Effective Rehabilitation
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by dy-admin
4y ago
Rehabilitation as discussed in this article is related mainly to what should be done after you are given clearance by the medical personnel to work out. This is related to coming back from an injury sustained in play or in the weight room. In rehabilitation not only should the injured muscles be strengthened, but to prevent injury from reoccurring, they are should be strengthened in the same neuromuscular pathway as they are used in execution of the skill. Only muscles that have undergone atrophy because of non-use can be treated with pure strength training in the initial stages. In essence, i ..read more
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What Is Power?
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by dy-admin
4y ago
The term power has come to have different meanings. It is probably due to the popularity of powerlifting in which heavy weights are lifted at slow speed. In the eyes of many coaches, such lifts have been interpreted as power lifts. The more weight you lift, the greater the power you exhibit. Technically this is a partial truth but it is not the same type of power that is seen in most sports where power refers to the speed and quickness of execution. In the fields of biomechanics and physics power is related to the amount of work done in relation to the time involved. The quicker an action ..read more
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What’s Your Wrist Action?
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by dy-admin
4y ago
You may wonder why this question is even being asked. After all doesn’t everyone know what the wrist does in throwing and hitting? Sadly, the answer is no. Very few athletes, even the best in the professional leagues, can tell you what actions the forearm/wrist/hand undergoes in throwing and hitting. Most athletes will try to show you what takes place because they are not able to tell you what takes place. But even as they show you they will be questioning the actions that they are doing. This is a well substantiated fact! For example, if you ask an athlete to tell you what comprises the wrist ..read more
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Strength or Power?
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by dy-admin
4y ago
There appears to be some confusion regarding whether a lift is for strength or power. It is probably due to the popularity of powerlifting in which heavy weights are lifted at slow speed. In the eyes of many coaches, such lifts have been interpreted as power lifts but they are not.. The more weight you lift, the greater the strength you exhibit. Power in almost all sports refers to speed and quickness of execution. In the fields of biomechanics and physics power is related to the amount of work done in relation to the time involved. The quicker an action is executed the more power that is exhi ..read more
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The Training Program
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by dy-admin
4y ago
   Training or the training program has come to have many meanings. For the bona fide athlete the most important type of workouts and exercises are those that are used to improve and to enhance performance, more specifically, performance on the field. This is known as specialized training which involves the use of specialized exercises. This point is so important that it must be reemphasized. A training program that directly improves performance on the field is considered specific training or sport specific training as opposed to general training, also known as general physical preparation. Th ..read more
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Is it genetics or training?
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by dy-admin
4y ago
The debate regarding whether an elite or high-level athlete is genetically gifted or only well trained still continues. Most coaches appear to believe that an athlete is born with his physical and technical abilities and no one can improve athletic skill. This is why recruiting is such a big factor in colleges and universities and scouting in the pros. It appears that teams always need more money to buy (recruit) the blue-chip athlete. As a rule, coaches do not evaluate athletes for their potential, i.e., how much growth and development is possible in regard to strength, speed, quickness, skil ..read more
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Double Ended Workouts
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by dy-admin
4y ago
Athletes and bodybuilders often isolate the muscle or muscle group in their workouts, emphasizing the target muscles main action. However, such a practice does not always lead to maximum development of the muscle because many major muscles also have an action at the other end. This means you must work the muscle to move the bone to which it is attached at one end of its belly in one exercise. Then you should do a different exercise to involve the bone to which it is attached at the other end. workouts such as this are known as this is known as double ended workouts. From physiology is well kno ..read more
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How to lift safely and effectively
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by dy-admin
4y ago
Visiting several gyms recently, I saw athletes doing various exercises incorrectly. The exercises in question were those that required good back positioning, such as in the good morning, deadlift, bent-over row, bent-over twist and squat. By doing these exercises incorrectly you can injure the back. The number of athletes who have been injured because of poor back position (mainly when the back is bent forward or backwards) is quite high because they have not learned proper technique. But even experienced athletes are not exempt from back injuries. So it’s important to learn how to do these ex ..read more
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Are we making progress in producing better football players?
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by dy-admin
4y ago
As more knowledge becomes available we are seeing greater progress in understanding the foundation and tenants of exercise science. But sports science seems to be absent when it comes to the training a football player. Instead of seeing new advances we see the same concepts and methodologies being perpetuated. Progress, if this is what it can be called, is seen in variations of old exercises and in new equipment for basically the same strength exercises. We do see progress in new and different strategies but these are indirectly related to the physical and technical development of the player ..read more
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Fallacies of football strength training
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by dy-admin
4y ago
Fallacy: in season, do more work on neck strength and trap development.  Recommendations include increasing the volume of work and to start every weight training session with neck and trap work. Fact: there’s no questioning the fact that stronger neck and trapezius muscles will be a benefit in preventing serious neck injury. However, in season is not the time to increase the training of the neck and trap muscles. This is when work should be done on perfecting technique of skill execution so that an injury will not occur when tackling, blocking or executing other actions. Keep in mind that tech ..read more
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