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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Pogo hops

Builds tendon stiffness for a faster, springier stride.

PowerNoneStiff · minimal contactAll bodyweight exercises All calves exercises

What it works

Calves, Achilles

How to do it

1Small, continuous vertical hops keeping the ankles stiff like a pogo stick, minimising ground-contact time.
2You're training tendon stiffness and reactivity, not jump height.
3Land and leave the ground quickly; if you sink into a squat between hops you've lost the point.

Cues that matter

›Stiff ankles, like a spring
›Minimal ground time
›Land and leave — don't sink

Train the same thing

Eccentric calf raisesStep · Calves, Achilles
Half-kneeling ankle rocksWall · Calves, Achilles
Heel dropStep · Calves, Achilles
Isometric calf holdWall for balance · Calves, Achilles
Soleus raiseOptional load · Calves, Achilles
Standing calf raiseOptional weight · Calves, Achilles

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.

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