BBS Training Academy

28/08/2026

Most coaches train movement... without knowing what they’re actually training.

It’s easy to throw stretching, mobility drills and strength exercises into the same warm-up. But each develops a different physical quality, and understanding the difference helps you coach with greater purpose.

Here’s a simple way to think about it:
🧩 Flexibility helps tissues lengthen.
🦴 Mobility improves movement around joints.
⚖️ Stability creates control through movement.
💪 Strength builds force.
⚡ Power teaches the body to produce force quickly.

The best training programmes don’t focus on just one. They develop the right quality at the right time, depending on the participant, the sport, and the goal.
Purposeful coaching starts with knowing why you’re using each exercise, not just what exercise you’re using.

💬 Which component do you think is most often overlooked in coaching programmes, and why?



Every component of fitness relies on multiple body systems working together.

A powerful jump isn’t just about strong muscles. It also depends on a stable skeleton, an efficient nervous system, and a cardio-respiratory system that can support repeated effort.

The more you understand how these systems interact, the better you’ll be at solving movement problems instead of simply treating the symptoms.

📌 Save this graphic to remind you to incorporate all the body systems in your training

19/08/2026

Fascia. You’ve heard the word, but do you ✨actually✨ know what it is?

Fascia is so much more than the packaging around your muscles (though it is that too!). It’s a continuous connective tissue network that surrounds, connects and supports structures throughout your body, helping everything work together as a whole.

And once you start looking at the body through this lens, movement gets a whole lot more interesting!

Vote below and tell us, what did you think fascia was before you started coaching? 😉

12/08/2026

Your tightest muscle isn’t always the problem.

Flexibility isn’t built by stretching one tight muscle over and over again. It develops when you move your whole body through a variety of positions, giving every tissue the opportunity to respond.

It’s easy to keep stretching the same tight spots over and over again. But if that’s all you do, you might miss the real reason your movement feels restricted. Spend time moving your whole body instead. The front, the back, both sides, even the bits you tend to ignore. That’s where lasting flexibility really comes from.

🧠 Coach Tip: Instead of asking, “What needs stretching?” ask, “What stretches is this person avoiding?” The answer often reveals more than the feeling of tightness ever will.

📌 Save this as a reminder that better flexibility starts with more stretching variety, not just longer stretches.

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05/08/2026

Most coaches use fitness to improve skill. What if skill could improve fitness?

It sounds backwards at first.

But when people are working towards a meaningful skill, they’re doing far more than exercising. They’re solving movement problems, improving coordination, building confidence and developing strength with a clear purpose.

That’s why we’re such strong believers in skill-based training. It doesn’t replace strength and conditioning. It gives it context. Instead of asking, “How do I help this athlete get fitter?” we can also ask, “What skill are they developing along the way?”

We’ve explored why skill-based training is gaining momentum, and how you can start applying it in your own coaching, in our blog 📰 Skill-Based Training in Sports & Fitness

How do YOU blend skill development with conditioning in your own sessions? 👇

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05/08/2026

29/07/2026

🤔 Why do some of our participants look heavy on their feet?

If jumps feel sluggish, sprints lack explosiveness, or participants seem to “push” rather than “spring” off the ground, the problem isn’t always strength.
Power comes from triple extension: the hips, knees, and ankles working together. If the movement stops at the heel, or the ankles can’t move freely enough to push through the toes, that chain loses power.

👀 Look out for:
🔹 Limited ankle mobility during squats or landings
🔹 Heavy, noisy landings
🔹 A lack of push through the toes
🔹 Poor core stability, causing energy to “leak”

🧠 Coach Tip: Build power from the ground up. Include barefoot training, ankle mobility, and lower leg strength training in your conditioning programme so participants learn to transfer force efficiently through their whole kinetic chain.

💬 What’s one exercise you use to teach participants to generate power from the ground up?



🦶 Power starts lower than most coaches think.

The calves and lower leg muscles don’t just move the ankle, they help absorb force, store elastic energy, and drive powerful push-offs.

If these muscles are weak or undertrained, the whole kinetic chain has less force to work with.

Train the feet. Train the ankles. Train the calves. The rest of the body will thank you.

