Many coaches think a warm up consists of a few laps and a few stretching exercises. Many strength and conditioning coaches are realizing that sport specific warm ups, flexibility exercises, specific strength exercises and mental preparation are all crucial parts of pre-game preparation. Christopher Cramer has developed a strength and conditioning program with an emphasis on movement to prevent injuries for athletes and non-athletes. Cramer is young but has a degree in exercise science and a former high school and college athlete. He developed a training program without weights but through multi-directional movement, reducing the injuryrate by 30 percent.
Strength and Conditioning Prevent Injuries
Many times strength and conditioning coaches take a “cookie cutter” approach to warm-ups, strengthening and flexibility. Fitness is a very personal thing and coaches have to work on an individual needs assessment to prescribe exercises for each player or a group of players. Particularly, young players, teenagers and women have specific strength and conditioning needs that have to be addressed individually or small groups. Many times, it’s not the larger muscle groups that need strengthening but the smaller ones inside the joints. To prevent joint injuries and strengthen them, specific exercises must be implemented.
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