It is not uncommon to hear of athletes disagreeing as to what is the best training program or how many sets and reps should be done for each exercise. One of the reasons for this is that for too many years only one program (8-12RM and its variants) has typically been recognized as most effective. […]
When a player makes a leaping catch, hit or shot in various sports it is usually considered a unique skill, often acquired when playing some other sport in the early years. In other words, the ability to leap high is a talent that was learned or developed in another sport, not the sport in which
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Drills and skills appear to be closely related in the training of most athletes. Often overlooked however, is that drills don’t teach an athlete new skills. They can only reinforce what the athlete is already capable of doing. So why do we continue to use drills as the number one training and teaching method? How
In most sports the general trend is to increase the training intensity of the already high-intensity workouts. It appears that each year coaches strive to increase the intensity of the workouts. In addition, many of these high-intensity workouts are accompanied by a large volume of work. This type of training is done in the belief,
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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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