It is great to see all the attention now being focused on hip rotation and the role that it plays in throwing and hitting actions. I have been emphasizing the role of hip rotation in many skills for over thirty years so it is especially nice to see that this important action is now being
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The knee drive with Active cords is probably one of the most important exercises for athletes who run, execute cuts or kick in their sport. Not only does it increase running speed and acceleration, but it is also very effective for improving kicking power and the ability to execute quick cuts. Because of this the
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Because of the difficulty in distinguishing different level athletes and looking at sports performance in relation to age and level of maturation, I believe it may be worthwhile to examine what is known as the funnel effect. It is used to describe the progression from the early years of participation in sports through to the
There appears to be an increasing number of articles that deal with strengthening the glutes. In each of them there is little to no distinction made between the three “gluteus” muscles: gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. It is assumed that all glute exercises involve these three muscles and develop them equally. For example,
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If you closely examine the technique involved in execution of the lower body movements made by athletes in a variety of sports, you can see that they are very similar to the movements executed in running and running cutting actions. With, and even without, slight modifications in specialized strength and explosive running exercises, it is
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