Last night I did a sports workshop for some high schoolers in the mentoring program I’m involved with. Super fun!
We did some R-Phase mobility, discussing the arthrokinetic reflex and why joint mobility is important. And, there is nothing like a few demos to prove your point!
All of the students in the room are on the varsity teams for ball sports, so we spent quite a bit of time on visual drills and hand/eye and hand/foot drills and letterball drills. Those were really eye-opening (no pun intended) for mentors and students alike. Everyone saw dramatic improvements in their skills, after just a few reps.
We did before and after tests of their vertical jump, and everyone had a definite improvement — one student even had a 3″ increase.
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