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Strength and Conditioning is essential for athletes, not only to optimise performance, but also to reduce the risk of injury. Discuss this statement.
From my research I have learnt that appropriate conditioning is essential not only to optimise performance, but also to reduce the risk of injury. Research has demonstrated that strength and conditioning training not only improves performance in strength, power and speed related sports and activities but also in endurance based sports and activities.
In most sports, it is not the maximum force produced that determines success, it is the strength that can be produced explosively. The best athletes are not always the strongest but are often the most explosive. Even in highly skilled
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I do think that every player can benefit from strength and conditioning only in the last 3-5 years have teams got in a strength and conditioning coach is there a need to get one or are clubs being peer pressured into getting them as rival clubs may have them. Arguably they all preach the same gospel probably all work on the same areas and probably do all the same fitness tests. My club teams strength and conditioning coach is a guy called Mikey Kiely from ballybrown in limerick he has also worked with clare U21 all Ireland winning team and was with the limerick footballers last year and this year coming he along with being our strength and conditioning coach also is the limerick academy (U14-U18) hurlers strength and conditioning coach as well as the LIT fitzgibon coach I put the point to him about those strength and conditioning “not only to optimise performance, but also to reduce the risk of injury” we talked about this and both had pros and cons to this statement my argument was that each person is unique in their own way and that no two people are the same so therefore each person needs their own tailored gym program he …show more content…
The heading on the article was DEMAND ON GAA PLAYERS? DOES MORE TRAINING LEAD TO GREATER SUCCESS? This article is about the tyrone football team that Mickey Harte managed to go on and win All Ireland in 2003,2005,3008 the article starts off saying that to be a GAA intercounty player you have to be extremity committed and you have to stand out from your average club player. Is strength and conditioning a major part to play in becoming a top athlete? Or do you just naturally have it. I said to Mikey if myself personally think that you are born into certain things like running, sprinting, swimming we both used usain bolt is a freak of nature. I then said that GAA players play the fastest field game in the world so do be at the elite level you obviously have to have very good flexibility and mobility he agreed I then went on to say does your average club player and your very good county player do the same exercises? Do they do the same winter training? Do they do the same warm up prior to matches? He said no but they are similar he said that intercounty players are fitter and more skilled and equipped than your average club player therefore the level of strength and conditioning needs to be higher at an Elite Athlete level. As we talked more about the article he said that training in the last three to four years has increased dramatically and that it seems to
All athletes regardless of age, gender, genetics or sport can benefit from effective training. It is important that the selected training improves the body’s ability to perform tasks associated with the chosen
The relationship between the principles of training and physiological adaptations has a significant impact on performance. Many factors need to be addressed in a training program to make it a successful one for a particular athlete and thus improve their performance.
The effort that they put into the sport or activity determines who they will become and how far they will get in the
Athletes ask a lot of their body’s majority of the year, but during preseason the athlete’s body can be pushed to its limits. Many coaches will try to get as many and as much out of their practices during the allotted time period. While coaches have the best intentions in mind in making their team the most successful they possibly can, this can result in them losing sight of the health of their athletes. Preseason can be a psychologically and physically taxing time for athletes and athletic trainers should do their part in making sure that they are not being pushed past the limits of what is considered to be healthy (di Fronso, Nakamura, Bortoli, Robazza, and Bertollo, 2013). Preseason is a very physically enduring time of year and athletic trainers
Many people are more active today than they were many years ago. Injury prevention and diagnosis plays a big role in today’s society. Preventing an injury is important for many athletes all over the world, and for people that are physically active. Preventing injuries can benefit an athlete in the long run. Athletic trainers help athletes and physically active people stay healthy for what they do on a daily basis.
