When trying to evaluate the validity of many research studies it is not uncommon to find articles dealing with exercises for athletes in specific sports. If they are training articles, they typically deal with exercises or training routines that are used with athletes in a certain sport. Usually ignored is the effectiveness of these exercises […]
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It’s getting hard to read an article today without reading that the stabilizer muscles must be strong enough in order for the movement to be executed effectively. These stabilizer muscles are so important that you must do supplementary exercises to strengthen them. According to the “experts” these stabilizer muscles are the key to success in
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If you’ve been reading about some of the top players in professional sports you were probably surprised by what they did as youngsters. For example,Kobe Bryant said that he learned How to shoot, pass and to move without the ball, (the fundamentals, sports skills) when he grew up in Italy where he played soccer. When
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Many men’s University basketball teams have players go down with injuries in their most important games. For example a player “…slipped and suffered a left ankle sprain on a fast break shot attempt…”. Another player “…injured his right foot just before falling…” Still other players step on someone else’s foot. How the first player who
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Many athletes who excel in basketball also excel in volleyball. One reason for this is that the training for basketball or volleyball has many similar features. Because of this, you can use some of the same exercises and training routines that are specific to volleyball for basketball, and vice versa. For example, both basketball and
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