I’m sick and tired of reading about another player having a hamstring injury that prevents him from playing. Is this only happened occasionally it would not be so bad. But it seems to happen on a regular basis almost weekly, and in more than one sport. Simply check the number and kinds of injuries that most […]
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Most traditionalists say that you should not do speed work on a year-round basis. The rationale for this is that your body and especially the nervous system, cannot handle the stress of speed work on a year-round basis. In this they are correct. But the answer is too simplistic. Speed work should be done on
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In parts I, II, III and IV I presented the fact that it is impossible to see what occurs in execution of a sport skill, in the power phase, the most critical phase for success in skill execution. In addition, most coaches do not have the backgrounds needed to understand what takes place, or should
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Many men’s University basketball teams have players go down with injuries in their most important games. For example a player “…slipped and suffered a left ankle sprain on a fast break shot attempt…”. Another player “…injured his right foot just before falling…” Still other players step on someone else’s foot. How the first player who
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