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Bare Your Sole for Injury Prevention

Posted by Rett Larson Posted 1 month 33 days ago (EDT)

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Question of the Month

Posted by Molly Powell Posted 2 months 23 days ago (EDT)
Asked by MANY, answered by Michael Dell, Sports Performance Coach
 
Question: What is the difference between an Active Dynamic Warm-Up and Static Stretching? 
 
Answer: Before practicing, training, or participating in a competitive event, it is imperative that the muscles, tendons, and ligaments of the body are ready for action.  An old aproach to becoming prepared for an athletic event, was to sit or stand and hold a stretch for a certain amount of time on various muscle groups.  This...

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Sports Performance Training - Defined

Posted by Molly Powell Posted 2 months 23 days ago (EDT)
Question: What exactly is Sports Performance Training?
 
Answer:   In your visions of your child’s athletic future, do you see Johnny winning the Heisman Trophy? Or Mary setting an Olympic world record? Or maybe you just want to see Joe, Jr. as a healthier individual who enjoys playing sports more.  A sports performance training program can make achieving all of these goals a little more realistic.  Whether a serious athlete, or someone who just likes to occasionally play a pick-up-game...

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Year Round Training

Posted by Molly Powell Posted 2 months 23 days ago (EDT)
Question: What are the benefits of year round training?
 
Answer by Victor Hall, Sports Performance Coach
In today’s world of sport participation, the question isn’t should an athlete engage in  physical training but instead how much time is appropriate to devote towards improving one’s speed, strength and agility?  At Velocity Sports Performance, we believe a year round approach is best when providing athletes with the greatest opportunity for success.  
 
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Avoid back pain forever by training smart

Posted by Rett Larson Posted 3 months 21 days ago (EDT)

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Strengthen your Core Improve your Posture.

Posted by Todd Williams Posted 4 months 29 days ago (EDT)

We have all been told to “Sit up straight” or “Don’t slouch your shoulders” at some point in our lives, usually by our Parents. It turns out they were teaching us to improve our posture. Poor posture can be an indicator of a weak core. Our core muscles surround and support our spine and are responsible for maintaining good posture. These muscles are also a very important component of athletic performance. We as trainers cue our athletes to keep their back flat and draw in their belly buttons...


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ACL Tear Prevention Program

Posted by Rett Larson Posted 5 months 40 days ago (EDT)

ACL examIt’s one of the most catastrophic injuries that can happen to an athlete and we see it in the sports headlines every season. A torn ACL has taken a key player out for up to 9 months, and therefore typically marks the end of that season (and often extends into the next as well).

For many, this has significant impact on that athlete’s prospect to be recruited by college coaches which may lead to a missed opportunity to get acceptance into the school(s) of choice. And from a purely economic...


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