April 2022 in review: preparing for contact
Throughout April we looked at team at preparing athletes for contact. Our team of contributors put together 2 new podcasts and 5 new articles on the topic from 8 contributors. Find links to both our new and archived resources on contact below.
» Past themes: see a full archive of our past monthly themes here.
New podcasts
- HMMR Podcast Episode 270: Prepare for contact with Andy Ryland
- HMMR Podcast Episode 271: Tackling and grappling with Ollie Richardson
- Video Lesson 19: Wrestling. Andy Stone looks at how to introduce concepts from wrestling into training, with examples of games to use as well as other training ideas we can take from the sport.
- HMMR Podcast 168: Rethinking rugby training with James de Lacey
Archived audio and video
New articles
- Developing mobility for tackling and grappling sports by Andy Stone
- Progressing to contact in training by James Marshall
- Rethinking body armor for contactby Chris Kilmurray
- Preparing the neck for contact by James de Lacey
- Surviving contact with the ground by James Marshall
Archived programs and articles
- 8-week rugby preseason plan by James de Lacey
- Preparing athletes for impact by James de Lacey
- Rethinking conditioning for contact sports by Nick Hill
