FITS is proud to make our athletic testing guide available for you. This guide is a work in progress as we are constantly updating the guide to reflect our research. The purpose of this guide is to: Explain why we emphasize movement in our testing (black box effect, basic movement screen and high powered movement screen) Explain how we evaluate movement Explain the utility of our collaborative database to better help athletes reduce injuries and improve sport performance Demonstrate movement dysfunctions so you will understand the implications of common movement dysfunctions We post updates of the guide here, so you can easily bookmark this page: Draft March23: FITS Athletic Testing Guide [scribd id=29212602 key=key-wz49kyfq57iolzp2x4x mode=list] Related posts:