Commonly heard from sports commentators is that athletes are getting bigger, stronger and faster. Even practicing coaches are prone to say this especially those involved in football and sports that require bigger sizes and great strength. This includes up and coming baseball pitchers who most coaches won’t even look at unless they are 6’5″ tall […]
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It gets tiresome reading about players having a hamstring injury that prevents them from playing, especially when they are some of the team’s fastest players. After the player is injured, the teams become cautious. But of course it is a little too late. Why weren’t measures taken to prevent the hamstring injury? As I’ve stated
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Many golfers, baseball players, tennis players, and other athletes who must swing an implement or throw an implement for distance or force believe that rotation of the hips shifts weight onto the forward leg. However, rotation of the hips, trunk or total body does not shift weight. It can only redistribute the amount of weight
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There was an interesting article in the San Diego Union Tribune that talked about Everth Cabrera of the Padres. In the article coach Black was asked about the all-around improvement shown by Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera. He is quoted as saying that Cabrera is “… playing with calmness and poise to go with a lot
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Various exercises are used to develop core strength. However, most of the exercises typically recommended do not involve strengthening the core muscles through the full range of motion. Or they rely on strength exercises in which the core must remain stable, i.e., movements in which there is no movement of the spine. There is no
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