Coaches Corner
CORE Coaches share tips, teach techniques and provide advice on youth sports, athletics and raising a healthy active family.
As athletes, we are constantly developing our mental and physical skills to be the best competitor on the court. To perform daily activities as well, we need to make sure that our bodies (muscles, joints and ligaments) can effectively execute these movements, too. We can do this through Functional Strength Training.
As athletes, we know there is always an off-season to any sport we play, but the unexpected off-season of the stay-at-home quarantine brings new challenges for each of us. Although we would prefer to be playing sports, let’s make the most of this off-season by strengthening our body, mind, and athletic skills through complementary training.
At CORE, we teach our kids to push themselves to work hard at all times, especially when facing challenges. In fact, Try Your Best is one of our three CORE Kid values that we expect everyone—kids and coaches—to embody at all times. The other two CORE Kid values are Be Respectful and Have Fun! We know that learning new skills is tough and that each one can take a long time to master. It’s easy to get discouraged when we don't see quick results so when plateaus happen, don’t quit. Dig deep, shake things up and try these two proven practice techniques to see improvement.
Diagonal movement, lateral movement, linear movement. You may have heard these terms in sports before, but do you know what they mean or why they are important? These are all forms of Dynamic Movements--active movements, either singular (like arm swings) or a series (like karaokes) of movements, that require continual motion at the joint or muscle’s full range. Dynamic movements are found in all sports, and perfecting them is often the difference between an average athlete and an all-star.
