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Sport Specific Training
Sports physicians, therapists, trainers and coaches readily agree that it is the
athlete with superior reactions, agility and quickness who excels in competition
and is less likely to be injured.
Straight ahead running is only a small part of performance for most sports. Rather
it is the explosive reaction movements, rapid starts and stops, direction changes,
lateral, diagonal, and backward movement skills that dominate play.
Scientific strength training is essential of course, but it’s not the big bench
press that makes the best tennis player, basketball player or football player.
Unfortunately, training programs for reaction time, agility, and quickness have
always been the hardest to design. And with the exception of simple straight-ahead
running, results have been virtually impossible to measure objectively. Yet, weaknesses
in these capabilities are certainly the most directly related to actual game performance,
as well as injuries.
In most game situations, the timing and required movement response needed to intercept
the ball or to counter an opponent’s actions cannot be predicted.
Pre-planned training activities such as agility drills using stationary cones only
train and measure a fraction of the capacities required for success on the field
or court – left untested and/or untrained are the most vital abilities: to sense
and process in response to the spontaneous events of real competition.
The reality is that the unpredictable nature of sports creates completely different
musculoskeletal stresses (pathways) than the pre-planned or controlled movement
patterns often practiced in conventional training programs. As stated above, with
cone drills, shuttle runs and similar conventional drills, the distance and direction
you must move are all known in advance unlike actual sports competition.
TRAQ trainers use TRAZER to prepare the athlete’s body and mind to improve the ability
to react and execute in response to the unpredictable events athletes experience
in competition. TRAQ programs combine TRAZER simulations with functional strength
and power training to improve agility, stamina, and explosiveness. The TRAZER Performance
Report provides the hardcore data necessary to customize each client’s training
program so as to target individual weaknesses and goals.
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