Preparation

 This is another article that I wrote for the magazine that we made I our class. Its about preparing yourself for different sports and different exercises you can do to help improve your skills in the sport that you play.       



         




          In order to be a force to be reckoned with in the world of sports you have to dedicate your time, you heart, your sweat and your tears. Being a starting player in any sport takes more than just natural talent. You to work hard to build on your talent and to get down the basic fundamentals of any sport that you play. Individual sports have different training exercises that help you be the best you can be, but for every sport you need strength, agility and speed.

           For Football, all players have to have explosive power. Strength and explosive power are two different things, but both are important factors in football. The objective in an actual football game is to outscore your opponent within 4 15 minutes quarters. During the off-season football players are expected to train and exercise heavily to increase their speed, strength, explosiveness and agility. Basic football drills are cutting drills, footwork drills, Zig-Zag run drill, rope drills, etc.

Basketball is not that much different from football. Even though basketball isn’t as physical, it is just as aggressive as football. Basketball is a fast past sport that requires strength, speed, agility and fundamental basketball skills. The objective of this sport is to outscore your opponent with 4 twelve minute quarters. You have to have high stamina to be able to endure all of the running that is required in this sport. The main way to gained strength working out or lifting weights is the main way to build up muscle throughout your body. For increasing you fundamental basic shooting and dribbling drills is the best way to do so.

            Baseball is another world wide famous sport that preparation is needed for. To have more power I your swing or more speed in your pitch you need to work to do lower body and core exercises designed for baseball players. Baseball has common workouts that professionals do. Excurses to improve your strength for baseball are Farmer’s walk, Plyo Posh-Up, Single Leg RDL, etc.

No matter what sport you play or what sport you want to play. If you don’t prepare then you won’t be as effect as you want to be. Remember that PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.