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Originally posted by Axis:
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Originally posted by Those Darn Parents:
as his workouts combine a lot of track type work, plyometrics, swimming, and uphill running.
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What sort of plyometric work does he do?
I've read that some types of plyometrics are dangerous for young athletes and should be avoided (See Craig's thread in this forum) [/quote]I know what you are talking about as far as the dangerous plyos....he doesnt do those. This would be a typical workout day with his coach (it veries depending if they are working on explosion or track work
- Starts off with a good 5 minutes of stretching.....on some stretches my son will do them on his own and on others he gets assisted by the coach
- Then they start off with these "drills" one is a one legged squat type drill, then a drill that slowly works his hips....then there are a couple of other drills that are difficult to explain...all for about 10 feet.
- Then he will run around the track for a lap...backwards....and he is taught to extend his feet backwards as he is running and maintain good arm technique (arm technique is focused on through everything)
- Then plyo's....the one that I remember in particular is jumping back and forth across a line....off the front of the feet....but not "bouncing"....lifting the feet just high enough that they clear the line....
- They do some different plyo's like that and then they will either run different track exercises....or they will go to the hill and run uphill followed by "jumps" and "squats"
Incidentally....I know absoltuely nothing about this stuff (I am trying to learn) but I can tell you that he went from moving like he had weights on his feet to where you can barely see his feet move when he does the "plyo line drill"