Strength, the ability to create and/or maintain force, is perhaps the most important physical quality for success in sports. The main reason for this is that strength is related to many other physical and mental qualities. For example: 1) Strength is needed to assume and maintain static and dynamic posture. In execution of sports skills, […]
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If your sports skill is well learned, your execution is automatic. But, it can be “de-automatized” with fatigue. To prevent this from happening you should be sure that you are in good physical condition so that you can prolong the onset of fatigue as long as possible. Doing so will allow you to execute your
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Scapular stabilization is a trendy term. I see many exercises written up as being very effective for improving scapular stabilization. But yet, I have yet to see a definition of what is meant by scapular stabilization. There’s no questioning the fact that the scapula must be controlled during any movement of the arm or arms.
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According to the experts, one of the reasons for a slice is that you have an outside-inside swing. There’s no questioning the fact that an outside-inside swing will put side spin on the ball creating a slice. However after analyzing hundreds of golfers I have yet to see a true outside-insight swing. I have found
With the increased attention being focused on technique, many athletes are now becoming more interested in learning how they can become more knowledgeable about what is involved in their particular sport. However, there is also a large contingent of athletes and coaches who believe that more knowledge about the sport does not equate to better
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