In the great song by Kenny Rogers, “you have to know when to hold them, you have to know when to fold them.” By changing a couple of words the same concept applies to skill technique. This means you have to know if you should change running technique and you should know when to change running […]
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With the movie Moneyball now playing in the theaters is interesting to see how many people are picking up on this concept. They are led to believe that the statistics involved in charting the players allows the teams to select better players and thus develop much better teams. This may have been true at the
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I’m sick and tired of reading about another player having a hamstring injury that prevents him from playing. Is this only happened occasionally it would not be so bad. But it seems to happen on a regular basis almost weekly, and in more than one sport. Simply check the number and kinds of injuries that most
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Most traditionalists say that you should not do speed work on a year-round basis. The rationale for this is that your body and especially the nervous system, cannot handle the stress of speed work on a year-round basis. In this they are correct. But the answer is too simplistic. Speed work should be done on
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For years I’ve been telling athletes who throw a ball or an implement, that they must generate the power for the throw with the body and use the arm for accuracy. This was recently brought out in a statement by San Diego Padres pitcher Kevin Correia to explain his improvement. He stated that “I’m using