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Junior Athletes and Nutrition; Better Talk to the Parents

With the growing degree of professionalism being expanded in sports aspects such as Nutrition are now commonplace in off court education sessions. Many programs invest significant monies into promoting good nutrition and maintaining a healthy lifestyle in addition to an athlete needing to compete. Nutritionist featured on most regular season payrolls within professional programs just the same as sports psychologists,

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1000 MPH Recovery Conditioning Drill

The 1000 MPH Recovery Conditioning Drill is a great activity or helping develop a team’s stamina and perseverance. The drill focuses on repeated and constant physical pressure on players to perform the desired skills even under fatigued conditions. As a bye product of this challenge the 1000 MPH Recovery Conditioning Drill provides an opportunity for a team to overcome adversity and develop some ownership over their performances no matter how small the effort based activity.

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Agility for Basketball

Many coaches would argue that strength is the key to success in athletics today and not Agility. However, since most programs incorporate strength training, the edge has shifted to athletic programs that not only weight train but incorporate agility training and drills into their conditioning programs.

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Health Related Components of Fitness and Basketball

The Health related components of fitness form one half of the components of fitness. The other group of components of fitness are called skill related. The Health related components of fitness include Body Composition, Cardiovascular Fitness, Flexibility, Muscle Endurance and Strength.

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Four Things to Make your Team Warm-up Better

Every coach has to have a team Warm-up and cool-down. With modern developments into sports research training techniques the warm-up is one of the most discussed elements of any training session. For many coaches this period of time however tends to be like a room for rent; great to have but doesn’t really fulfill anything of significance.

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