| Sports training for athletes has come a long way. | | | | another player? It doesn't happen. |
| The human body is such an amazing thing. It is | | | | You may think this would help a lineman and it |
| incredible what it is capable of when it is nourished | | | | might if all he had to do was push his opponent |
| and trained well. This is most obvious with | | | | away one time but that is not what he needs. He |
| athletes. We live in a time where the awesome | | | | needs the strength and the endurance to outlast |
| training techniques that professionals have used | | | | his opponent at the line and bench pressing does |
| for years are finally becoming mainstream. I'm | | | | not help with that at all. He needs to be trained |
| talking about sports specific training and it is | | | | for his sport. |
| without a doubt the way to go when training for | | | | I get frustrated when I see the exercises that |
| a specific sport or activity. | | | | young athletes are told to do by their coaches, |
| With sports specific training you are actually | | | | like the deep squat. I can't believe people are still |
| training your body in the planes of motion and | | | | doing this dangerous and useless exercise in the |
| situations that mimic your sport. You train for | | | | year 2007. When you go below a 90-degree angle |
| endurance and power in conjunction to the skills | | | | when you squat you are doing major damage to |
| you need in your sport. Conventional training had | | | | your knees and there again when in your sport |
| athletes going to weight rooms and 'lifting' no | | | | do you need this skill? I can't think of one sport |
| matter what sport they were participating in. That | | | | where the player does this, can you? |
| makes absolutely no sense and unfortunately is | | | | Sports specific training is so much safer because |
| still being played out at many high schools and | | | | you're training your body for the demands of |
| colleges today. | | | | your sport so that when you are in the game |
| Also, very often the lifting that is being done is | | | | your body is ready for those unique demands |
| just aimlessly throwing the weight around and | | | | when they happen. The results are just incredible. |
| seeing how much you can lift. This serves no | | | | For example, I have athletes who have increased |
| purpose except that you can then say how much | | | | their vertical jump by 3 inches in just 5 sessions, I |
| weight you lifted, how does that help on the | | | | have seen wrestlers who couldn't keep their |
| playing field? | | | | opponent down become vice like on their |
| Too many coaches just pass on to their athletes | | | | opponent. |
| what they did when they were playing without | | | | Core and balance training are also a big part of |
| realizing that there is a much better way. Things | | | | sports specific training. You may not even realize |
| have changed and they have changed for the | | | | it but these components are necessary in every |
| better. We now know that sports training versus | | | | sport there is. It is unbelievable the difference it |
| just working out is the way to go. For example, | | | | makes to have a conditioned core. Conventional |
| coaches will have their football player's bench | | | | training does not even address this at all except |
| press to train for football. Think about this, how | | | | to maybe throw in some sit-ups and, trust me |
| often does a football player need this skill? When | | | | there are no sit-ups in core training. |
| does he get down on the field and bench press | | | | |