To improve hitting and throwing skills many sports such as baseball, golf, boxing, MMA and tennis, athletes do various midsection or core rotational exercises. Many of these exercises are effective and some even duplicate what the athlete does in execution of the skill in competitive play. However, if you look closely at the technique used […]
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The trend in most strength training programs is to use mainly multi-joint, also known as compound, exercises. The reasons for this are many, but the most outstanding is that multi-joint exercises are supposed develop a multitude of different muscles in a coordinated manner. As a result it is believed that you get many muscles strengthened
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Professional golfers and baseball players have alluded to the fact that it takes many repetitions and often repetitions executed in competition, before changes in technique are finalized. I agree that it takes many repetitions depending upon the complexity of the skill or technique change being attempted. On the highest level of performance as displayed by
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An often heard recommendation is to never arch (hyperextend) the lower back. However, this cannot be substantiated. In the neutral spine position, the normal curvature of the lumbar spine is slightly “arched”. In fact, there are four natural curves to the spine with the biggest functional curve in the lumbar area. The spine, and especially
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Many golfers, baseball players, tennis players, and other athletes who must swing an implement or throw an implement for distance or force believe that rotation of the hips shifts weight onto the forward leg. However, rotation of the hips, trunk or total body does not shift weight. It can only redistribute the amount of weight
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