Advantage Net Strength

Advantage Net Strength

By Leanne Watson-CharlesHealth & Fitness
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Advantage Net Strength episodes

  • Episode 329 - Net Strength Q&A - Leagues, steps and scales

    In this episode of In this episode of Net Strength Q&A:


    • Explanation of club leagues
    • Any tips for how to break zone marking?
    • How often should I be jumping on the scales?
    • How to increase steps
    • How to eat and sleep around early matches
    • How to fit in the agility sessions


    For more about Net Strength please go to ⁠www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk⁠ or find me on Instagram ⁠www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne

    52 min
  • Episode 328 - Nobody Is Coming to Save Your Fitnes

    Nobody is coming to save your fitness. And I mean that in the nicest possible way!


    If you want to be fitter, stronger, faster or better at your position, you can’t expect your weekly club training session to do all of that for you.


    In this episode, I talk about taking some ownership of the player you want to become. Why fitness and strength need work outside of netball training, why shooters actually need to go and practise shooting, and why your coach can help you, but they can’t do the work for you.


    So, what type of player do you want to be? And are you actually doing the things that player needs to do?


    For more about Net Strength please go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or find me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne⁠

    13 min
  • Episode 326 - The Netball Work Nobody Sees

    If nobody sees the work, does it still count?


    Nobody’s watching when you get to the gym before work, do your ankle exercises, or make time for a proper warm-up. They see what happens on court. They don’t see everything that helped you get there.


    In this episode, I’m talking about the work netballers do between matches, why progress doesn’t always show up as a brilliant game, and how I coach clients through the messy weeks when the plan has to fit around real life.


    If you’ve been putting in the effort and wondering whether it’s making a difference, this one’s for you.

    For more about Net Strength please go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or find me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne⁠

    14 min
  • Episode 324 - What Happens If You Stop Strength Training?

    You spent pre-season getting stronger, fitter and better prepared for netball… so why stop strength training now the season has actually started?


    In this episode of Advantage Net Strength, I talk about what happens when we stop strength training, including detraining, muscle and strength loss, power, tendon and bone health and why playing netball alone isn’t enough to maintain everything you’ve built.


    We’ll also look at how your training should change once the season starts, why maintaining strength takes less work than building it, and how to keep strength training in when matches and training start taking over your week.


    Plus, I’ll tell you about my upcoming Strength Training for Netballers webinar, where I’ll go deeper into why strength training should be essential for netballers and how to actually build a programme that works around your netball.

    For more about Net Strength please go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or find me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne⁠

    20 min
  • Episode 322 - Doing Hard Things Makes You Better at Doing Hard Things

    What if resilience isn’t something you either have or don’t have, but something you build by doing hard things?


    In this episode, I explore research into adversity and resilience, and what it can teach us about strength training, netball and confidence. We’ll look at why avoiding every challenge doesn’t prepare us for future ones, why more hardship isn’t always better, and how manageable challenges help us collect evidence that we can cope.


    From difficult gym sessions and match-day mistakes to injuries, unsuccessful trials and disappointing performances, this is about learning to experience discomfort without automatically deciding you should stop.


    For more about Net Strength please go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or find me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne⁠

    21 min
  • Episode 320 - Why Do My Knees Hurt After Netball?

    Why do your knees feel fine during netball, then complain the minute you sit down — or when you try to tackle the stairs the next morning?

    In this episode of Advantage Net Strength, I look at some of the common reasons knees can hurt after netball, including patellofemoral pain, tendon issues and, importantly, whether the demands of netball are simply exceeding what your body is currently prepared for.

    We’ll talk strength training, load management, recovery and warm-ups, why stronger quads matter and why the answer to sore knees isn’t necessarily doing less.

    Your knees don’t need protecting from netball. They need preparing for it.

    For more about Net Strength please go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or find me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne⁠

    33 min

About Advantage Net Strength

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Welcome to Advantage Net Strength, the podcast for netballers who want to get stronger, fitter, faster and harder to play against.