Hello Everyone!
Today's athletes are playing year-round and are NOT developing into better athletes.
WHY?
Because playing more games with the same skills you have always had does not develop you into better athlete.
Look at some of today's athletic super stars such as Tiger Woods and Venus & Serena Williams who are famous for practicing for hours and hours. Especially when they were younger, they would spend long tedious hours honing their skills. Check out Secrets of Greatness and learn more about some of today's "greats" practice habits.
At AGSP we see a lot of athletes that play a lot more than they practice and are frustrated at their lack of skill development.
You CAN'T develop skills if you DON'T practice.
You CAN'T become faster if your DON'T practice proper running mechanics.
You CAN'T become more agile if you DON'T practice proper agility mechanics.
You CAN'T play your way into becoming a better athlete if you DON'T take time to develop better skills.
Now I know a lot of athletes and parents reading this are going to be thinking, "but everybody plays in leagues year-round...I need to stay in the loop." If you have the courage and patience to break the trend and practice better skills instead of playing with the same skills you have, soon enough everybody will be wanting to do what your doing.
Keep Training!
Coach Amanda Kephart
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tip #5: Stabilize Your Core
Hello Everyone!
Core is all the craze right now, but in all honestly, core stability is the real deal.
Read that again, core stability is the real deal.
I didn't say six-pack abs are the real deal.
I didn't say 1,000 crunches are the real deal.
I didn't say ab machines are the real deal.
Core stability is the real deal.
Athlete's Transverse Abdominis (TA) need to be strong and stable. If you can't stabilize your core you CAN'T get the most out of your movement. Whether that is running, jumping, or playing your sport (just to name a few).
How do you develop a healthy stable TA? You have to do the "non-sexy" core exercises such as core bridges, hip pops, glute bridges, side core bridges, etc.
Focus your core training on stabilization to hit the hidden TA, stop wasting your time doing crunches.
Keep Training!
Coach Amanda Kephart
Core is all the craze right now, but in all honestly, core stability is the real deal.
Read that again, core stability is the real deal.
I didn't say six-pack abs are the real deal.
I didn't say 1,000 crunches are the real deal.
I didn't say ab machines are the real deal.
Core stability is the real deal.
Athlete's Transverse Abdominis (TA) need to be strong and stable. If you can't stabilize your core you CAN'T get the most out of your movement. Whether that is running, jumping, or playing your sport (just to name a few).
How do you develop a healthy stable TA? You have to do the "non-sexy" core exercises such as core bridges, hip pops, glute bridges, side core bridges, etc.
Focus your core training on stabilization to hit the hidden TA, stop wasting your time doing crunches.
Keep Training!
Coach Amanda Kephart
Monday, January 19, 2009
ACL Prevention
Hello Everyone!
Recently I spoke at the Stow Booster Club about ACL Prevention and how anyone can identify high risk characteristics for ACL injury (in themselves and others), along with a few simple ways to help decrease these risk factors.
For a complimentary copy of this presentation, click HERE.
Learn:
Coach Amanda Kephart
Recently I spoke at the Stow Booster Club about ACL Prevention and how anyone can identify high risk characteristics for ACL injury (in themselves and others), along with a few simple ways to help decrease these risk factors.
For a complimentary copy of this presentation, click HERE.
Learn:
- What an ACL injury is
- What an ACL injury means to you
- Risk Factors you can NOT control
- Risk Factors you CAN control (including the #1 risk factor in both men and women)
- Sample of exercises that help with ACL prevention
Coach Amanda Kephart
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Another Adult Performance Time!
Hello Everyone!
Do to popular demand, AGMC Sports Performance is adding an evening adult performance class to Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7:30 PM!
Effective immediately.
Workout hard. Workout smart. Workout better.
Keep Training!
Coach Amanda Kephart
Do to popular demand, AGMC Sports Performance is adding an evening adult performance class to Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7:30 PM!
Effective immediately.
Workout hard. Workout smart. Workout better.
Keep Training!
Coach Amanda Kephart
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Tip #4: LIFT! Use it or Lose it!
Hello Everyone!
A lot of athletes think they can get after it in the weight room in the off-season, stop lifting during pre-season and in-season, and expect to keep all of their off-season earned strength and power while they compete.
WRONG!
Our bodies detrain (lose muscle mass, strength, and power) at amazing speeds. In as little as two weeks of no lifting a noticeable amount of strength and power is gone. Go another two weeks without lifting and watch as your hard earned muscle shrinks away.
Click this ---> For Research Articles about Detraining
YOU HAVE TO LIFT YEAR ROUND.
The more lifts you can fit into your schedule, even around the busiest times of your sport, the better.
When do you want to be your strongest, fastest, and most powerful?
A) At the beginning of the season (right after your off-season)
OR
B) At tournament time
I'd hope every athlete reading this would say (B).
Without continual lifts you can never achieve that.
LIFT HARD. LIFT SMART. LIFT OFTEN.
Keep Training!
Coach Amanda Kephart
A lot of athletes think they can get after it in the weight room in the off-season, stop lifting during pre-season and in-season, and expect to keep all of their off-season earned strength and power while they compete.
WRONG!
Our bodies detrain (lose muscle mass, strength, and power) at amazing speeds. In as little as two weeks of no lifting a noticeable amount of strength and power is gone. Go another two weeks without lifting and watch as your hard earned muscle shrinks away.
Click this ---> For Research Articles about Detraining
YOU HAVE TO LIFT YEAR ROUND.
The more lifts you can fit into your schedule, even around the busiest times of your sport, the better.
When do you want to be your strongest, fastest, and most powerful?
A) At the beginning of the season (right after your off-season)
OR
B) At tournament time
I'd hope every athlete reading this would say (B).
Without continual lifts you can never achieve that.
LIFT HARD. LIFT SMART. LIFT OFTEN.
Keep Training!
Coach Amanda Kephart
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