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FOOTBALL
 What
should a football player concentrate on when
conducting his sport specific training and
conditioning program? According to The
Journal of Strength and Conditioning
Research: Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 48–58
article National Football League strength
and conditioning coaches focus on
speed development,
plyometrics,
power development, and
flexibility. This type of
complete football conditioning strategy
focuses on training and conditioning the
football player as a whole. This whole
body, functional approach enables the
football player to use his body more
efficiently during the execution of his
skills.
Athletic Training & Conditioning, Inc.
recommends utilizing
exercise ball routines and
medicine ball routines to assist the
serious football player in stabilizing their
core and
abs. (Click
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workouts – enter “ab e-book” in subject
line.) By stabilizing this area, energy can
be efficiently transferred during the
training of athletic movements such as
agility type movements for example.
Football players must be able to use their
short-term energy system and their long-term
energy system to be successful. The
combination of serious training, practice
and games causes the football player to
deplete their energy stores. Eating the
recommended 5-9 servings of fruits and
vegetables daily is the best way to
replenish these energy stores. If the
serious football player is falling short of
these daily-recommended values for the
proper replenishment of the
essential fatty acids,
protein and
other essential nutrients, the football
player’s performance may suffer
dramatically.
Supplements that comply with the NCAA
guidelines should be a consideration for
the serious football player.
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