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Long Arc Quad with Ankle Pump laq

For long arc quad with ankle pump, go ahead and straighten the knee all the way out. When you get it all the way straightened out, bring the toes up toward the nose and keep it there. Hold real strong and then point it down, up and down ten times.

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Long Arc Quad with Ankle Pump With Weight laq

For long arc quad with ankle pump with weight, straighten the knee all the way out. Hold it there. Bring the ankle up and down while you keep the knee perfectly straight. Repeat that ten times.

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Diaphragmatic Breathing -- Tall Kneeling

For diaphragmatic breathing in tall kneeling, place one hand on your chest and one hand on your stomach.Take a deep breath in and you should feel all the movement coming from your stomach, so the hand on your chest should not move at all, while the one on your stomach moves out forward.

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B Skip

Hey everybody. In this video we're going to be discussing B Skipping. This will be very similar to the B Marching we did in the previous video, except we're adding a skip to it now. So we're going to do is ask our athlete to get into the starting position and to review for this drill, we're going to...

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Diaphragmatic Breathing -- Hands & Knees breathing

 For diaphragmatic breathing on your hands and knees, you're going to take a deep breath in  and your stomach should go down  toward the floor.  You want to think about  like you're filling a bowl.  Your chest should say nice and still.  

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Tuck Jump Assessment
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Shoulder Extension Range of Motion rom shoulder

 

All right. Now we're going to measure shoulder extension range of motion. Our athlete’s going to be in the prone position with the head in neutral. And we're going to still use our same seize grip stabilizing position. This time I'm going to have my thumb on the backside of the scapula, and my fi...

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Isometric Shoulder Flexion flexion shoulder

For shoulder flexion isometrics, place a towel underneath your arm and then get your shoulder blades down and back with really good posture. Then bend your elbow so it's at 90 degrees and push into the doorframe for 10s. Relax and repeat. 

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Lower Body Extension Rolling

 

For lower body extension rolling start with both arms overhead. For this rolling pattern, you're going to keep your arms and your upper body completely still like you can't move them. You're going to begin the pattern by bringing the leg over and across your body, while keeping the upper body rel...

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Diaphragmatic Breathing - On Back breathing

For diaphragmatic breathing,  go ahead and put one hand on your chest  and one hand on your stomach and take a deep breath in.  We want all the movement to be coming from the stomach,  so your hand on your chest should be staying nice and still,  while the one on your stomach is moving up toward ...

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Upper Body Flexion Rolling upper body

I use upper body flexion rolling as a proxy for testing inner core timing. It also is the fundamental pattern of flexion, rotation, and single leg balance.

For upper body rolling both arms overhead and then bring your one arm so it's at a 90 degree angle and you're going to roll, keeping your legs ...

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Discharge Testing: Why I Didn’t Do It discharge testing medbridge return to sport

I remember him vividly.

He was a cantankerous old farmer. You know the type. Rough and rugged exterior but would do anything for anyone at the drop of a hat. At 72, he was still working on the farm daily.

He’d had a total hip replacement and was resistant to physical therapy from the beginning. 

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