The field of Athletic Training is a never-ending learning experience. This career can be very time demanding and some may find themselves on their feet for majority of the workday. Always being on the move can be hard to gather new information, or new ways to benefit the skills acquired in this field. Athletic Training is a very broad field, which contains skills, methods, and research. Athletic Trainers (ATs) are health care providers for those who are injured. Most people recognize ATs as first responders in professional sports, collegiate sports, and high school sports. What some people may not know is that ATs collaborate with physicians to provide them with the primary diagnostic when the injury occurred. Other services that ATs provide
Many athletes are praised for their performances in middle school and high school; however, when they realize they have made it to pay at a college level they tend to relax. Because of the constant praise athletes get an ego and tend to think because they are the best they do not have to try as hard as others on the team (or other athletes in general). They stop grinding (or putting in work) because they think they have already made it and their job is done. Some people are not as fast, skilled, or talented as other, but if you put work in you can still make it. Eric says that while others are relaxing and taking it easy while you are grinding soon enough you are going to pass them and become better than them. You have the drive and drive can
Physical matureness by and large cause a normal growth in strength, quickness, and size which are significant traits for sport success but the only thing youth sports reveal to us is that some players are maturing more rapidly than others. At the youth level being bigger, stronger, and faster are typically all that is required to stand out in a group of less prepared underdeveloped athletes. But it is not a pure marker in terms of who is really the most gifted
What many people fail to see in an athlete is the amount of talent in them, the commitment they have, the intense training they go through, and the competitive attitude they posses. The physical challenges they face and endure is astonishing. An average person works eight hours a day behind a desk with his computer. Imagine working the same number of hours everyday while training your abilities, maintaining your physical form, and sharpening your skills (Anonymous par. 4). That is what a professional athlete endures. Athletes face short career lengths. They also face a lot of competitiveness; therefore, an athlete is at the top of his game when he is still young. Professional athletes also face the risk of career ending injuries when they are fighting to win a game and be the best they can. Combining all those problems they face, the average career length of an athlete is five years (Keown par. 2). Not only do these athletes need to stay in shape, but they also have to perform well. But all the hard works leads to health issues such as lack of sleep, fatigue, and continuous tension (Wilson par.3). If they are not able to put up to the
Although many strength and conditioning programs have been developed to help player strength their arms to reduce the risk of injury many players still get hurt. These strength and
This is a worrying and crucial fact as the athlete in this program is aged 25 and it makes it vitally important that he recovers fully and is given sufficient time in order to do this. Strength and Conditioning, as well as sports nutrition have been chosen as the two areas to focus on in this training program.
What I already know about injury prevention recovery is that it is very important to anyone who is interested in sustaining good health and longevity to their future goals and dreams. Bodybuilding, health and fitness are all life styles that, in order to achieve great success, will take time. I know injury prevention is just as important as going to the gym and training with weights. I know there are certain ways to do things for certain workouts and that everything has to be done with a purpose. Everything is important about maintaining safety while weight training, from injury prevention to injury recovery. What I already know is that there are certain steps to take before and after a workout that have an important purpose.
Along with the two short-term goals, the athletes and coaches will adhere to two long-term goals. The first of the two goals is to reestablish a team environment of trust and support for individuals with injuries. Reestablishing this trust and rapport will not happen over night and it will take time to get the entire team out of the habit of thinking taking a rest day is bad. This needs to be maintained and upheld in large part to the coaching staff so as not to revert back into old habits; with leadership and understanding of those that suffer injuries, the athletes will follow suit. To follow this, the teams second long term goal is to reduce the number of overtraining injuries that are sustained. In re-working the culture of the team it
Think of your national athletics team at the Olympics. All the individuals in it are exceptionally talented – but at different things. The javelin thrower is able to throw his javelin powerfully and release it from his grasp at exactly the right time; the marathon runner has phenomenal endurance; and the sprinter has powerful leg muscles so that she can explode out of the starting blocks.
As a powerlifter, I am continuously prompted to assess my physical condition at any given time. This awareness is very crucial because it has helped me balance the degree that I increase the intensity of my workout to get stronger with the appropriate recovery time that allows my muscles to recuperate. As the complexity of my workout progresses, my overall physical development follows suit. Knowing that advancement in the weight room is enhanced through awareness, I greatly utilize this understanding of growth when considering my intellectual progression.