TRACK SCHOLARSHIPS - THINGS TO CONSIDER
Are you a track athlete looking to make it
to the college level? Are you wondering about track
scholarships and if you can actually get one? If so, I
have good news for you! Track scholarships are available
if you have the talent and desire to participate in track and field at the college level.
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ALSO - Track and Field
Scholarship Standards (Small list example of D1 Schools)
Auburn
University (D1)
Florida
State University (D1)
University
of Iowa (D1)
Illinois
State University (D1)
Sam
Houston State University (D1)
University
of North Florida (D1)
University
of Southern Florida (D1) Men
Women
WHERE HAVE WE DONE WRONG
- STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING ARTICLE
I think we can all agree that gone are the days of isolation movements,
that’s something we tore apart about 5 or 6 years ago,
lets face it, unless you find yourself in a profession where
it’s necessary to push a 225 pound object off your chest
on a daily basis what good is the bench press anyway. Do
three sets of leg extensions really make you fit?. leg curls?
Where did we go wrong?
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COMMON
MISTAKES MADE BY HIGH SCHOOL DISCUS THROWERS - AND THE FIXES
How many times have I heard
the comment from coaches to their athletes "you need to
(spin) faster out of the back of the circle” WRONG
- I cringe when I hear this remark, why, because as a result
of this advise the athlete does two things;
1. Winds up quicker, and
usually more of them
2. Speeds up the upper body on
entry to the turn around the left side (assuming a right
handed thrower), the reverse if they are left handed.
THE RESULT is disaster.
The upper body is out of control, the head leading the
throw, the left arm and shoulder dropping and falling
downward towards the middle of the circle, and as in life
'Newton's law of motion kicks in' which states " for
every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction'. The
result of course is destruction of the correct mechanics of
the discus system. The effects of the errors made from the
initial entry into the throw are;
1. The right leg has to catch
the full weight of the body in the middle of the circle
2. The right heel of the right
foot lands flat, the rotation of the body stops rotating
around its axis
3. The upper body accelerates,
causing all the collected tension and potential energy gain
from the wind and movement across the circle to be
lost.
and probably the most
damaging, as a result of all the above, the potential gain
of velocity of the discus to this point are cancelled
out because;
1. There is no longer a
displacement between the hips and shoulders, thus very
little tension and potential energy
2. The loading on the right
side of the body has shifted to the left side of the body on
left foot down contact with the circle
3. As a result of the above,
the body reacts to contact with the circle by the
straightening of both legs, thus losing all the 'lifting
effects' the legs offer in creating both energy to produce
distance, and the correct angle of release of the discus.
So in summery what is produced
on release is a fraction of what can, and is achieved by technically
competent discus throwers. Why because of accumulated errors
started at the back of the circle on entry, resulting in
poor balance and stability at the end of the throw. The inevitable
results,
the athlete produce poor distance, but more often then not,
throws the discus into the cage, out of the sector, or they
fall out of the circle, and the official calls 'a no throw'.
Now we know how not to do it, here are the fixes! and start
to think of the discus as ' a running/sprinting rotation
from the back of the circle, and a liner event, not a SPIN.
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PART ONE -
THE ENTRY
click the above 'the Key' to UNLOCK the SECRET
PART TWO - ESTABLISHING THE POWER POSITION
COMING SOON
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