Look closely at almost all high school, college and professional football team strength training programs and you will see that they are all basically the same. Coaches may argue that their programs are different because of the athletes, content or scheduling involved. However these differences are minor. For example, collegiate and professional players may be […]
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A major trend in the training of athletes in the last few years is energy system training. Another way of saying this is that by improving the ability of the athlete to get more energy from the aerobic, aerobic-anaerobic and anaerobic systems, he or she will then become a better athlete. This means that the
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Players and teaching pros agree that you should use your hips when executing groundstrokes. But how many players do this? In analyzing hundreds of players, I have found very few who use the hips to produce more force in their hits. This is understandable because use of the hips is not stressed in the early
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If you were limited to one strength exercise to increase running speed what would it be? Whenever I ask this question I get a variety of answers. Most responses relate to exercises to strengthen the posterior chain as for example, the dead lift and glute-ham- gastroc raise. A few answers relate to doing the squat
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How you breathe in running or in exercising plays an important role in relation to how effective your run or exercise will be. Almost always, if you breathe naturally, i.e., let your body dictate your breathing pattern with no conscious thought given to breathing, your breathing will be effective. However, all too often, you hear
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