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Tibial Rotation Assessment

Let's go ahead and bring your right foot out to the side. Slide it out. Keep that knee nice and still. Good. And let's see the left foot. Let's do both feet at the same time. And let's do internal rotation on the right and keep that foot, nice and flat. So that's really limited. Let’s go...

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Hands & Knees to 3 Point Transition -- Phase 2

For hands and knees to three point transition phase two,  start by bringing your foot up to your hand and then bring your arms overhead. Get up nice and tall and then come on down and bring your leg straight back. Being sure to fully extend the knee and then come back and repeat that...

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Multifidus Assessment

Now we're going to take a look at both evaluating the person's multifidus and then also starting to show them how to contract it. We ultimately want to get a volitional contraction of the multifidus. So we're going to palpate the iliac crest. And then we're going to go inward and find the...

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Phil's Essential Products
These are the equipment and products that I use on a regular basis.

 

EQUIPMENT

Functional Movement Screen (FMS) Test Kit

I still prefer the PVC version, but call me old fashioned.

Y-Balance Test Kit

Be sure to get the PVC one NOT the Professional Wood one. It is one of the...

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B March acceleration speed

Hey everyone, in this video today we're going to be discussing B Marching. So this is another way that we can develop maximum speed and acceleration. So what we'll do for this drill is instruct our athlete to get in the starting position. And for this one what we're going to be focusing on is a...

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Self Band Ankle Dorsiflexion Mobilization dorsiflexion

 

For banded ankle dorsiflexion, make sure that your down knee is forward so you're not stretching the hip, and then takes a band that's attached to a sturdy object and pull it all the way down low on the ankle. And then what you're going to do is making sure the knee is going out. You...

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Kettlebell Ankle Dorsiflexion Stretch dorsiflexion

 For the half kneeling dorsiflexion stretch with the kettlebell, you're going to grab the bell and put your foot out to the side at a right angle to your down knee. You're going to stay up nice and tall, shoulders back, and you're going to lean forward, keeping that heel down on the ground....

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Multifidus Training

Now we're going to work on teaching her how to feel that multifidus contraction first of all reflexively, and then ultimately we want her to feel it volitionally. But this is kind of the first step. So what I'm going to have her do is I'm going to have you take this hand and bring it and find...

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A March acceleration dorsiflexion speed

Hey, everyone! Today we're going to be discussing A March for linear speed development and acceleration development. So we're going to instruct our athlete to get in the starting position and the big emphasis for this drill is achieving maximum dorsiflexion or toe up and then driving through the...

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A Skip Double Exchange acceleration agility

Hey everyone. In this video, we are going to be discussing the A Skip with a double exchange. So it will be very similar to our regular A Skip, except we will be pausing as we alternate between legs. So we’ll instruct our athlete to get into the starting position. Same thing with our A...

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A Skip Triple Exchange acceleration speed

Hey everyone, in this video, we're going to be discussing A Skip with a triple exchange for maximum speed and acceleration development. This will be very similar to our regular A Skip and our A Skip with our double exchange. So we're going to instruct our athlete to get into the starting...

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Diaphragmatic Breathing -- Hands & Knees breathing

 For diaphragmatic breathing on your hands and knees, you're going to take a deep breath in  and your stomach should go down  toward the floor.  You want to think about  like you're filling a bowl.  Your chest should say nice and still.  

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