It was a pleasure watching Joe Flacco and Colin Kaepernick throw the ball in the Super Bowl. Why? Because they threw with good technique and for the most part their passes were right on target. They were able to throw bullets, i.e., tight spiral passes thrown with great speed and power right to the receiver. […]
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Aerobic and anaerobic training should be secondary At first glance most readers will say that the title of this blog is erroneous. The reason for this is quite obvious since anaerobic and aerobic training take a front row seat in most training programs. In other words, development of the energy producing systems is foremost in
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From what I can gather, athletes often say that they have a tight back. When queried about this most athletes have different versions of what a tight back means. It seems that most often they describe a tight back differently, when they can describe it. To many athletes a tight back means that they have difficulty
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Several weeks ago I did an article on qualifications of a general manager. Not only was it well received, many readers have asked for an article on qualifications of a coach. Some even thought that the qualifications of the GM should also fit the coach. Here is my take based on a recent professional coach
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Books written on plyometrics, and coaches who use plyometrics in the training of athletes do many different kinds of jumps under the umbrella name of plyometrics. However, even though most plyometric exercises involve jumping, not all jumps are plyometric. There are many different kinds of jumps and they should be differentiated. For example, skipping rope,
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