by Cerys Jones | May 29, 2025 | Coaching, Performance, Top Story, Wimbledon
Think extraordinary aces happen by accident? Think again. As we build up to the Wimbledon Championships, Sidelines spoke to a world-leading expert on the tennis serve. Few actions in sport combine quiet grace and lethal power quite like the tennis serve. It can make...
by James Morgan-Wynne | May 29, 2025 | Performance, Top Story
Breathe in deep… and get ready to perform! Yoga is increasingly being adopted by top athletes looking to take their performance to the next level. Sidelines explores why… Far from being a hippy or cop-out form of exercise, yoga is becoming a training tool...
by Cerys Jones | May 27, 2025 | Coaching, Performance, Top Story
Gone are the days of the jack-of-all-trades – it’s the age of the specialist coach as sports teams search for marginal gains in their performance. Two coaches tell Sidelines about their careers. With the difference in one or two table places potentially...
by Angel Sang | May 23, 2025 | Performance, Uncategorised
In a packed locker room or under the stadium lights, you’d be forgiven for not spotting the signs. But according to sports psychologist Dr. Josephine Perry, as many as one in five elite athletes may have ADHD, and that number could be even higher among amateur...
by Gus Ballantine | Apr 23, 2025 | Performance
When Anthony Joshua takes a seat in his corner between the rounds of a fight, there’s someone leaning in who isn’t throwing punches but could be the reason the contest continues. His name is Dr Ian Gatt, aka, ‘The Boxing Physio’, and he’s one of the most trusted...
by Cerys Jones | Apr 17, 2025 | Nutrition, Performance
From temperature testing boxers’ baths to flying out with them to Abu Dhabi, Pete Bell lifts the lid on his work feeding up top boxers. Muhammad Ali’s ‘Fight of the Century’. Mike Tyson’s brutal 91-second dispatching of Michael Spinks. Katie Taylor and Amanda...
