Advanced Yoga Sports Coach Yoga Teacher & Martial Arts

General information

I am an Advanced Yoga Sports Coach™, Yoga Teacher and Martial Arts Instructor and have studied extensively in various styles across the world. I am a qualified British Wheel of Yoga Teacher and have completed Postgraduate Diplomas in Yoga Sports Science® and the Biomechanics of Sport and Yoga for Sport.

I am mentor to students studying with Yoga Sports Science® and work throughout the U.K. across a varied range of sports and performance from grass roots to professionals and Olympians, including disabled. I work with athletes and performers of any discipline and level, coaches, teams and NGB's etc. on any aspect of training, pre-hab and rehab, to improve and enhance performance to achieve that extra edge.

I teach chair yoga for therapy and rehabilitation for people with various conditions - stroke, MS, Parkinson’s, disabled and injured clients etc., along with older age groups, additional learning needs and mental health.
I work with the Prison Phoenix Trust, teaching yoga in prisons and various mental health organisations.
Working with a person - centred approach, I understand the anatomy and biomechanics of movement.

Yoga Sport Science® enables an athlete to integrate training techniques - sport specific yoga techniques with traditional modern training, sports science and periodization training.

We have developed specialised programmes and techniques for athletes across a broad range of sports and disciplines. The statistics demonstrate that Sports Specific Yoga Techniques that have been developed through Yoga Sports Science are extremely advantageous at all levels of sport and performance, be it at a grass root level right through to elite, Olympians and professionals.
It links in extremely well with many aspects of an athletes’ and performers continued development, particularly strength and conditioning training.

Yoga Sports Science facilitate athletes’ and performers’

•Development and enhancement of concentration and focus
•Enhanced physical performance, stamina, agility, fitness and endurance
•Improved strength and conditioning
•Improved functional stability and mobility and balance
•Aid injury prevention and recovery from injury
•Improve the quality and efficiency of the breath through performance
breathing techniques.
•Effective management of tension and control stress levels
•Improved explosive power and explosive breathing
•Improved proprioception, spatial awareness and body awareness
•Greater motor control and develop an improved movement accuracy
•Increases longevity within chosen field
•Improved reaction times and bio mechanical efficiency
•Corrections to muscle imbalances and joint instability, perpetuated
through repetitive and unbalanced sports
•Reduced recovery times - restorative posture work benefits the
cardiovascular and lymphatic systems

Fiona Adamson
Advanced Yoga Sports Coach™
www.yogasportsspecialist.com