Case Study 2
Jack Mac is an international rugby player. He is 26 years of age, 188cm tall and 95 kg of
solid muscle. He plays centre position. Currently it is the start of the off-season. He has
been hassled by having sustained three lateral ankle sprains to the left ankle in the last 18
months.
Evaluation of the athlete:
Jack has had many years of resistance training and is now performing at an international
level, putting him at an advanced training status. He has many years’ experience in using
free-weights and resistance training, so is able to lift heavy weights whilst demonstrating
good lifting technique. During his movement assessment, he demonstrated good basic
strength, reactive and agility tests. Areas for improvement came up during transitions in the
agility drills and he has poor balance mechanics. Jack will have had finished the previous
season during a strength and power maintenance phase and is currently in the off season.
The client has sustained three lateral ankle sprains to the left ankle within the last 18
months, but is currently injury free. From analysing the athlete the goals which have been
developed for the current stage of their season are as follows:
The athlete’s primary resistance training goal is hypertrophy due the physical nature of rugby
and the stage of the season he is in.
The athlete’s secondary training goal is to gain ankle stability to aid balance and changes of
directions.