Salaries of professional athletes keep increasing on a yearly basis. But yet, performances on the field by athletes have not been increasing at a proportionate rate – unless you believe that mediocrity equals high-level performance. Rather than looking at how well the athlete performs on the field, owners appear to be looking more at competing […]
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In a recent article describing how to do the jump squat it was stated that you should keep your shoulders down and abs tight as you straighten your legs and jump up. Is this good advice? Sadly the answer is no. The answer would have been obvious had the author looked at live digital film
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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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The term athleticism is being tossed around in many different ways. It’s almost as though this is a new quality that appears to be unique to only a few elite athletes. However, athleticism should not stand out like a sore thumb. It should be commonplace. But, because so few players are capable of very high-level
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According to various sources, you get an imbalance between the hip extensor muscles (gluteals and hamstrings) and the hip flexor muscles (iliopsoas, pectineus and rectus femoris of the quadriceps group) from running. According to these running specialists, weak gluteals and hamstrings do not allow you to “swing through” your stride. The hip flexors are then
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