Interesting article.
Ironically, just this morning I read an interview with Bompa himself. He said he’d read a lot of these types of articles and felt that without periodisation there would only be chaos when it came to programme planning. He did accept however that traditional linear periodisation is being replaced more frequently by the, arguably, more practical undulating, non-linear model.
It’s difficult to make blanket statements about periodisation, as Wayne does above, because some form of traditional linear periodisation will always need to be applied for events that require a peak, like track and field.
But for team sports, I whole-heartedly agree with Ash that linear periodastion has no real place and that conjugate method is the way forward.
As always, read, analyse, use what works for YOU, and leave what doesn’t.
Cheers!