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Hands & Knees to 3 Point Transition - Phase 1

For the hands and knees to three point transition phase one,  start by bringing your foot up next to your hand, and then come up nice and tall with your arms overhead, getting into a nice tall posture. Come on back down and repeat. 

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A Skip

Hey everyone! Today we're going to be discussing an A Skip. The setup will be similar to the A Hop and A March like we did in the earlier videos. So for this we are going to assume the starting position. So our two big points of focus here are knee drive, toe up and then pushing through our toe on t...

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Isometric Shoulder Internal Rotation internal rotation shoulder

 

For internal rotation isometric, go ahead and place a towel roll underneath your arm and stand with your shoulder blades down and back. And with your elbow at 90 degrees, go ahead and push into the doorframe for 10s while maintaining that really good posture. And then repeat. 

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B Skip

Hey everybody. In this video we're going to be discussing B Skipping. This will be very similar to the B Marching we did in the previous video, except we're adding a skip to it now. So we're going to do is ask our athlete to get into the starting position and to review for this drill, we're going to...

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Isometric Shoulder Flexion flexion shoulder

For shoulder flexion isometrics, place a towel underneath your arm and then get your shoulder blades down and back with really good posture. Then bend your elbow so it's at 90 degrees and push into the doorframe for 10s. Relax and repeat. 

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Ankle Dorsiflexion Mobilization dorsiflexion mobility

 

Now we're going to show an ankle dorsiflexion mobilization technique.  You can certainly do your traditional one where we're doing  a posterior glide of the talus as that knee comes forward.  So go ahead and bring your knee forward.  And I'm directing my ankle down this way here.  And then come o...

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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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A March acceleration dorsiflexion speed

Hey, everyone! Today we're going to be discussing A March for linear speed development and acceleration development. So we're going to instruct our athlete to get in the starting position and the big emphasis for this drill is achieving maximum dorsiflexion or toe up and then driving through the toe...

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Phil's Essential Products
These are the equipment and products that I use on a regular basis.

 

EQUIPMENT

Functional Movement Screen (FMS) Test Kit

I still prefer the PVC version, but call me old fashioned.

Y-Balance Test Kit

Be sure to get the PVC one NOT the Professional Wood one. It is one of the few tim...

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A Skip Double Exchange acceleration agility

Hey everyone. In this video, we are going to be discussing the A Skip with a double exchange. So it will be very similar to our regular A Skip, except we will be pausing as we alternate between legs. So we’ll instruct our athlete to get into the starting position. Same thing with our A Skips, we're ...

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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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