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    effective warm-up‚ this will increase the athletes heart rate‚ increases the temperature of muscles to an optimum level this will reduce the risk of injury. The four stages of an effective warm up are gross motor activity e.g. jogging‚ stretching e.g. PNF‚ dynamic stretching. Also there is sports specific exercise and skills e.g. passing drills this is done for the opening of neural pathways and the preparation of firing patterns. Closer to a major event and elite athlete should taper there training this

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    than the mental and physical advantages‚ it is the wonderful and enjoyable experience that we will treasure the most. Secondly‚ Bungee jumping is also known as a sports that can challenging ourselves to do such a dangerous activities. By doing stretching exercise before begins the jumping is quite obvious‚ bungee jumping gives the body an opportunity to stretch out every muscle‚ from the ankles down to the tip of the fingers. Consequently‚ it strengthens the muscles and improves our physical stamina

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    going for power-walks or jogs with your pet or your neighborhood friends. It is also very good to stretch before you begin any kind of strenuous physical activity. Not only does it result in you being able to do more than you would without the stretching‚ it also enables you to gain more out of your workouts. One could also take up a sport such as tennis‚ soccer‚ volleyball‚ basketball‚ swim‚ or track. All of these and a multitude of others would greatly help you along on your path to a healthy

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    force will be applied to the test coupon‚ causing it to stretch. However‚ this force will also cause the apparatus platform and the Force Sensor to bend. The displacement registered by the Rotary Motion Sensor will be the combination of the coupon stretching and the rest of the apparatus bending. Regardless of how much the coupon stretches‚ the

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    Today’s generation of youths is very different from any that have preceded it. Children in today’s society have countless technological blessings that previous generations could not have possibly enjoyed. Between gaming systems‚ instant messaging‚ email and the Internet‚ most teens do not allocate as much time as they should to performing physical activities. This trend of inactiveness is not solely rising in the teenage generation. Likewise‚ adults are finding it more difficult to find time for

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    Rehabilitation: • Rehabilitation is the process of restarting a person’s physical functionality to a normal state‚ or as near as physically possible‚ there are two main types of responses that I am going to discuss in this booklet‚ they are Physiological responses and Psychological responses common to sports injuries. Injury one: Sprained knee Treatment that should be done immediately: Treatment that is done immediately can be critical for the healing process of the injury and long-term damage

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    I couldn’t go to the gym‚ and had to sit on my butt all day. Saturday‚ four days after my injury‚ I was finally feeling better and decided to go to gym. However this time things were very different for me. I started my workout with 20 minutes of stretching and mobility. Then when I started my sets‚ I started very light and did a lot of warmups. I decided to do some overhead press that day‚ and surprisingly it was the day I hit a PR of 135lbs on overhead

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    and running butt kickers. 2. List five cool-down activities that would be appropriate for the sport/activity you are doing. Cool-down activities that would be appropriate for running include a jog‚ light walk‚ static stretching of major muscle groups‚ such as chest stretching‚ side bends‚ and abdominal and lower back muscles. 3. Describe how warming up makes physiological changes to your body and how it prepares your body for exercise. Physiological changes to the body would benefit preparation

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    Reflective practice In this report‚ I am going write about the different parts of the football session I delivered to the sport coaching students‚ my thoughts and feelings‚ evaluating the session so giving positives and negatives‚ analysing the session which will be the plans and goals of the session and also giving a scientific evidence and then finally a conclusion the session as a whole. The essential factors of the session were the way I lead the session‚ the coaching points I used how I demonstrated

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    | Intensity10% or just before pain | TimeSeconds | Timereps | Arm Pretzel | Static | 3 | Just before pain | 20 | 2 | Leg Hug | Static | 3 | Just before pain | 20 | 2 | Spine Twist | Static | 3 | Just before pain | 15 | 2 | Hip and thigh stretching | Static | 3 | just before pain | 10 | 3 | Sitting Stretch | PNF | 3 | Just before pain | 20 | 4 | Overhead Stretch | Static | 3 | Just before pain | 30 | 5 | Calf stretch | Ballistic | 3 | Just before pin | 30 | 5 | Back Saver Hamstring

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