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14 Apr Soccer Core Stability

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The first exercise in this video is shielding the soccer ball. It is important to instruct the player to get low, keep a wide base of support, and to keep the core engaged in order to maintain balance. Also, the player on the ball should...

14 Apr Soccer Specific Plyometrics Drills

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The first exercise shows a double leg forward hop, a lateral hop taking off from both legs but landing on the outside leg, and then a SL forward hop to receive the ball. In soccer, being able to control the body during a lateral movement...

14 Apr Soccer Specific Strengthening

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In this video I demonstrate strengthening exercises that can be implemented as part of a comprehensive program to help reduce risk of injury. The first exercise is the Nordic Hamstring Curl, which is an eccentric hamstring exercise that has been shown to help reduce the risk...

14 Apr Soccer Single Leg Stability

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In this video, I demonstrate a few single leg (SL) stability exercises utilizing a soccer ball and employing some common soccer techniques. The first exercise is a simple volleying drill. We challenge the SL stability more by not allowing the player to place his or her...

14 Apr DNS 90/90 Roll

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Here's a FANTASTIC exercise to work on the INTEGRATED CORE STABILIZATION SYSTEM [ICSS]. This exercise gets it’s origins from Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization [DNS] . How to Perform: - Quality over Quantity. Go slow. Do it right - Try to roll as a COMPLETE UNIT. Your arms, legs, head -...

14 Apr Nordic Hamstring Curl Regression Using The Lat Pull Down Machine

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Don't have a gym partner to hold your ankles down? We'll you're in luck. Head on over the lat pull down machine and give yourself a couple pounds of assistance! . Why do this exercise? #Hamstring #PREHAB! . The best evidence supporting decreased hamstring re-injury is the incorporation of...

14 Apr Side Plank Disassociation

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We are HUGE ADVOCATES of the side plank and have highlighted this exercise as well as many variations of it prior. Briefly, the side plank has THE HIGHEST GLUTE MED EMG ACTIVITY OF ANY BODY WEIGHT EXERCISE. The glutes are so important to low back...

14 Apr Advanced Bird Dog Variations

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Are bird dogs so easy for you that you now find them pointless? Try out these 3 microprogressions for the starting quadruped position to really give your core and glutes a stability challenge. . 1) Put your hands closer together. This narrows your base of support, and...

14 Apr Clean Form – All Things First Pull

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When considering the concept of stability before mobility during movement, the squat clean is no exception. If a movement begins in a stable manner, more often than not the rest of the sequence will fall into place. In the setup of the squat clean: the athlete’s...

14 Apr Push Up Plus Vs The Wall Slide

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The push up plus has been demonstrated to have one of the HIGHEST EMG LEVELS of ANY SERRATUS ANTERIOR EXERCISE and should be a stable of your (P)REHAB routines. In addition to having high serratus anterior (SA) activation, it also has EXTREMELY LOW UPPER TRAPEZIUS...