There are several hot topics and challenges facing team sports at the moment such as hamstring injuries, how to best measure and use training load, and developing sport specific speed. These are hardly new questions, but they have proved tricky since the currently favored solutions don't seem to be doing the trick. Edinburgh Rugby's Nick Lumley spends his offseason visiting clubs around the work to get the pulse of team sports training. He just returned from his latest trip and joined this week's GAINcast to share his perspective on these issues and where he thinks we should be looking to move forward. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2019/07/gaincast-episode-166-team-sport-issues-with-nick-lumley/

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:

• The GAINcast is brought to you by GAIN and HMMR Media. This month’s site theme is the speed. We've got lot of great content planned, starting with Vern Gambetta's classic Total Speed DVD, now available for HMMR Plus members to stream. Join HMMR Plus so that you don't miss out and get full access to our video, article, and podcast archive here on HMMR Media.
• We've already covered speed twice on this month's GAINcast: GAINcast 164 on team speed and GAINcast 165 with sprint coach Tony Holler.
• Lumley has contributed several articles to HMMR Media, including a recent article we referenced on team speed vs. track speed. You can learn more about his background here and find him on Twitter (@lumley_nick).
• He has also been a guest twice on the HMMR Podcast: Episode 96 on simple planning solutions and Episode 134 on recovery and conditioning.
• We referenced several other recent posts in this episode including: Vern's look at the hamstring paradox, my post on the benefits of maximum speed sprinting, Warren Young's look at how maximum speed sprinting might impact injury rates, and James de Lacey's approach to team speed training.