When someone thinks of speed they think of how fast the athlete can run. However, a very important part of speed is acceleration which is related to increasing speed from a standstill. It is sometimes more important than the actual speed at the athlete attains. For example, in running 100 m it takes approximately 1/3 […]
If you read about players from many different baseball teams you usually see that they include what can be considered baseball statistics, to describe the player. In many ways these baseball statistics give a good description of the player’s playing performance. For example, in a recent article about home run hitters, there was some interesting
Baseball statistics Read More »
If you’re a serious endurance athlete (long-distance runner, cyclist, rower, skier, ice skater, etc.) you have come across information related to aerobic base training. In most of these sports the coaches want you to develop the aerobic base at the beginning of the off-season before starting on more intense training before and during the competitive
Aerobic base training Read More »
It is important to develop greater strength in specific muscles for improved performance in your sport. However, by targeting specific muscles you often ignore other muscles that seem to be less important or that are not directly involved in execution of a particular skill. We oftenlimit ourselves to compound or multi-joint exercises. Such exercises are
Joint muscle development Read More »
Golfers, baseball pitchers, baseball batters and MMA fighters use the terms trunk coiling for power and trunk turning for power as being synonymous. For example, golfers believe that the backswing, in which there is much turning of the shoulders and hips, is an indication of good coiling. To some extent, coiling and turning mean the
Trunk coiling for power Read More »