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Landed on my feet while doing drills. Pad cover was not secured, so my foot went between the pads and hit the gym floor. Tore ligaments in my ankle and lost an entire season.

Yes, a standard bungee and velcro wraps would work fine.

http://cableorganizer.com/wire-wrap/ has wraps for pretty cheap. They are 8". If that is not long enough to get around the standard just loop two together.

Stavhoppare has many good points regarding the development of speed/power. I think one element of speed that is often overlooked in these discussions is efficiency. If you have great stride length and turnover, but poor mechanics you are not utilizing your full speed potential. Poor mechanics in you...

These are great fundamental exercises. If you are not doing these or something similar, why not? Can you do all of them easily? I do these plus a couple more. When possible, I incorporate a physioball (PB). This is the inflatable 50-65 cm diameter exercise balls that many gyms now have. The PB adds ...

Track down the book called Core Performance by Mark Verstegen. Read it and you will know more about proper functional training than 99% of the people at any gym. Balance, muscles working in coordination, proprioception, are all covered along with a base program on how to do functional exercises. Als...

Thanks for the replys. They are all consistent with my interpretation of the rules.

We had a league coach try the "one run for every three heights passed". I didn't buy it.

Article 15 of the NFHS rules states an athlete is permitted one warm-up jump if they have passed three consecutive heights.

If an athlete has passed six consecutive heights do they get two warm-up jumps?

my blister just popped three days ago, and after cleaning it, i tried to jump on it today. I took one jump and the pain was so bad i couldnt hold onto the pole. Now it is basically a big, bloody, sore hole in my hand and I still have a few weeks of track to go... what do i do??? Help!! In an emerge...

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To all, Based on many years of coaching and education the dynamic warmups is essential for learning to run properly and getting the body ready for strenuous running activities. My masters athletes use them as a workout, the younger ones use them as a warmup. I have developed the procedure to accomp...