23/07/2026

What do they remember most after your session?

It probably isn’t the drill you taught.

Great coaches do far more than improve performance. They build confidence, provide direction, create safe learning environments, and help people believe they’re capable of more than they thought possible.

Every session is an opportunity to:
🧠 Teach new skills
💬 Give meaningful feedback
🎯 Set achievable goals
🙌 Celebrate progress
🧭 Guide decision-making
🤝 Offer support when challenges arise

The technical side of coaching matters. But the human side is what keeps people engaged, motivated, and coming back.
Your influence reaches far beyond the scoreboard.

💬 What’s a coaching moment you’ll never forget, and why did it stay with you?



🌱 Growth isn’t a straight line.

Every participant moves through comfort, fear, learning, and growth at their own pace. Great coaching isn’t about rushing the process. It’s about recognising where someone is today and giving them the confidence to take the next step.

That’s how lasting progress is built.



The best coaches create motivation by giving participants:

✅ A clear goal to work towards
✅ The right level of challenge
✅ Support when things get difficult
✅ Regular feedback and recognition

Motivation grows when people can see their own progress.

17/07/2026

Most coaches think overtraining starts when performance drops… 📉

Your body usually tells you much sooner.

Overtraining isn’t always about doing too much. It can also come from repeatedly placing the same stress on your body without giving it enough time to recover and adapt.

Early warning signs can be subtle; persistent soreness, unusual fatigue, feeling run down, or even a slight flu-like sensation. Ignore these signals for long enough, and your body becomes less prepared to cope with the demands you’re placing on it, increasing the risk of injury and slowing progress.

🧠 Coach Tip: Encourage your participants to view recovery as part of their training plan, not a break from it. Regular check-ins about energy levels, sleep quality, soreness and motivation can help you adjust training load before fatigue becomes injury.

Comment below if you have any experience with overtraining 🫣

07/07/2026

Are you coaching power... or compensation? 👀

Quad dominance happens when the quadriceps do most of the work during lower-body movements instead of sharing the workload with the glutes, hamstrings, calves, and stabilising muscles.

Whether you’re jumping, sprinting, or changing direction, true lower-body power comes from the whole kinetic chain working together.

When movement becomes quad dominant, the result is often:
⚠️ Less efficient movement
⚠️ Reduced power output
⚠️ Earlier fatigue
⚠️ Increased injury risk

🧠 COACH TIP: Instead of cueing participants to simply “bend the knees,” encourage them to:
🔹 Sit back into the hips
🔹 Load the glutes and hamstrings
🔹 Keep the trunk strong and stable
🔹 Push through the whole foot

Functional training is about teaching the body to share the workload, not rely on a single muscle group.

📌 Save this graphic for your next lower-body session.

💬 What’s one movement pattern you find yourself correcting over and over again?



🤔 Front vs back: are they sharing the workload?

The quadriceps are found on the front of the thigh, while the glutes, hamstrings and calves form much of the posterior chain.

Functional movement relies on these muscle groups working together, not competing for the workload.

That’s why we call them the five engines.



💪 Big muscles exist for a reason.

The glutes are among the body’s biggest muscles, yet many people struggle to use them effectively. Teaching participants to load the hips and engage the glutes can improve power, efficiency, and movement quality.

📌 Save this graphic to remind you of the biggest muscles in the body.

21/04/2026

Are you pushing your athletes… or overtraining them?

Overtraining doesn’t just affect performance, it affects how the body controls movement. Stability drops, coordination slips, and the risk of injury rises.
That’s where cross training comes in.

It’s not a compromise, it’s a strategy 🔁

When one system is fatigued, you can shift the focus and keep progressing without digging a deeper hole.

Instead of stopping completely, try:�🔹 Mobility and range work to restore movement quality�🔹 Low-impact cardio (cycling, swimming) to maintain fitness�🔹 Fascia and recovery-based training to support tissue health�🔹 Skill-based drills at lower intensity to reinforce technique

Different inputs build a more adaptable body. And adaptable bodies perform better.

🧠 Coach tip: The goal isn’t always to do more, it’s to do what the body needs today. Learning to adjust sessions, rather than push blindly, is what separates good coaching from great coaching.

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