Most athletes are aware of eye-hand coordination, but few understand its importance in the execution of hitting and catching. In essence, eye-hand coordination means that athletes are capable of coordinating the movements of the arms and hands in relation to what is visually seen. For example, it is relatively easy to hit a tennis ball […]
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Most football teams train to be bigger and stronger. For this, they use heavy weights in weight training exercises for relatively few repetitions. According to the strength and conditioning coaches, the very heavy weights are needed to stimulate the white fast twitch or explosive fibers in the muscles. This is accurate, but what is overlooked
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In many cases, buying nutritional supplements is poor use of your money. If you eat a well-balanced nutritious diet and your workouts are not very intense or prolonged, then your diet should be able to supply all the necessary nutrients. However, as you improve your abilities and move onto advanced levels, supplements are needed to
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The effectiveness of abdominal exercises such as the traditional crunch, modified crunch and exercises using gym and home exercise equipment were tested in a recent study. In first place was the bicycle maneuver in which you lie on your back and imitate riding a bicycle. This study is questionable since it only examined a few
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Many professional golfers and athletes in other sports are turning to physical fitness to improve their games. This is done in the belief that greater fitness will translate to hitting the ball further and harder, throwing further and harder, running faster and so on. Very few, however, are doing specialized strength and flexibility exercises that
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