Training

From what I can gather, athletes often say that they have a tight back.  When queried about this most athletes have different versions of what a tight back means. It seems that most often they describe a tight back differently, when they can describe it. To many athletes a tight back means that they have difficulty […]

Several weeks ago I did an article on qualifications of a general manager. Not only was it well received, many readers have asked for an article on qualifications of a coach. Some even thought that the qualifications of the GM should also fit the coach. Here is my take based on a recent professional coach

Books written on plyometrics, and coaches who use plyometrics in the training of athletes do many different kinds of jumps under the umbrella name of plyometrics. However, even though most plyometric exercises involve jumping, not all jumps are plyometric. There are many different kinds of jumps and they should be differentiated.  For example, skipping rope,

An important part of an athlete’s training program is core strengthening, mainly in the form of abdominal muscle strengthening. To strengthen the abdominal muscles most players do the crunch and/or variations of the crunch. The crunch is a good exercise, but because it develops mainly (if not only) the upper portion of the abdominal musculature,

It appears that a major method of training (in addition to strength training) in most sports is related to energy system enhancement. In other words, focus is placed on development and improvement in the functioning of the aerobic and anaerobic systems of energy production. There is no questioning the fact that this type of training