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This makes medicine-ball throws and cable-column exercises probably the best overall torso exercises. Advantages of Medicine-Ball TrainingThe medicine ball allows the user to work in a sports-general position or pattern. Medicine balls bridge the gap from conventional strength and endurance exercises for the torso to power development for the torso.
Talk with 10 sport psychologists and you will get 10 different lists of the emotional characteristics of exceptional athletes. If your child only plays a sport during structured practices or games, he or she is probably not driven, although that doesn’t mean that drive won’t develop at an older age. John Heil, a Roanoke, Virginia, sport psychologist, warns that great athletes who have such a passion for the sport run the risk of having it define who they are.
”High school players, who usually play a fall season, either play another sport or play junior club ball after the volleyball season is finished. If a high school coach does not coach his own athletes during the off-season, it is important for that coach to confer with his players after the school season is complete. Some high school coaches give players summer workout schedules, rely on captain practices, or encourage their players to cross-train or play in summer leagues.
The distribution of weekly torso training should be done as follows: For two-day programs or in-season programs, combine both medicine-ball throwing and conventional abdominal exercises in the same day’s workout. In a three-day program, use an ABA pattern one week and a BAB the next week, alternating a medicine-ball day (A) with a conventional abdominal day (B) for a total of three medicine-ball workouts and three conventional abdominal workouts over a two-week period. In a four-day program,...
The gurus of functional training seem to deliver a clear message: Functional training should be done standing and should be multijoint. Functional training for those muscles involves training them to be better stabilizers, often by performing simple exercises through small ranges of motion. This can be done only by using exercises that train the muscles the same way they are used in sport, in other words, functional training.
One of the key inspirations for the development of a junkyard sport is playing in the “wrong” environment with the “wrong” equipment. Trying to play soccer in a gym is just like trying to play baseball in the street. This is the evolution of the game Beach-Basket Soccer, located on page 36. Read more from Junkyard Sports.
The meal plan for an athlete trying to lose weight is similar to the meal plan for any athlete, but it contains slightly fewer calories than are necessary to maintain weight. An athlete wanting to cut weight or body fat during the season should instead strive to improve his or her eating habits, and then embark on weight-loss efforts during the off-season. If this athlete wants to reduce his body weight, he should strive to consume five to six grams of carbohydrate per kilogram of body ...
One of the first companies in the industry, E-CAPS has developed a following with masters athletes, even though its products are designed for endurance athletes of all ages. Snapshots of Super Master’s Diets Bill Misner’s own diet is a good basis for understanding how a masters endurance athlete might combine whole foods with supplements that mitigate the effects of aging. Decreasing hormone levels as menopause approaches can also affect a female athlete’s ability to compete effectively as ...
If an athlete consumes adequate calories, protein can be saved for the important jobs unique to protein. Protein needed by the growing athlete adds another layer to the protein requirement. Young athletes trying to bulk up often increase their protein intake because they think more protein means bigger muscles.
I started developing my coaching philosophy in my first full-time coaching position at Perkiomen Valley in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, where I went from coaching junior high to coaching high school. Purpose of a Coaching PhilosophyA coaching philosophy consists of beliefs or principles that guide a coach’s actions. A coaching philosophy provides perspective by helping coaches identify and remember what is important to them.
