Most athletes involved in training and conditioning, work the major body parts and actions. Most often this involves the large muscles of the body. Very little if any attention is given to the fingers and hands which are probably used more than any other body part in almost all sports. This is somewhat surprising since […]
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The USA was favored to win the second WBC. However, the team was only capable of making it into the semi finals before bowing to Japan. It should also be noted that Japan and Korea who played in the finals, have lost only to each other. Because they have beaten all the teams that
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I have been closely examining the types of injuries that many baseball players are receiving. This includes injuries such as oblique strains, hamstring pulls, groin strains, elbow strains and so on. These injuries may not be severe but the athlete cannot play for several days or weeks once they get them.As a result, Many of
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In my work with bodybuilders and athletes I am finding that all too often the workouts are finite and not transitional. In others words, the workouts that are used are the workouts that will continue to be used until there is an injury or some other problem. Usually there is a set number of exercises
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It is not uncommon to hear coaches say that they work with players on their mechanics. But they rarely if ever, spell out what they mean by mechanics or what the mechanics are. Sometimes the definitions that they do give for mechanics appear to be counter to the generally accepted understandings. For example, some coaches
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