Training

The need for all-round training If you have watched a sufficient number of baseball, football, or other sports games, you probably heard the announcer comment on some outstanding play made by an athlete.  This usually occurs when the athlete displays a talent not usually seen in the sport. For example, when a baseball player makes […]

MAKE CHANGES EASIER If you have been executing a skill a certain way for a long period of time the skill motor pathway will be well ingrained in your nervous system and muscles.  To make changes in your technique at this time, is usually extremely difficult and many times impossible if you do not put

Will your training prevent injury? After reading an article on a professional baseball player, I couldn’t help but wonder what kind of conditioning or training he was doing. This particular player has only been able to play a minimum number of games the last three years. The rest of the time he had been injured

Is diagnosis left to the athlete? It is not uncommon to read about high-level athletes, especially in sports such as baseball, basketball and football, who state that they must overcome physical shortcomings or that they do not have the physical talent that other athletes possess.  They experience injuries that are not common to other athletes

Are coaches holding back their athletes progress? Coaches and instructors, especially those in the private sector, have gotten to be very competitive.  They need athletes to make money — and the more winning athletes they have, the more money they make and the more they are considered to be successful. However, I often wonder if