I often hear baseball players and golfers talk about focusing on the left or right arm in execution of the swing. For example, you should focus on the lead arm (left for a right-handed player) during the forward swing. However, the arms work together for one purpose. It is impossible to separate the action of […]
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The belief that you can get athletes to overachieve is common on the collegiate level and even more so on the professional level. This belief is so ingrained that coaches believe that their job is to find the key to unlock the abilities of the athletes so that the athletes overachieve, or at a minimum,
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The recommendation to train outer thighs (more specifically the hip joint abductor muscles) is often heard in the fitness field and rarely in the world of sports. One of the reasons for this is that the hip joint muscles are typically ignored in most sports training programs. The only exception is strengthening the glutes and
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The question of exercise weights is frequently asked by athletes and fitness buffs alike. In most recommended exercise programs the amount of weight to be used is usually given along with the number of sets and reps. Can you however, give an accurate assessment of how much weight should be used? In practice I have
Golf swing mechanics are usually thought of as being very complex and difficult to master. A major reason for this belief is that there are few if any, complete analyses of what is involved in the swing in the popular literature. Nor is there information on how each joint and body action contributes to the
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