By Dr. Greg Shepard
Stretching begins with a believing attitude. You most teams really want to win and reach their potential. must first truly believe that stretching is important.
Therefore, we feel these athletes and teams can stretch Many Coaches skip over this valuable training tool. The on their own when class time or team time is limited. most common excuse for not stretching is lack of time.
Testing the athlete’s sit and reach ability on a regular “We only have 45 minutes of class time if we stretch, we can’t get our lifting done, say some coaches. improvement. Testing seems to give greater incentive to The majority of football coaching staffs seem to go athletes who stretch on their own. through the motions during stretching with their Our Flexibility Secret is to stretch hard for speed ina athletes especially in-season. The prudent coach should slow and controlled manner. Great attention to detail say, “If its important enough for us to do, it should be and technique should be given by coaches making sure important for us to do it right.”
Every staff member joints, toes, feet and body look like a sprinter whenever should know what’s wrong and what's correct. possible. Never put joints in dangerous positions Furthermore, every staff member should be alert and Stretching hard correctly is an absolute pre-requisite of take an intense interest in the flexibility program: sprinting and jumping to one’s potential.
Many athletes go through the motions while stretching. I’ve seen laughing, joking and a general blase attitude during team stretching. Great attitudes towards stretching must be taught and coached. You've got to work hard while stretching. You’ve got to sweat. You’ve got to hurt a little. As our flexibility expert Bob Rowbotham states, intense squat workout.”
Many athletes put their joints and muscles at risk while stretching. Bouncing while stretching which is called the Balistic method should never be done. The hurdlers stretch is quite common and for some athletes it put the medial collateral knee ligaments at risk. If you are a hurdler its OK but not for football players. At BFS, Information. we don’t stretch to hurdle, we stretch for speed! The BFS program stretching, a slow and controlled 30 second flexibility stretch.
We stretch first for speed primarily but our program also increases joint range of motion, decreases All Flexibility Exercises Are Demonstrated by Coach Rowbotham!
Stick Figure Drawings Are Not Used. injury possibilities, improves jumping abilities and improves athletic performance. We have created a stretching program which takes less than 10 minutes per session.
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Flexibility Program. It’s easy and it’s perfect for the high school situation it’s perfect for all sports, therefore the multi-sport athlete can keep doing the same program all year round. You don’t need a partner so you can do it anyplace and anytime.
Includes the BFS 1-2-3-4 Flexibility Program We always talk about being Upper Limit and feel 17
From BFS Magazine — November/December 1990. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
