Stability and Balance
Core Stability Finisher With Cal State-Fullerton Baseball
Don’t cha just love learning new training methods and exercises? That was the case today when we discovered the Band Push, a core-strengthening exercise employed by the Cal State-Fullerton baseball [...]
Balance Training With Philip Rivers
San Diego Chargers QB Philip Rivers may be missing his main receiver targets, but Denver defenders still had big bulls-eyes on their backs last night. Rivers fired strikes all over [...]
Shoulder Stability Exercises
Perform one of the following exercises during each workout to strengthen the crucial stabilizing muscles in your shoulders. Physioball Walkout With Push-Up Assume push-up position with hips centered on physioball [...]
Exercise of the Week: Barefoot Balance Towel Drill
Balance is a huge component of many different sports skills. Without it, you wouldn’t be able to accurately throw a pass, shoot a puck or shed a defender. It’s sometimes [...]
Exercise of the Week: Single-Arm Physioball Dumbbell Press
Want to develop strength effectively? Here's how: perform exercises that use large muscles and multiple joints. That's why the Chest Press, which does both, is the primary exercise for developing [...]
Exercise of the Week: Stability Pad Bicep Curl
The perception that big biceps equate to strength, good looks and power on the field leads many athletes to devote hours in the weight room to Curls. After all, who [...]
Balance: The Foundation of Agility
The most important aspect of agility for hockey players is the ability to maintain balance, according to Paul Goodman, strength and conditioning coach for the Chicago Blackhawks. That’s why training [...]
Improving Lower Body Balance and Stability For Basketball
Daryl “D-TRAIN” Smith, president and CEO of D-TRAINED, Inc., and featured trainer for the Jordan Training Tour, coaches up two lower body exercises that improve balance and stability for the [...]
Monica Abbott’s Kneeling Physioball Throws
When the subject is top-tier softball pitchers, Monica Abbott’s name rises above the rest. The former University of Tennessee standout and 2007 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year holds [...]
Best Balance Tools
By Sam Allard Bosu Ball Home Balance Trainer [$100] bosu.com Besides gaining superior balance, you’ll benefit from the Bosu Ball with core strength and reinforced muscles around your ankle, knee [...]