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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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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If you’ve been reading about some of the top players in professional sports you were probably surprised by what they did as youngsters. For example,Kobe Bryant said that he learned How to shoot, pass and to move without the ball, (the fundamentals, sports skills) when he grew up in Italy where he played soccer. When
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Many articles have come across my desk in recent weeks related to how runners and running athletes can boost their running confidence. The articles have some great information that could be put into immediate use. This includes factors such as: 1) Follow a routine. Although this refers mainly to a race day some aspects also
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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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