About Court Sports

Athletes competing in court sports often desire  to get around the court faster. Speed is often required in terms of repeated sprint ability or RSA. RSA is basically the capacity to perform multiple high intensity sprints with brief recoveries over an extended period of time. These high intensity sprints usually require rapid accelerations, decelerations and changes in direction. Knowledge of the need for these athletes to perform repeated sprints lead the BSc sports science team to design a targeted compression garment that focuses on the ultimate in gradient compression from head to toe. Graded compression means that the compression exerted by the garments differs over a given distance. If long lower body garments are used as an example, compression at the ankle and calf is higher than at the thigh. This facilitates the flow of blood through the deep veins back towards the heart. So how does this help you go faster? The compression gradient helps the body pump blood from the deep veins that are working over time during high intensity sprints back to the heart. This ultimately leads to a reduction in blood lactate concentrations enabling the forceful muscle contractions found during repeated sprints to continue. Given that targeted compression has also been reported to reduce muscle oscillation and enhance muscle proprioception, it would seem there are several physiological mechanisms by which targeted compression can improve an athlete's ability to get around the court. Train, play, and recover with BSc targeted compression.