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Improve Shoulder Flexibility With the Rotater
Shoulder flexibility is critical in almost all sports, especially those involving throwing and serving. After heavy use, the shoulder's range of motion can be limited by muscle tightness. The Rotater, [...]
Enhance Soccer Speed, Strength and Quickness With Real Salt Lake
Soccer requires endurance, strength and short bursts of speed throughout a match. Just ask Real Salt Lake, winners of the 2009 MLS Cup. Their lower-body stability series, created by head [...]
Exercise of the Week: Tennis Ball Reaction Drill
Speed is important, but there are only a few instances in a game when you actually reach top speed. Instead of working just on speed, focus on developing quickness, which [...]
Mario Manningham Flashes Superb Hands
Last week, we highlighted the training behind Chris Johnson’s extraordinary balance and core stability, which were on display during the Titans’ impressive win over Jacksonville on Oct. 18. This week, [...]
Serving Up the Right Portions
A tennis ball serves up value beyond the court. Its size is actually the true serving amount for a cup of rice, cereal, pasta and (hate to break it to [...]
Three Ways to Increase Reaction Time
Keep your cuts above the rest by performing these advanced reaction time exercises, which use cues to optimize your ability to change direction efficiently. Cognitive Reaction Time Exercises Four-Cone Color [...]
University of Miami Football’s Tennis Ball Reaction Drill
Find static stretching to be stale? Freshen up your flexibility routine with a tennis ball drill, courtesy of Andreu Swasey, University of Miami football strength and conditioning coach. This drill [...]
Tennis Ball Reaction Drill with the University of Miami
Your nickname might be “Lightning,” but if you can’t get off the line of scrimmage quickly, you could be reduced to a state of static shock on the football field. [...]
Shoulder Flexibility with Albany Lacrosse
According to Tony Tullock, strength and conditioning coach of the Albany Great Danes, winners of the American East Conference Championship in four of the last five seasons, many lacrosse athletes [...]
Acceleration and Deceleration with Cornell Lacrosse
Lacrosse combines speed and agility, so try integrating both components into your workout by using drills that require acceleration and deceleration. Performing these drills a few times a week [...]