Better Coaching
DECEMBER 24, 2024
A well-designed sports program has the capacity to teach teamwork, sportsmanship, grit, leadership, and many other life skills, as well as a lifelong love for their game. This early commercialism can overshadow the fundamental aim of youth sports: enjoyment, character development, a growing love for the sport, and holistic well-being.
Gopher Sport
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Walking can also impact our physical, mental, social, and emotional wellness. It is fast, but it is not biomechanically sound. Connections A walking mini unit helps students understand the value of walking for wellness and for fitness. Whatever the age or grade, walking is crucial to personal wellness. Purposeful Walking.
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Learning Through Sport
JANUARY 31, 2025
However, a well-designed and thoughtfully pursued program comprising a coherently connected curriculum may be able to achieve specific goals because that program has a core focus. biomechanics, skill acquisition, exercise physiology, etc). Cone et al.
Better Coaching
MARCH 5, 2021
In a systematic review of curveballs as a risk factor, conducted by 3 medical doctors, first published in PubMed in August of 2013, the researchers aimed to evaluate the scientific evidence regarding the curveball and its impact on pitching biomechanics and the overall risk of arm injuries in baseball pitchers.
Better Coaching
JANUARY 22, 2017
Kids are clearly different now, biomechanical techniques have changed, processes have changed, regulations have changed, medical advances have occurred, and conditioning and stretching (warmups) improvements have been made. Likely, that coach played around 10-20 years ago. Let’s think about that.
PLT4M
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
There are 5 components of physical fitness that are essential for overall health and well-being. A well-rounded approach that includes cardiovascular exercise, strength training, flexibility work, and attention to body composition is crucial in reaping the full benefits of physical fitness. At that point, it simply runs out.
PLT4M
AUGUST 30, 2022
Instead, we want to reinforce great biomechanics (focusing on maintaining the lumbar curve during a bodyweight good morning, for example), and begin warming up the muscles and connective tissues through a complete range of motion that will be used during the workout ahead. In each of these examples, the goal is slow, purposeful movement.
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