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Weight Training for Athletes
I was fortunate enough to at- we have several students that play gan State University, there are several
tend a conference over the weekend multiple sports. There really is no reasons why weight training is so
with high school strength coaches off-season for these kids, so it doesn’t important for athletes:
from all over the state of Michigan. make sense to train an athlete just
The National High School Strength for football when they are going to be 1 It helps reduce the inci-
Coaches Association (NHSSCA) put playing more than just football. This dence or severity of injury
on their state conference at Grand- also ensures that everyone is on the
ville High School where I got to listen same page and lessens any confu- 2 Improvements in overall
to several coaches talk on several sion in the weight room as far as what flexibility
topics. One of the main topics that I that specific athlete should be doing
really enjoyed talked about making that day. We need to steer away from 3. Healthy, efficient body com-
the weight program at your school a training for specific sports and just position
unified program. What this means is train as athletes. Also, athletes need
that we don’t just train for football or to train year round. After about 5 4. Increased resting metabo-
basketball, or any specific sport. No weeks of not training you start to lose lism
matter what sport you play, the train- everything that you worked so hard to
ing is the same for everyone (boys get. So, can you take the summer off 5. Creating more power
and girls). Especially in this area, from weight training? No, the program 6. Increased bone mineral
where the school sizes are smaller, needs to be year round to be effec- density
tive. 7. Improved glucose metabo-
lism
According to Ken Mannie, head Strength training is one of the most
strength/conditioning coach at Michi- effective ways available for enhancing
athletes physical health and perfor-
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