Activities
University of Michigan Explosive Conditioning Tips
One law I abide by is that the body conforms and adapts to the intensities it is habitually subject to. If your training is slow on a regular basis, you’ll [...]
Read and React: No Dribbling the Squid
Networks such as ESPN, ABC and CBS broadcast a very small portion of the sports world. They focus mainly on well financed pro teams in high profile sports, featuring multi-million-dollar [...]
A Sound Swing
You rarely see a potbellied bomber at the top of today’s leader boards. For elite and serious golfers, the tradition of post-round activities at the 19th hole has been replaced [...]
Box Blast With LSU Women’s Soccer
One of the oldest sporting activities created in the United Kingdom, soccer requires its participants to be athletically fit for 90 minutes. And while a player’s size doesn’t always matter, [...]
Recruiting With Michigan Swimming
Michigan swimmers and divers spend almost as much time on the podium as they do in the pool. Evidencing Big Blue’s golden tradition: more than 10 National Championships, 33 Big [...]
Wii’s Active Life: Outdoor Challenge
When the temperature starts to plunge, and just the thought of being outside gives you a chill, get your blood pumping with Wii’s Active Life: Outdoor Challenge. With more than [...]
Iliotibial Band Syndrome [ITBS]
Dan Graham, assistant athletic trainer for the University of Georgia track and field team, lays out some essential 411 about ITBS and how to treat it. Your iliotibial band is [...]
Team Bonding with the Lakers
The ’03-’04 Los Angeles Lakers were loaded with individual talent. Knowing that team chemistry is often absent on teams with multiple high-profile players, head coach Phil Jackson set aside some [...]
Vert Exercise with LSU Track
Jumpers of all types—long, high and triple—share one difficult task: converting linear speed into an explosive vert. The formula for success hinges on two things: force and time. “Contact times [...]