NIL deal hits Montana JUCO as Dawson Community College, Shoe Shack pair up
By: Scott Breen GLENDIVE — With name, image and likeness opportunities now evolving for college athletes, bigger universities typically come to mind. Junior colleges — not so much. But that’s now the case in Glendive thanks to one head coach and a local business. “This is the Skechers Performance GO RUN Ride 11 running shoe,” explained [...]
Plyometrics
Speed and strength are integral components of fitness found in varying degrees in virtually all athletic movements. Simply put the combination of speed and strength is power. [...]
Conditioning
One of the misconceptions in the sports world is that a sports person gets in shape by just playing or taking part in his/her chosen sport. If a stationary level of [...]
Coordination
Coordination is the topic in this installment of the 5 Key Areas of Athletic Performance.
Coordination is the ability to repeatedly execute a sequence of movements smoothly [...]
Flexibility – Mobility
What is flexibility?
Flexibility, mobility and suppleness all mean the range of limb movement around joints. In any movement there are two groups of muscles at work:
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What is Speed?
Speed, one of the 5 Key Areas of Athletic Performance, is the quickness of movement of a limb, whether this is the legs of a runner or the arm of the shot putter. Speed is an [...]
5 Key Areas – Endurance part 3
In this final installment on Endurance (one of the 5 Key Areas of athletic performance) we will introduce Speed Endurance and Strength Endurance.
Speed endurance
Speed [...]
5 Key Areas – Endurance part 2
The five key areas that contribute to improved athletic performance are Speed, Strength, Coordination, Flexibility and Endurance. The types of endurance are aerobic endurance, [...]