sprinting

The importance of sprinting speed in many sports, including contact sports such as rugby, football, and ice hockey, is undeniable. However, there is another variable called sprinting momentum that is often ... Continue Reading

Sprinting is an incredibly important part of field sports. A player’s ability to repeatedly make short, violent sprints determines how many plays he will affect. A blocked shot, an intercepted pass, a ... Continue Reading

Towing a weighted sled can substantially improve sprint performance. So says a recent study from the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Acceleration is often more important than speed in ... Continue Reading

Since reaction time is the length of time between a stimulus and a person’s response to it, we could say that reaction time is important for every sport. We normally think of a starting pistol for a race, ... Continue Reading

Sprinting isn’t just about raw strength and speed. Like any skill, better technique can help you achieve your full potential. Today’s study from the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research asked the ... Continue Reading

Post-activation potentiation (PAP) is a very real phenomenon that is not well-understood. The theory goes like this: Want to perform your absolute best in a sprint? Then you should lift heavy a few minutes ... Continue Reading

People often blame their busy lives and schedule as the reason they do not exercise. However, there may be hope (or at least a lack of valid excuses) for those people. A new study shows that sprint ... Continue Reading

Hamstring injuries. They’re a pain in the, well, backside. You can strengthen the hamstrings, expose them to sport-related stresses, stretch them out, and warm them up, but they can still incur injury, ... Continue Reading