by Artur Poczwardowski You can do it if you just have a little confidence. —D. L. Feltz, Understanding Motivation This is Part IV of a four-part article that explains what self-confidence is, what can happen if you are over-confident or not confident enough, and how to develop, maintain, and in the case of an athlete […]
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by Artur Poczwardowski You can do it if you just have a little confidence. —D. L. Feltz, Understanding Motivation This is Part III of a four-part article that explains what self-confidence is, what can happen if you are over-confident or not confident enough, and how to develop, maintain, and in the case of an athlete
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by Thomas Kurz Study this typical question on training carefully. It may contain elements that relate to questions of yours. This is a continuation of my answer on the order of workouts and exercises in a workout from the previous article. Question: I have listed the exercises in the order I do them. What do
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by Thomas Kurz Study this typical question on training carefully. It may contain elements that relate to questions of yours. Question: I received your video Secrets of Stretching a few days ago. I like it a lot and have also shared it with my head instructor at my karate studio. We have been slowly incorporating
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by Artur Poczwardowski You can do it if you just have a little confidence. —D. L. Feltz, Understanding Motivation This is Part II of a four-part article that explains what self-confidence is, what can happen if you are over-confident or not confident enough, and how to develop, maintain, and in the case of an athlete
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by Thomas Kurz Study these typical questions on training carefully. Among them may be just the one that you wanted to ask. Question: I have found your book both inspiring and very helpful with my flexibility training. I weight train four times per week and I do gymnastics twice per week. After I do leg
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by Artur Poczwardowski You can do it if you just have a little confidence. —D. L. Feltz, Understanding Motivation This is Part I of a four-part article that explains what self-confidence is, what can happen if you are over-confident or not confident enough, and how to develop, maintain, and in the case of an athlete
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by Thomas Kurz In the previous article on sports skills and strength training you were introduced to the concept of sport-specific strength exercises. In this article you will learn about the danger of an inappropriate use of such exercises. Danger of Early Specialization If sport-specific exercises are introduced too early in an athlete’s career, at
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by Thomas Kurz In the previous articles on strength training you learned about the kinds of strength–from static strength to explosive strength. Apart from the type of strength that your exercises develop, you need to be concerned also with form and timing of movement. What matters is where (at which angle in the range of
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by Thomas Kurz In this installment on sports skills and strength training, you will learn how to develop explosive strength and how to select plyometric exercises. Explosive strength can be developed by very fast movements against resistance. These movements can be standard resistance exercises such as squats or arm exercises with barbell (very fast, though),
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