Category Archives: Performance Enhancers

Drug testing at schools

By Mary Ann Dove - Performance Coach | Published: April 4, 2012
Performance Enhancing Substances

New revelations in the Sunday Times of 1st April 2012 regarding an increasing incidence of smoking, alcohol and drugs in South African schools as well as the 2-year ban imposed on 2 school boy rugby players following positive tests for steroids has once again highlighted the need for a better understanding of drug and steroid [...]

Read More »

Dangers of Doping

By Mary Ann Dove - Performance Coach | Published: July 4, 2011
Performance Enhancing Substances

Another week, another story about the use of performance enhancing substances ranging from steroids to supplements and everything in between. The statistics are frightening. Here’s just a sample: * In a survey conducted at 18 of South Africa’s top schools, 21 out of 130 pupils (approximately 1 in 6) tested positive for a variety of [...]

Read More »

How do you know if your son is taking anabolic steroids?

By Mary Ann Dove - Performance Coach | Published: May 30, 2011
Performance Enhancing Substances

The newspapers are confirming what most of us already know: more and more adolescent schoolboys are taking powerful anabolic steroids. And they’re not only taking them to enhance their sports performance but also “to look good.” So as a parent, how would you spot if your son is taking these dangerous drugs? Steroid use can [...]

Read More »

Illegal or Ignorant? How performance enhancing substances can damage a career

By Mary Ann Dove - Performance Coach | Published: February 21, 2011
Performance Enhancing Substances

Within the space of a few days in November 2010, three leading South African sportsmen (two rugby players and a cricketer) tested positive for substances prohibited by the World Anti Doping Association (WADA). Was this doping to enhance performance, ignorance on the part of the players and/or their medical teams or contaminated products? Whatever the [...]

Read More »