LAD Performance- The Weekly Dose
Here are 7 things that you should be doing weekly.. Part 1!
Another Episode of The Weekly Dose!
Every week I set out to help educate you on movement practices and principles that will enable you to become a better athlete. Whether you are a high school athlete or a 75 year old grandparent trying to keep up with your grandkids, this email will have value!
Today I am going to provide 7 simple things that you should be doing weekly to develop your athleticism. In today’s email we will talk about the first 3.
If you want to move better for general well being, movement efficiency and recovery you are in for a treat.
- Game play (could be your sport)
- Creative movement exploration
- Coiling work
Isometric holds
- Foot and pronation training
- Rolling &/or crawling
- Breath work
Of this list we have talked through isometric holds and foot pronation training so we won’t touch on them a whole lot. If you do want to find out more on these you can head on over to our website where we house all of the past TWD emails. Check that out here:
Game play is important for a few different reasons. One is motor learning. I love using these with our athletes because they help to develop skills faster. It requires fast and on the fly problem solving which you don’t get from other types of training. Particularly gamifying change of direction or sprints is something that I do almost daily. Another reason is that it restores the mental state of an athlete as well as their nervous system.
Here are 3 different games that we use:
Creative Movement Exploration is meant to enhance feeling and sensation rather than restricting athletes to a box of positions. We do this nearly every training session. I love using music with this. We perform a series of mixed movements that are completely indiviual to the athlete. It allows them to learn to sense and feel what they “have” rather than force predetermined positions.
Here are 3 examples that we use:
Coiling work is anything that causes a hip-shoulder twist and separation. When performing these we are looking at the “pressure canister” aka your lungs and lower abdomen. How can we load and unload this pressure canister. This is certainly an under-stated portion of movement. Learning to get more torque and load efficiently is a result of understanding this concept of coiling
Below you will find an example of this coil in movement. David Weck is a great resource if you want to dive deeper into this. More to come on coiling in the weeks to come…
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