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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In the great song by Kenny Rogers, “you have to know when to hold them, you have to know when to fold them.” By changing a couple of words the same concept applies to skill technique. This means you have to know if you should change running technique and you should know when to change running
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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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Here’s last week’s image: The biggest problem with the softball pitcher and producing force is that she leads with the head and shoulders rather than the hips. At the moment of release we should see a straight body position or one in which the hips are actually in front of the shoulders. If the hips
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