The development of good muscular balance is the corner stone of any good strength or rehabilitative program.
In simplistic terms we can divide the body into two parts; muscles on the front and muscles on the back of the body. When someone has a chronic injury there is almost always an imbalance between these two muscle groups. Even if there is no injury present, an imbalance may still be present with pain and disability just waiting around the corner.
Do you want a more powerful shot?
Of course you do, but what can you do outside of your regular practice to accomplish this?
It would seem that you need to strengthen your chest, shoulders, abs, and all the other muscles on the front of your body that actively propel the ball forward.
In simplistic terms we can divide the body into two parts; muscles on the front and muscles on the back of the body. When someone has a chronic injury there is almost always an imbalance between these two muscle groups. Even if there is no injury present, an imbalance may still be present with pain and disability just waiting around the corner.
Do you want a more powerful shot?
Of course you do, but what can you do outside of your regular practice to accomplish this?
It would seem that you need to strengthen your chest, shoulders, abs, and all the other muscles on the front of your body that actively propel the ball forward.
There is one problem with this and it comes back to muscle balance.
Imagine you are driving a car that can go up to 200 km/h (these are the muscles on the front), but the brakes on the car only effectively work up to 120 km/h (the muscles on the back). It becomes quite obvious that better brakes will allow you to drive the car at higher speeds without being killed.
Developing good muscular balance is also important for performance.
Is this a good exercise for Water Polo players? How does this apply to Water Polo?
Well the most common area of injury in Water Polo is to the shoulder and the elbow. It has been estimated that 80% of all high level Water Polo players will experience shoulder pain at some point in their career (Franić M et al. 2007).
Most shoulder pain is associated with throwing the ball at maximum or near maximum velocities. Throwing the ball heavily involves the muscles on the front of the body as does swimming front crawl.
By only training in the pool the Water Polo athlete may very will overdevelop the muscles on the front in relation to the muscles on the back of the body. This imbalance can be the root cause of many of the aches and pains Water Polo players experience.
reference:
Imagine you are driving a car that can go up to 200 km/h (these are the muscles on the front), but the brakes on the car only effectively work up to 120 km/h (the muscles on the back). It becomes quite obvious that better brakes will allow you to drive the car at higher speeds without being killed.
Developing good muscular balance is also important for performance.
Is this a good exercise for Water Polo players? How does this apply to Water Polo?
Well the most common area of injury in Water Polo is to the shoulder and the elbow. It has been estimated that 80% of all high level Water Polo players will experience shoulder pain at some point in their career (Franić M et al. 2007).
Most shoulder pain is associated with throwing the ball at maximum or near maximum velocities. Throwing the ball heavily involves the muscles on the front of the body as does swimming front crawl.
By only training in the pool the Water Polo athlete may very will overdevelop the muscles on the front in relation to the muscles on the back of the body. This imbalance can be the root cause of many of the aches and pains Water Polo players experience.
Be Well,
reference:
Franić M, Ivković A, Rudic R. Injuries in Water Polo. Croat Med J. 2007;48:281-8
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Posted by: kamagra | 27/01/2011 at 12:54