“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
As born-again Christians, looking back at the way we used to be and comparing our old selves with our new selves can be eye-opening. Our old, sinful selves are gone, and the forgiveness we’ve received from God gives our lives new meaning.
Who would’ve imagined that the answers to the world’s problems would be found in the finished work of Jesus at the Cross? What looked like the ultimate image of defeat in a bloodied, suffering man, face marred beyond recognition—became the evidence of our salvation, our right standing with God, and ALL the blessings He has promised us in His Word.
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But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in Him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
1 John 2:5-6
There is nothing—absolutely nothing—that is more important than learning to love. In fact, how accurately you perfect the love walk will determine how much of the perfect will of God you accomplish. That’s because every other spiritual force derives its action from love. For example, the Bible teaches us that faith works by love. And answered prayer is almost an impossibility when a believer steps outside of love and refuses to forgive or is in strife with his brother.
Without love, your giving will not work. Tongues and prophecy will not work. Faith fails and knowledge is unfruitful. All the truths that you have learned from God’s Word work by love. They will profit you nothing unless you live the love of God.
First Corinthians 13:4-8 paints a perfect picture of how love behaves. It’s patient and kind. It’s not jealous or proud. It doesn’t behave rudely or selfishly and it isn’t touchy. Love “beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
Sounds like a tall order, doesn’t it? But don’t despair. You are a love creature. God has re-created your spirit in the image of love. And He has sent His love Spirit to live in you and teach you how to love as He loves. You can live the love life. Begin today.
Swing Speed: From the Floor, Through the Core Part II
Joe Bonyai, M.Ed., CSCS USAW FMS Performance Specialist
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Part I of "Swing Speed" covered the relationship of movements throughout the body during rotational actions. In the second half of this series, I'll provide a bunch of exercise descriptions and rationale aimed at developing the mobility and stability requisite for safe and powerful rotational movement.
Isolated Preparation See Figure 1
Looking back at Part I, we have A LOT of "prehab" to take care of. However, warm up routines need to be practical. Conducting a group to the ground, then to the wall, then to a physioball, then giving them mini-bands, etc, just does not work. I don't have a lot of space, and I don't think my athletes want to feel like they're being dragged around Macy's by their mother. Therefore, I like using one mat, and a couple of small pieces of equipment to get all of the prehab-type exercises done at once.
½ Kneeling 3-D Ankle Mobility using a ½ Foam Roller See Figure 2
Change the position of the foot and/or foam roller to create a poor-coach's three-dimensional ankle mobility device.
½ Kneeling Active Hip Extension with Rotation See Figure 3
Along with a ½ kneeling hip flexor mobilization, add trunk rotation to the right and left.
Split Quadruped Hip mobilization See Figure 4
I borrow these split quadruped and kneeling mobilizations from a colleague, Kevin Neeld. In this exercise below, start in a quadruped position and abduct one leg. While bracing your abs, walk your hands forward and actively extend the hips into an anterior rock. Then, walk your hands back, pushing yourself into a posterior rock. ........Join StrengthCoach.com to keep reading watch videos, and connect with our coaches today!
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Craig Edwards- Strength and Conditioning Coach University Of New Hampshire
I had this Friday off so I decided to put together a quick little brain-dump on in-season training with hockey players. Nothing new or outside the box, but some good reminders for other coaches working with hockey as well as a lot at what we are doing on a weekly basis.
#1: Don't Underestimate the Importance of Diaphragmatic Breathing
“If breathing isn't normalized no other movement pattern will be.” Karl Lewit
This is simple: diaphragmatic breathing is probably the simplest and easiest thing we can perform with our athletes when it comes to changing and improving movement and performance.
Proper respiration leads to better posture. Better posture leads to an athlete that is more resilient to injury and leads to better performance. More resilient + better performance = better athlete. Don't miss out on the low hanging fruit.
I can say one thing with confidence about training an athlete to bench 225 for reps. Throw your coaching techniques out the window. What does that mean? Lets take a look.... keep reading
I'm not a big ebook fan these days. However a piece in Mike Robertson's newsletter piqued my interest. Mike mentioned how much he liked Jim Wendler's 5-3-1 ebook.... keep reading
Damian Lillard totaled a game-high 30 points (9-21 FG, 5-11 3pt FG), to go with 4 assists for the Trail Blazers in the victory. Russell Westbrook passed Oscar Robertson and tied Wilt Chamberlain for the 6th-most triple-doubles in NBA Playoffs history as he registered his 9th career playoff triple-double, finishing with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the Thunder in a 104-99 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of this best-of-7 series. With this triple-double, Westbrook has passed Oscar Robertson and tied Wilt Chamberlain for the 6th-most triple-doubles in NBA Playoffs history. With the win, the Trail Blazers take a 1-0 series lead with Game 2 set to take place on Tuesday, April 16th at 10:30 p.m. ET on TNT. For news, stories, highlights and more, go to our official website at http://www.nba.com
Sean Hayes-Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning for Olympic Sports at the University of Georgia.
Strength and conditioning professionals are always looking for new ideas and ways to be creative in their program design while emphasizing sport specific drills. I was looking through some of my old conditioning workouts and came across my basketball pattern runs/metabolic conditioning. Since Pre-season basketball is upon us and every program, from high school to college, is getting ready for the upcoming season to start, I thought that this was a good time to share them with everyone. Now, before I go any further, I can not take credit for the original concept for these pattern runs. I just adapted them to best fit what my goals were for the teams I was working with at the time.
