What if, without knowing it, we were all limited by ‘’blockages’’ in our nervous system?
What if, in the meantime, there was some techniques to get rid of those ‘’blockages’’ quickly and easily?
We could, for instance, gain a lot of force, which we could observer with manual strength tests…
Introduced to the world of training over a decade ago, agility ladders were initially a great success, but have come in for some harsh criticism in recent years. Today, people have varied opinions about them, with some using it often and others having abandoned it altogether. Between the two, we can find some reasons to use ladders from time to time, while being aware of both their advantages and their limitations.
Whether you play sport occasionally or intensively, there’s a high likelihood that you’ve experienced pain or got injured at some point in your life. Sprain, strain, overload or stress injury… If you’re too careless, you can run into a variety of obstacles to your physical well-being.
Like the forehand in tennis, the swing in golf or the flat pass in soccer, the jump shot is a technical movement of paramount importance in basketball. According to some expert coaches in the field, acquiring mastery of this movement requires one essential element: repetition. But what exactly needs to be repeated to improve shooting skill?
In the training world, machines are up to debate. Sometimes considered to be reserved for novices or for people returning to training after a long period of inactivity, they couldn’t stimulate the « stabilizing » muscles in the same way as free weights (barbell, dumbbell, kettlebell…), they would allow less freedom of movement than those kind of weight, they could be less « functional », less « specific », and would be of use only to learn the basics of a movement or to target specific muscles.
Like stretching and squatting, weightlifting is a common practice in strength & conditioning. Developing explosiveness through a powerful triple extension, improving coordination by sequencing the lower and upper body together, working on mobility, stability or dynamic balance, many are the arguments put forward to justify the use of the main movements or their derivatives.
In many sports, vertical jumping is a valuable athletic quality to have in your arsenal if you want to perform at your best. To develop it, weight training is often recommended, with the loaded Back Squat at the forefront. Although at first glance, the use of this exercise to help jump higher seems obvious, a closer examination leads us to question the real link between squat strength and vertical jumps. This article seeks to shed light on some of the answers.
For many years now, stretching has been a popular practice, both within and outside the sporting world (Babault & al, 2021; Spense, Helms & McGuigan, 2022). The proposed benefits are plentiful: increased flexibility, reduced risk of injury, improved performance and facilitated recovery. And yet, when it comes to scientific studies, current data paint a rather different picture. So, what’s the truth?
Au même titre que le coup droit au tennis, le swing au golf ou bien encore la passe plat du pied au football, le tir constitue un geste technique d’importance capitale au basket-ball. En se fiant à certains coachs experts dans le domaine, l’acquisition d’une grande maîtrise dans ce mouvement nécessite un élément essentiel : la répétition. Mais que doit-on répéter exactement pour améliorer la compétence de tir ?
Que vous fassiez du sport de manière occasionnelle ou de façon intensive, il y a de fortes probabilités pour qu’à un moment donné, dans votre vie, vous ayez connu une douleur ou une blessure. Foulure, entorse, élongation ou encore fatigue de surcharge, on peut rencontrer divers obstacles à son bien-être physique si l’on est trop imprudent.
Face à cela, une attitude réflexe que vous avez sûrement eu vous-même ou via les conseils d’un proche a été d’appliquer du froid (de la glace) sur le lieu de la douleur.
