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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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Push To Base agility speed

Hey, everyone. Today we're going to be discussing a lateral push to base drill for lateral speed and agility. So what we'll do is instruct our athlete to get in the starting position in an athletic ready position. Then what we're going to do is we are going to push in the direction of which we want ...

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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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Upper Body Flexion Rolling upper body

For upper body rolling both arms overhead and then bring your one arm so it's at a 90 degree angle and you're going to roll, keeping your legs perfectly still. So you are not moving from the waist down. Turn your neck and rotate slowly coming over. And come back. What you can see is how the legs ...

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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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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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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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Long Arc Quad with Ankle Pump With Weight laq

For long arc quad with ankle pump with weight, straighten the knee all the way out. Hold it there. Bring the ankle up and down while you keep the knee perfectly straight. Repeat that ten times.

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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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Side Bridge
Liquid error: internal
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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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