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Diaphragmatic Breathing -- Hands & Knees breathing

 For diaphragmatic breathing on your hands and knees, you're going to take a deep breath in  and your stomach should go down  toward the floor.  You want to think about  like you're filling a bowl.  Your chest should say nice and still.  

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Hands & Knees to 3 Point Transition -- Phase 4

For the hands and knees to three point transition phase four, we're going to start by bringing the leg straight back and fully extending the knee. And then getting into that kneeling position in one smooth transition, getting up nice and tall. The important thing with this exercise is to make sure t...

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B March acceleration speed

Hey everyone, in this video today we're going to be discussing B Marching. So this is another way that we can develop maximum speed and acceleration. So what we'll do for this drill is instruct our athlete to get in the starting position. And for this one what we're going to be focusing on is a knee...

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Diaphragmatic Breathing - On Back breathing

For diaphragmatic breathing,  go ahead and put one hand on your chest  and one hand on your stomach and take a deep breath in.  We want all the movement to be coming from the stomach,  so your hand on your chest should be staying nice and still,  while the one on your stomach is moving up toward ...

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Tuck Jump Assessment
Liquid error: internal
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Upper Body Extension Rolling upper body

For upper body extension rolling, start with both arms overhead and then bend the lead elbow. Looking at that elbow by turning your head and you're going to pretend that you cannot move from the waist down. You're going to initiate the rolling with your elbow and your head looking, keeping the le...

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Multifidus Training

Now we're going to work on teaching her how to feel that multifidus contraction first of all reflexively, and then ultimately we want her to feel it volitionally. But this is kind of the first step. So what I'm going to have her do is I'm going to have you take this hand and bring it and find the...

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Multifidus Assessment

Now we're going to take a look at both evaluating the person's multifidus and then also starting to show them how to contract it. We ultimately want to get a volitional contraction of the multifidus. So we're going to palpate the iliac crest. And then we're going to go inward and find the spinous...

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Ankle Step Over ankle dorsiflexion

For the ankle step over exercise, place the balls of your feet up on a board or a book. Lean into the wall with your elbows. Now keeping that ankle in that same stretched position, step over the board and lightly touch your heel down and then return. A key thing on this exercise is to make sure you'...

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Lower Body Extension Rolling

 

For lower body extension rolling start with both arms overhead. For this rolling pattern, you're going to keep your arms and your upper body completely still like you can't move them. You're going to begin the pattern by bringing the leg over and across your body, while keeping the upper body rel...

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Hands & Knees to 3 Point Transition -- Phase 2

For hands and knees to three point transition phase two,  start by bringing your foot up to your hand and then bring your arms overhead. Get up nice and tall and then come on down and bring your leg straight back. Being sure to fully extend the knee and then come back and repeat that position. 

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