Recently I've been researching what players do to prepare themselves to play, either a game or practice. I've stumbled on an easy, effective, well researched tactic that can get your guys in the right frame of mind and body to perform at their best.
As I've bounced around looking at different theories, there is one author that has a lot to say about athletics, and I don't think she mentions sports in her writing and talks but a few times. More on her later, what she has to say is really important to you as a human being, and to your players as people trying to get their bodies to perform at their best.
But the tactic is simple: jump rope. Yeah, jump rope. Now, I know that all of you know the positive conditioning effect jumping rope has on a player. It makes them faster and more coordinated. But there is a mental positive to it to. You may want to read what this author has to say on this so I'll post this author's blog here pretty soon.
Here's a link to a video if you're interested
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/massai-dance/4f6204fb6380738a5ff54f6204fb6380738a5ff5-527747711849?q=african+jumping+dance&FORM=VIRE7
Essentially what happens is that when a player jumps rope, she becomes more grounded, more in tune with her body, her mind and body work together more efficiently. There's a fusion that occurs.
So I've been doing a little experiment. I've asked one of your players, the one who is probably the least athletic right now because he is taller and has not outgrown his gangliness yet, to jump rope before every practice and every game. The sessions before practice are pretty intense, I think he's up to about 750 jumps right now and he's shooting for about 2500 jumps. And before every game, about 30-45 minutes before, he will do have of what his daily routine is at that point. So the other day before a game he jumped about 300.
I can see a dramatic difference in his game play. He's more active, alert, and productive. We will be getting into more of this later, but this is something you should consider trying.
As I've bounced around looking at different theories, there is one author that has a lot to say about athletics, and I don't think she mentions sports in her writing and talks but a few times. More on her later, what she has to say is really important to you as a human being, and to your players as people trying to get their bodies to perform at their best.
But the tactic is simple: jump rope. Yeah, jump rope. Now, I know that all of you know the positive conditioning effect jumping rope has on a player. It makes them faster and more coordinated. But there is a mental positive to it to. You may want to read what this author has to say on this so I'll post this author's blog here pretty soon.
Here's a link to a video if you're interested
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/massai-dance/4f6204fb6380738a5ff54f6204fb6380738a5ff5-527747711849?q=african+jumping+dance&FORM=VIRE7
Essentially what happens is that when a player jumps rope, she becomes more grounded, more in tune with her body, her mind and body work together more efficiently. There's a fusion that occurs.
So I've been doing a little experiment. I've asked one of your players, the one who is probably the least athletic right now because he is taller and has not outgrown his gangliness yet, to jump rope before every practice and every game. The sessions before practice are pretty intense, I think he's up to about 750 jumps right now and he's shooting for about 2500 jumps. And before every game, about 30-45 minutes before, he will do have of what his daily routine is at that point. So the other day before a game he jumped about 300.
I can see a dramatic difference in his game play. He's more active, alert, and productive. We will be getting into more of this later, but this is something you should consider trying.
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