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Monday, July 11, 2022

πŸ‰πŸŽΎπŸ‘ Sports: Fixing Toils

(Original draft from August 19, 2015. I do not know why I originally drafted this one in this format. But, it was Olympic-inspired at the time. Some updates on 1.13.22 and 7.10.22)

Sports should include fun, competition, and work ethic. Below, my hope is that you will learn a fun way to improve difficult skills in the sports listed.


Basketball πŸ€ 

Perceived difficulty athletes have: Falling from a wicked crossover (reaction agility)
Area of difficulty: glutes, quadriceps, hamstrings
Exercise(s)/Drills to assist: Resisted snd assisted reaction-agility such as, blaze pods, change direction off a clap or other sound.
Mental preparation to get through the difficulty: Imagine getting crossed up by Kyrie, Curry, CP3, Morant, but you cover and never fall.

BMX 🚲 
Perceived difficulty athletes have: Landing from a jump or power off the start/acceleration
Area of difficulty: Upper and lower body deceleration (glutes, quadriceps, floor core & balance core, hamstrings, hips, chest, shoulders)
Exercise(s)/Drills to assist: cleans, jumps
Mental preparation to get through the difficulty: Imagine you land every type of jump in a thrill-seeking competition despite their difficulty.

Cycling 🚲 
Perceived difficulty athletes have: Hill climbs 
Area of difficulty: Quadriceps, mainly. Hamstrings and calves are in there.
Exercise(s)/Drills to assist: Rapid stationary lunges, split squat jumps
Mental preparation to get through the difficulty: Imagine a struggle and the load increases.

Field Hockey πŸ‘ 
Perceived difficulty athletes have: Ball control through traffic while running 
Area of difficulty: Hand-eye coordination, hip sequence
Exercise(s)/Drills to assist: Obstacle course with various over, under, through, and around moves, agility footwork
Mental preparation to get through the difficulty: Imagine avoiding or getting entangled



Ice Hockey πŸ’

Perceived difficulty athletes have: Skating, Edgeworth, especially in youth and high school players.
Area of difficulty: Hips, legs, glutes.
Exercise(s)/Drills to assist: Linear and lateral lunges, staggered lunges, weight shift, dynamic balance, try these is skates off the ice.
Mental preparation to get through the difficulty: Imagine yourself as a pro skating without a problem.

LacrosseπŸ₯
Perceived difficulty athletes have: Ball control, evading defenders.
Area of difficulty: wrists, forearms, shoulders.
Exercise(s)/Drills to assist: Resisted body bar cradles.
Mental preparation to get through the difficulty: Use a lacrosse stick to fish. Now, you know that is semi-fantasy. 

Mountain Biking 🚡‍♀️ 
Perceived difficulty athletes have: stamina and bike control in tight places.
Area of difficulty: lungs, hips, shoulder girdle 
Exercise(s)/Drills to assist: cross training, interval training with obstacles. 
Mental preparation to get through the difficulty: getaway through traffic-laden NYC.

Rugby πŸ‰ 
Perceived difficulty athletes have: acceleration
Area of difficulty: hips, lower body drive.
Exercise(s)/Drills to assist: resisted band sprints, sled pushes, bungee cord resistance while holding a ball.
Mental preparation to get through the difficulty: being chased by a wild animal.

Soccer ⚽️
Perceived difficulty athletes have: Ball control, stamina.
Area of difficulty: Lungs, heart, feet.
Exercise(s)/Drills to assist: Ball control obstacle course running and defending.
Mental preparation to get through the difficulty: dribbling on a rooftop without a barrier. 


Tennis 🎾

Perceived difficulty athletes have: Chasing down balls.
Area of difficulty: legs and agility, speed, weight shift.
Exercise(s)/Drills to assist: Resisted and assisted multi-directional band movements.
Mental preparation to get through the difficulty: Seeing oneself go through the game motions moving laterally, chasing hit balls.

Triathlon 🏊🏿‍♀️ 🚴🏾‍♀️πŸƒ‍♂️ 
Perceived difficulty athletes have: certain stages of the three, last kick of the run.
Area of difficulty: anaerobic endurance while finishing. 
Exercise(s)/Drills to assist: long sprints, sprints after a cardio bout.
Mental preparation to get through the difficulty: Imagine other triathlon legs such as, shop-cook-run. But, you have to please the judges with your cooking and stay within budget. You have 90 minutes.

Ultimate Frisbee 
Perceived difficulty athletes have: how to throw the Frisbee.
Area of difficulty: wrist, shoulder girdle. 
Exercise(s)/Drills to assist: form throws, form throws against the clock.
Mental preparation to get through the difficulty: driving a convertible while throwing a Frisbee, hitting every target.


Volleyball 🏐 

Perceived difficulty athletes have: well, there's block anticipation and digging from a spike. 
Area of difficulty: Hips
Exercise(s)/Drills to assist: Timed or reactionary jumps and squats
Mental preparation to get through the difficulty: The floor is sand. However, if the volleyball touches the floor, it turns to lava. Yea, you won't miss digs now.

Derek |@teemptraining |derekteempt@gmail.com 

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