Sarah Payne (The Human First Method) @Human1stMethod
S&C | Coaching & Coach Education | Oxygen Advantage | MSc Strength, Conditioning & Rehab (current) ↪️ Performance📈 Injury 📉 bio.site/thehumanfirstm… Stevenage, East Joined August 2022-
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OVERUSE Injuries in GIRLS' Sports: TOP Causes + How to TREAT KNEE and Heel Pain with @angiejphysio youtu.be/qOW0CQtAsMA?si… via @YouTube
Speed/acceleration is of course important…but don’t overlook the importance of your braking capacity technique and changing direction more efficiently! Game changer.
Speed/acceleration is of course important…but don’t overlook the importance of your braking capacity technique and changing direction more efficiently! Game changer.
Dear female athletes: Your hamstrings are not tight. They are WEAK. When sport load is higher than tissue tolerance that equals injury or chronic soreness/tightness feeling. Build your hamstring STRENGTH to handle the demands of your sport so you are more resilient to high…
Kids need exposure to novel and varied stimuli to promote healthy bones for life.
Kids need exposure to novel and varied stimuli to promote healthy bones for life.
Quality warmups are a cheat code. From a review of 11 studies on 6,344 soccer players: a basic 20-minute warm-up (FIFA 11) reduced injuries by 30%. The results can be even more pronounced with an individualized approach. This isn't complex - but it does need to be consistent.
Check out the latest edition of the Youth Athlete Voice: Age is but a number: learn more about the importance of understanding maturation of the young athlete not just relying on age when it comes to making a diagnosis and considering talent linkedin.com/pulse/age-numb… @LinkedIn
🗣️To the injured athletes…. (A powerful post taken from @theinjurypsychologist on IG. Would recommend following, especially if you are feeling unseen through injury/rehab) #injury #rehab #mentalhealth #healing #resilience #wellbeing
This weeks blog breaks down our podcast with Sarah Payne (@Human1stMethod ). She talks about some of the myths that occur with strength training. Read here: zurl.co/NZL7v Listen here: zurl.co/hFKQw
Final myth from our podcast with Sarah Payne @Human1stMethod . Strength training in season good or bad? Listen: zurl.co/D0WSS #strengthtraining
We caught up with Sarah Payne @Human1stMethod to bust the myth that the gym will make you bulky and slow. Listen: zurl.co/MZQ30 #strengthtraining
🚨 New pod dropping tomorrow! Strength training myths, injuries, performance gains & confidence for female footballers — we’ve got it all with Sarah Payne @Human1stMethod 💪 Don’t miss it! #womensfootball #SNC #HumanFirstMethod #WFHpod
This week we caught up with Sarah Payne @Human1stMethod and discussed the gym. First up how do you overcome the intimidation factor? Listen: zurl.co/WCaP0 #strengthtraining
Was great chatting all things S&C with @_Wfootballhub thanks for having me on!
Was great chatting all things S&C with @_Wfootballhub thanks for having me on!
Why @BrentfordFC have launched a new Human Development department. "We feel this is an area we can be world-leading in" ~ Academy Director Stephen Torpey. trainingground.guru/why-brentford-…
A great mid-week CPD event at Isokinetic in London talking all things ACL causes & ‘prevention’ in English football. Did you know men’s ACL can tolerate loads of up to 2000N but only 1200N in women? Significant. 🧐 #ACLinjury #ACLrehab #returntosport #returntoperformance
Stuff girls should be doing instead of specializing in one sport year-round... #LTAD
Why Youth Athletes Should Play Multiple Sports ⛹️♀️🤾♂️ 📋 Great infographic demonstrating why it's important for youth athletes to play multiple sports rather than specialize in one sport early on!
🚨 Just published in @sportsbiomechj Relationships between knee and ankle strength and horizontal DECELERATION performance from different sprint distances. Great to contribute to this one with @DrChrisBishop @BoyiDai et al. led by Zhili Chen. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
💪 𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙋𝙖𝙮𝙣𝙤 … 491 days or 1 year 4 months and 3 days later, we’ve got @_sazpayne back on the pitch after an ACL injury on 10 September 2023! The smile says it all - we’re delighted to have you back out on the pitch - a true warrior #TogetherForBoro 🔴⚪️
After 6 weeks of endurance training (fartlek, HIIT, running) vs. Neuromuscular training (strength training/plyometrics/speed), the NMT group saw greater benefits in performance and injury prevention. Preparing soccer athletes similar to cross country athletes puts them at risk.

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