Peak Power

Most Common Injuries in Football 🤕

🦵Hamstring strains, ankle sprains, groin/adductor issues, knee ligament injuries, and quad strains mostly happen during fast, explosive movements like sprinting, cutting, landing, and kicking.

📊 Large studies in elite football consistently show these five injuries make up a major share of time lost in both training and matches.

❓️Some common injury risk factors include previous injury, muscle weakness or imbalance, poor movement control, and fatigue.

💪Strong, balanced muscles, good movement control and smart load management dramatically reduce injury risk. Consistent prevention work, including strength and conditioning is one of the most effective tools players have.

📩 Drop us a message if you're rehabilitating an injury, or wanting to improve your robustness!

Unlock Your Athletic Potential with Peak Power🚀

At Peak Power, we specialise in helping athletes improve their athletic performance through expert strength & conditioning.

🔟 Over a decade of experience in strength & conditioning working with athletes of all ages and abilities
💪 Improve your speed, strength, power & robustness
🏃‍♂️ Performance-focused injury rehabilitation
🏋‍♂️ Gym-based training + speed & agility sessions
🖱 Online coaching
👦 Youth Athletic development

Whether you’re looking to take your performance to the next level or return from injury, we can help!

📩 Get in touch to arrange your FREE consultation and discuss how we can support your goals.

Criteria Based RTP Framework 📈

🗓 Our RTP framework is built around objective data, not arbitrary timelines.

🏃‍♂️ This allows us to make informed progression decisions based on what the athlete can demonstrate, not simply how many weeks have passed.

💪We also continue to target and develop the physical deficits identified through testing, ensuring athletes return not just “pain free”, but more robust, and prepared for performance demands.

Using a criteria-based model has supported:
✔️ Accelerated return to play timelines
✔️ Reduced deconditioning during rehab
✔️ Successful return without reinjury to date

Research supports a multi-faceted RTP process incorporating objective physical testing, sport demands, and risk assessment over rigid timeframes.

6-Week Off Season Programme ⚽️🏉

👊 Ready to come back fitter, faster and stronger?

📝 With 10+ years experience working as an S&C coach with elite teams, our 6-week off-season programme is designed to maximise your development with a proven blend of gym + pitch-based training.

🏋️‍♂️ Gym Sessions Include:
• Load tracker
• Load calculator
• Video demonstrations

⚡ Pitch Sessions Include:
• Aerobic conditioning
• Anaerobic conditioning
• Plyometric + multidirectional speed work

📈 Optimise your off season and come back better

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How Can Trap Bar Shrugs Improve Your Sprint, Jump and COD Performance?

📈 Rate of force development (RFD) is essential in both individual and team sports because most decisive actions (e.g., sprinting, jumping, COD) occur within very short timeframes.

🚀 Athletes rarely have time to reach maximal force, so early RFD (0–100 ms) is particularly important.

⬆️ Exercises such as TB Shrugs can be useful for developing RFD because they require force production from a static position, removing the stretch-shortening cycle. This increases reliance on rapid motor unit recruitment.

🔑 A key ingredient is intent. You must aim to move the bar as quickly as possible, from a static start.