SPORT-SPECIFIC TRAINING

Gymnasts really need a variety of training to include sport specific training besides general strength conditioning in order to more closely simulate the skills in the sport.

Horseback riding requires dynamic balance. Specific strength exercises can be combined with instability to enhance your riding performance.

This will be the most important piece of information that you will ever read about weight training.

There are simple strategies that should be used when planning training around a basketball season.

You know you want to get fit. You know you need to get fit. The trouble is you don't know where to start and you think personal trainers are too expensive. Here are 5 ways to work with a personal trainer without breaking the bank.

Sports scouts hunt down players for college and professional sports teams in football, basketball, and other major sports. There is no specific training or degree for a sports scout, but education can increase the odds of getting a job.

Done right, cross training can help you change up training routines, keep making progress and avoid injuries from repetitive overuse.

You might disagree, but hear me out on this. You can greatly benefit from weight training soccer when coaching your players in a sport that requires a lot of strength, and, or explosive power.

Looking for some suggestions on improving your strength training for your first triahtlon season? Well, try these five basic ideas to get started.

Exploring the world of young athletes and the pressure to conform to sport specialization, rather than pursuing more than one sport that would result in a better overall athlete and young adult moving forward.

What is cross-training? Why should I cross-train? Which activities are best for me? This article details answers to those questions.

Here, we will only cover the weight lifting aspect of linebacker training, set up on a 5 day split to build strength and power.

Myths about women and strength training abound. Here, I debunk them.

When devising a sport fitness program, it is important to use exercises that mimic the actions of the sport.

One of these truly greatest ways to integrate a new approach is to infuse yoga into your daily routines, either as a supplement to an existing session, a replacement for a worn-out practice, or as a rest day stretching opportunity.

This article describes the origins of triathlon, how the sport has developed and what a triathlon is composed of.

This is meant to be a tool for baseball coaches and a guide to getting the most out of your players as far a stamina and reaction times. Plyometrics is an essential part of a baseball program the not many coaches have started using yet.

Tips for succeeding at a Winter biathlon.

Although coaches are making great efforts in helping their athletes to stay fit and healthy for competition many training programs overlook a vital part of the human anatomy - the neck.

Athletes can improve speed,agility, balance,control and strength by taking ballet.

The best way to prepare for a winter of skiing, boarding or skating is a winter of skiing, boarding or skating. Tough, when it's August and 95 degrees outside. So what's the best way to get ready for ski season?

Young athletes, especially young female athletes who play sports which require quick changes of directions and landing from explosive jumps (soccer, basketball and volleyball), must train to prevent injury first, and build to improving one's performance.

This article examines some of the hottest fitness and wellness trends for this year. As of May 2006, the trends seem to be going strong.

In this pre-professional environment, basic physical fitness for all youths is almost completely ignored and basic motor skills are left untaught as young athletes instead pursue advanced sport-specific skills.

One hundred-thousand female athletes will injure their ACL's this year; female athletes between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five are at the greatest risk; and only thirty percent of injuries are contact injuries.