Just so we are all on the same page, I will call them pattern runs throughout this explanation. These pattern runs are set up with specific yardage with basketball specific movements to help prepare the athlete for the upcoming season. It is very important to stress to the athlete to perform each movement in the sequence to the finest of detail. I am a big believer in that the athlete must be able to perform the movement with excellent technique as fast as possible, while keeping control of their body while in motion.
This is a quick overview on how to perform the pattern runs and to read each sequence with the best work to rest ratio. Sequence one and two the work to rest ratio is 1:1 and has lower total yardage then sequence three and four which has a work to rest ratio of 1:2. The number at the end of each pattern represents the total number of yards for that movement.
I am a big fan of team work and communication on the court. With that said, here is how I would use the patterns with a team. Split your players up into pairs and provide a copy of the pattern runs for each group. This is a great opportunity to work on team communication due to the fact that they need to read off each sequence to their teammate while there are six or seven other groups running at the same time. By having them communicate with each other while fatigued in a loud and chaotic environment, we are creating a way to simulate a game-day situation. I have always positioned myself at mid court during this type of conditioning to provide encouragement and coaching as well as controlling the rest periods.
I decided to write these tips after being asked to help at a local indoor football tryout. I was amazed how many athletes were not in a proper stance for the 40 yard dash. I knew I could not make any difference in strength in such a short period of time, but sometimes some refining in technique can help with an adequate base of strength. I told one guy to make sure he fires of off both feet and to make sure his first step is horizontal not vertical. He used those cues and dropped his 40 yard dash from a 4.78 to a 4.68. I wanted to share these tips with you because I know I was once misinformed about how to perform at my best in this test. I have to thank Coach Defranco because the tips I practiced from his Mastering the Combine DVD helped me run a 4.30 40. I hope you find this useful and feel free to contact me with any questions. ... ........Join StrengthCoach.com to keep reading
This 70-minute program features instruction by former University of Arizona Head Coach Jerry Stitt. The video provides progressive step-by-step instruction of throwing, fielding and hitting fundamentals.
Part 1 covers gripping the baseball, throwing progressions, and proper technique and footwork . It includes some movement and throwing drills which will help players to master this often neglected part of the game. It is essential to teach players how to deliver the ball to their target accurately and consistently.
Part 2 covers fielding fundamentals and drills for both infielders and outfielders. The players learn glove mechanics, body positioning, footwork, how to turn the double play, communicating with teammates, and more! Practicing these fielding concepts and drills will help players to dramatically reduce the number of fielding errors.
Part 3 covers essential hitting mechanics and drills. Coach Stitt provides a detailed explanation and demonstration of the elements of a good swing. Learn the four things that all great hitters have in common. You will also learn how to put the ball in play and avoid common errors.
Coach Stitt provides progressive drills to work on in the batting cages. He also presents some hitting drills that can be used on the playing field to provide players with numerous repetitions and keep everyone involved. This comprehensive program will help coaches and players to establish the proper foundation necessary to be successful in baseball at any level.
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I believe strongly in the benefits of speed training for all athletes, including pitchers. Proper speed training helps improve the stretch reflex, enhances coordination, aids in increasing all around ... keep reading
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Training Basketball Players
Charlie Weingroff-Director Of Physical Performance and Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Canada Men's Basketball
Last week when we posted Charlie's Phase 1 basketball training program, we also posted a few links to things he has written about training. A lot of people do not click the links, however, so we decided to repost his writing in text form. There is a lot of wisdom in this stuff.
Matt Sharky in the UK has been given a great opportunity to direct the training of his country's top junior basketball players from U19 down to U13. This is a tremendous opportunity to represent his country and develop young people that regularly populate the D1 teams in the United States. At his request and my privilege, I will provide some prevailing thoughts that I think are critical in training basketball players.
1. Mobility and Stability
As I warned Matt, my views may not seem as basketball-centric as some would expect. I think athletes are athletes, and from a foundational level, human movement is the same for everyone involved. Obviously the Joint by Joint prevails, but there are singular impacts to the Joint by Joint that I think are more prevalent in basketball players.
One is the height of the players. Bottom line is that a longer lever is harder to control. No matter if it's a long femur, longer humerus or spine, length requires more stability. When the muscular and neuro-muscular systems are challenged as they are in these under- or poorly training individuals, the body will rely on bony approximation and ligamentous strain for stability as well as shifts in tone away stabilizers, creating tension in mobilizers such as the hip flexors, hamstrings, calves, etc., all the places we typically see "tightness." Coming from the 5 foot nothing walking fire hydrant, having long levers is not the devil's spit. Longer levers typically come with bigger hands (better to grip you with) and bigger frames like shoulder girdle which provide better angles to buttress the spine.
The second point regarding mobility and stability is that most basketball players are what Gray would call OverPowered Athletes. These folks have a Ferrari engine in a '72 Beetle frame. The gap between high level basketball players and also-rans is very, very large. The guys that Matt is going to be working with are gifted. They have inordinate fast-twitch fibers andare beyond capable of outrunning their foundational movement dysfunction. Basically, they can still run and jump through the roof at elite levels despite the destruction they are doing to their joints. Now with the adolescents Matt is going to be working with, he can impact their strength and power. But even the U19 guys, he might already be looking at 35-42? verts. They aren't going to be going any higher. Their durability is going to be where he can help the most. He will have to respect that even when/if strength and power can be enhanced, it must be within the framework of their Functional Performance Pyramid. Whether it's using the FMS or not, I expect training mobility and stability will be the first governor on his players' success.
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