctions for doping offences should be are among some of the strongest debates in sport. Is it a legal or a moral issue? Here we explore the issue in more detail.
Recently doping in sport has been thrust into the media and public spotlight more than ever. The Lance Armstrong doping scandal has opened the sportsmanship debate up worl...
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Cycling, Track Athletics, Running, Football (Soccer), Boxing
on 24 Mar at 12:00 AM
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So you've made an awesome start to the season. Your performances have been above expectations and you’re further up the league than anyone was predicting before kick-off on the first day of the season. What now? Is there any psychology behind maintaining a good run of form?
The psychology behind how to maintain form and performance levels throughout a whole season is a common conundrum experienced by most teams and managers. It is hard enough for the best teams to maintain form throughout...
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Football (Soccer), Field Hockey, Rugby Union, American Football, Cricket
on 9 Mar at 12:00 AM
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The role of the warm up and cool down in physical activity is an often over-looked aspect of performance sport. The influence both can have over maximising athlete performance mean that the warm up and cool down are a critical part of any athletes' training and preparation schedule. 
As the image says, if you fail to prepare, then prepare to fail. There is no excuse for not taking part in an effective warm up before exercise and cool down after exercise. The benefits of an effective warm up...
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Running, Cycling, Swimming, Football (Soccer), Rugby Union
on 20 Feb at 12:00 AM
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