12 Tips To Improve Athletic Performance

12 Tips To Improve Athletic Performance — page 1 — Warm Ups Are the Way to Start Playing in games is fun But practice rise When your muscles are warm is where you get better Practice you won t feel as sore after working helps you get ready to play your out Also you may be at a lower best In a similar way a warm up risk of injury Increased blood flow routine is important It can be a reduces strain on muscles A great start to any workout practice warm up should be similar to the or game activity you re about to do But it should be slower A warm up gets your blood flowing It also makes your body temperature Stretching after a warm up can help reduce the risk of

12 Tips To Improve Athletic Performance — page 2 — Jogging is one example of a warm up A warm up should make you break a sweat It shouldn't leave you tired though Doing some stretches can be helpful too But always stretch after the warm up Stretching cold muscles can lead to injury The partner to a good warm up is a cooldown This comes after the activity A cooldown is a less intense version of the sport you just played For instance suppose you were running As a cooldown 120 take a walk for five to 10 minutes This helps your heart rate and body temperature steadily return to normal Stopping exercise too quickly could leave you feeling dizzy Maximum heartbeats per minute when it's safe to stop cooling down Warm ups prepare you to be in the best shape to compete They also can help reduce injury A warm up is a less intense version of the activity you re about to do THINK ABOUT IT There is a mental side to sports too What are some good ways to mentally prepare to play a game A similar cooldown should follow any

12 Tips To Improve Athletic Performance — page 3 — Playing Multiple Sports Has Benefits The more you practice a sport the For example Alisa Camplin trained better you get at it But that doesn't as a gymnast But she later used mean you should focus on just one that strength and flexibility in sport In fact there are benefits to another sport She became an playing multiple sports Olympic gold medalist in skiing Trying more sports helps you figure Playing multiple sports also helps out what you like It's important to prevent injuries Many sports have love the game you play But playing motions that players do over and too competitively can take the focus over again Repetitive motions can away from developing skills lead to injury This is especially true for kids who are still growing Many sports have skills in common Consider waiting until after your So the skills you gain in one sport 12th birthday to focus on one sport can be useful in Studies show you will have a better other sports chance of success It's a good idea to try lots of sports just for

12 Tips To Improve Athletic Performance — page 4 — Pitching a baseball is a repetitive motion MULTI SPORT ATHLETES 16 Maximum number of hours an athlete should train per week Any more has a higher risk of injury Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders are two of the best multi sport athletes ever Both played pro football and pro baseball In football Jackson made the Pro Bowl as a member of the Los Angeles Raiders In baseball he was an All Star with the Kansas Playing multiple sports helps athletes choose the right one for them They also develop a wider range of skills A lack of repetitive motion from one sport helps an athlete avoid injury Avoid choosing just one sport until at least City Royals Sanders is the only athlete to play in both the Super Bowl and World Series He is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame age

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