Athletes and many fitness participants, typically desire to develop both general strength and specialized strength. In general strength training exercises are done to strengthen the muscles in a manner that does not improve athletic performance. In specialized strength training exercises are done that relate specifically to the sports skills. They have an immediate effect on […]
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Many golfers, baseball players, tennis players, and other athletes who must swing and hit an implement or throw a ball or implement for distance or force believe that rotation of the hips shifts weight onto the forward leg. As a result, they concentrate on body rotation to produce most of the power in the throw.
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When you have a weakness in your performance regardless of whether it is in relation to skill execution or some physical ability, think first about a technique to improve your abilities. The same holds true when coming off an injury. Determine if your technique was the main culprit in causing the injury and how you
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There is a great deal of information on strength weight training programs for beginners, made up mostly of high school athletes. Strongly recommended is that they start off slowly and gradually increase the intensity of their training programs. However, rather than adhering to this advice most programs have evolved into high-intensity strength training routines. Such
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All throwing and many hitting and catching skills require some rotation of the arms. The rotation usually takes place in the shoulder, elbow and wrist joints although it can be isolated to one or two joints depending upon the type of throw or hit. For example, in baseball fielding when reaching out to the side
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