Acceleration- During the earliest parts of acceleration, especially the first two steps, you are trying to overcome (inertia) the weight of your body by moving it ...
Ab / Core Training - Basically if your trunk is weak you will be wasting energy, be slower and less powerful in your movements. Not what you want if your looking to ...
Dynamic Stretching - Dynamic movements are the best way to prepare your body for dynamic workouts. Contrary to old beliefs, the best time to work on static flexibility ...
Maximum Velocity - By continuing to try to run faster and faster throughout a run, as though you were still accelerating, you are actually going to have a breakdown in ...
Plyometrics- A safe and effective plyometric program stresses quality, not quantity of jumps. Safe landing techniques, such as landing from toe to heel from a ...
Speed Endurance- When athletes get tired, they have a tendency to revert back to what is easy for them, which is usually poor form and technique. Therefore when ...
Speed Training- The starting point for improving your speed is in evaluating and correcting your mechanics. Poor running mechanics are the result of poor motor ...
Speed Training Myths- Both coaches and athletes spend so much time on the skills of their sport, speed training and conditioning that they often forget a ...
Static Stretching- It's probably the safest kind. You stretch through a muscle's full range of movement until you feel resistance, but not pain, then hold the maximum ...
Stretching and Strengthening- Hip Flexors, Back, and Abdominals - resting on forearms, ball between feet and off the ground with legs as straight as possible ...
Posture - Part 1 - In fact, one of the biggest reasons teams lose is due to injuries. Everyone knows this, but no one seems to pick up on the key here ...
Warm up - Cool Down- During training sessions and matches the body's systems are maximally stressed. This leads to an increase in body temperature ...
