Basketball Sports

Archive for December, 2009

Player and coach safety must be the concern of every Little League Baseball Coach. All youth baseball coaches must establish certain team rules to insure the safety of both the players and the coaches. There are 5 basic safety rules that help protect players are coaches. This article outlines each of those 5 safety rules.

1. Players must have permission to swing a bat. The most dangerous action that takes place on a baseball field is the swing of a bat. Many injuries occur every year when a player walks into a swing zone when another player is swinging the bat. Players must understand the dangers involved if every player can swing a bat any time they want. They must understand that the only time they are allowed to swing a bat is when they are on deck, in the batter’s box, or participating in a drill. At all other times their bat is to be left alone or in their bat bag.

2. Have players have eye contact with the coach before throwing a ball to the coach. Many coaches have been hit unexpectedly by a ball thrown by a player throwing a ball back in during batting practice. Players must have permission to throw a ball to a coach and call the number of throws. The coach should ask the player how many balls he has. The player should say if he gas 3 balls, 2 balls, or 1 ball before he throws the ball or balls to the coach.

3. Maintain a cleared safety zone around the batter. – No one stands behind or near the batter during batting practice. The area behind the batter should be kept clear of coaches and players. There is a constant danger of being hit by a ball or a swung bat if players and coaches do not maintain a clear safety zone around the batter.

Want to know how to jump higher for volleyball? It’s not that hard, actually. First you need to know the right way to train.

Most athletes completely screw this up. Here are 3 guidelines to remember:

GUIDELINE #1) You MUST train each stage of power development

Jumping is a POWER motion-and power equals force times velocity. Increasing either one or both is how to generate more power. Everybody knows that–nothing new here. But what most people DO NOT know is that there are 5 stages of power development-and each has to be trained separately to maximize your ability.

What are the 5 areas?

They are, in order: starting acceleration, progressive acceleration, power output, stability and re-coordination. Now, there are “vertical leap specific” exercises for each that are the most effective. But those are out of the scope of this article–the most important is HOW you perform each exercise.

GUIDELINE #2) NEVER, ever, ever train to failure

This is one of the KILLERS of the vertical leap. I see it all the time-athletes thinking that the LONGER they train for… and the more reps they do… the higher they will jump for volleyball or any sport.