Improve your posture, Improve your level of play
January 31, 2011
From our friends at Crossover Symmetry, here’s a very quick primer on posture and the role it plays in athletic performance.
The things we do in our modern-day lifestyles — whether it’s hunching over our desks at work or slouching on the sofa in front of the TV — can lead to poor shoulder posture. We roll our shoulders forward, and that can lead to problems down the road in sports.
That’s true in football, where shoulder and upper back strength are important.
Poor posture equals poor mechanics. For quarterbacks, you won’t be able to get the most out of your throwing motion, and, at worst, you can injure your shoulders.
So how do you avoid it?
Perform regular stretches and exercises to counterbalance your forward posture.
The primer includes a few examples to help. Those stretches and exercises keep the muscles in your shoulder girdle strong and tension-free, which will keep your shoulders in prime condition.
Related: Keep your shoulders in top condition with a pair of Crossover Symmetry Cross Cords.
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- Improve your posture, Improve your level of play (01/31/11)
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- Speed training on a treadmill (11/08/10)
- How to throw the deep ball (11/01/10)
- How to do a rip move (10/25/10)
- The basics of drive blocking (10/18/10)
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- Adrian Peterson’s 4 Steps to getting yards after contact (10/04/10)
- Jerry Rice talks wide receiver technique (9/27/10)
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- Drills for running backs (9/07/10)
- Tim Tebow talks training (8/30/10)
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- Building agility with the tennis ball shuffle drill (8/16/10)
- How to do hang cleans (8/09/10)
- How to jam the wide receiver at the line (8/02/10)
- How to get the right size of shoulder pads (7/26/10)
- How to size a football helmet (7/19/10)
- Adding squats to your weight training (7/12/10)
- Champ Bailey on timing and technique (7/06/10)
- LaDainian Tomlinson’s tips for running backs (6/29/10)
- The center-quarterback exchange (6/21/10)
- Training with Julius Peppers (6/07/10)
- Playing running back with Reggie Bush (6/01/10)
- How to properly fit a football helmet (5/24/10)
- Playing cornerback with Lito Sheppard (5/17/10)
- How to run effective wide receiver routes (5/10/10)
