Badminton Fitness Training Part 3: Power training for sport

IN THE third part of the Badminton Fitness Training articles, we look at Power Training for Sport. You can go through the first part and second part.

Power training enables an athlete to apply the greatest amount of their maximal strength in the shortest period of time. This is crucial for many sports men and women who will rarely be required nor have the time to produce maximal forces.

This article outlines the various methods of power training, their parameters and how they can be used to convert maximal strength into sport-specific power. But before examining how power training should fit into the overall strength program, it’s important to have a basic understanding of the relationship between the force of movement and the velocity of movement…

A brief about the writer of this series, Jillian Anderson -- She lives in Australia but was originally from California, where she was a sports coach and fitness instructor for more than 10 years. Her clientele includes many high performing athletes in a variety of competitive sports. She writes regularly for sports and fitness related blogs including Sports Fitness Advisor, The Huffington Post and The Guardian.’