What does PocketAthlete actually do?

You log each morning: sleep, soreness and fatigue. It scores your readiness, adjusts that day's session, and builds four-week training blocks around your sport, your position and the equipment you have.

Is it only for footballers?

No. It covers football, rugby, basketball, running, weightlifting and general gym training, with position-specific work for the team sports.

No. Tell it what you have and it programs around it. Many of the technical drills need nothing but a ball and a wall.

Can it work around an injury?

It works around soreness you log and avoids body parts you tell it to leave alone. It is general training information, not medical advice — see a physiotherapist for a diagnosis.

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Band finger extension

Trains the hand to open as well as close, which balances a programme where everything else asks it to squeeze.

RecoveryBandSlow open · slow closeAll grip exercises All forearms exercises

What it works

Grip, Forearms

How to do it

1Put a light band around all five fingertips and open the hand slowly against it until the fingers are fully spread, then close under control rather than letting the band snap them shut.
2Everything else in a programme asks the hand to squeeze; this is the only thing that asks it to open, which is what keeps the two sides of the forearm in proportion to each other.

Cues that matter

›Band around all five fingertips
›Open the hand slowly and fully
›Close it under control, do not let it snap

Train the same thing

Get a training block built around you

PocketAthlete builds your program from your sport, your position and how recovered you actually are that morning — then adapts it as you log sessions.