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Sprint Start from Stomach

Hey everyone, today we're going to be discussing sprint starts from a laying position. So we're going to start from a prone or on our stomach position today working on max speed and acceleration. So we're going to instruct our athlete to get on their stomach. And then we're going to go through the d...

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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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Tuck Jump Assessment
Liquid error: internal
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Shoulder Extension Range of Motion rom shoulder

 

All right. Now we're going to measure shoulder extension range of motion. Our athlete’s going to be in the prone position with the head in neutral. And we're going to still use our same seize grip stabilizing position. This time I'm going to have my thumb on the backside of the scapula, and my fi...

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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 ...

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Sprint Start from Lateral Shuffle

Hey everyone. In this video, we're going to be discussing a sprint start starting from a lateral shuffle. So in this drill, what we're going to do is instruct our athlete to line up facing a direction about 90 degrees from where they're running. And so what we're going to do is we'll start into a la...

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Lean, Lock, Lift with Weight laq


For the lean, lock, lift exercise with weight, you will bend the left knee up. Hug your arms around it. Bring your knee all the way up to your chest. Lean toward that right side. Straighten your knee all the way out and bring your toes up toward your nose. And then go ahead and lift the leg up, k...

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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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Quad Set with Resisted Dorsiflexion dorsiflexion

 

All right, now we're going to take a look at doing some resistance to dorsiflexion, to kind of get some overflow to the quad to get a stronger quad contraction. So we just simply wrap tubing around the foot here and go ahead and tighten up your quad for me. Good. And then bring your toes up and h...

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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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