Medicine Ball Core Twist Pass
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Medicine Ball Core Twist Pass

The Medicine Ball Core Twist Pass is a plyometric exercise for beginners to develop neural pathways for explosive shots, body control and coordination. The Medicine Ball Core Twist Pass may be implemented to improve core power. The focus is on explosiveness, rather than the total amount of resistance being used. Therefore, you want to emphasize…

Medicine Ball Heavy Scoop Throw
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Medicine Ball Heavy Scoop Throw

The Medicine Ball Heavy Scoop Throw is a ballistic exercise for beginners to improve energy transfer, neural pathways for explosive jumps, body control and coordination. The focus of the Scoop Throw is explosiveness and powerful throwing motion rather than the total amount of resistance being used. We also want to emphasize the speed of the…

Medicine Ball Heavy Bomb Throw
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Medicine Ball Heavy Bomb Throw

The Medicine Ball Heavy Bomb Throw is a ballistic exercise for beginners to improve energy transfer, neural pathways for explosive jumps, body control and coordination. The focus of the Medicine Ball Heavy Bomb Throw is explosiveness and powerful throwing motion. Instead of the total amount of resistance being used. You also want to emphasize the…

Tennis Plyometric Training: Optimizing Neural Pathways
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Tennis Plyometric Training: Optimizing Neural Pathways

Tennis plyometric training focuses on optimizing neural pathways for maximum power output by maximizing contact transition speed. During tennis plyometric training the emphasis is on optimizing neural pathways. The athlete accelerates the speed of the movement so that it almost becomes reflexive in nature. To do this the resistance has to be lower than that…

Enhancing Speed Economy via Speed Ladder Drills
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Enhancing Speed Economy via Speed Ladder Drills

Enhancing speed economy, which assure that minimal excess energy is expended (wasted) to perform the athletic movement, is an important factor in improving the athlete’s footwork, speed, agility and quickness (SAQ). Enhancing Speed Economy Speed economy gains can be realized with the help of: Balance & Stability Training Functional Training Strength for Performance Training Stride…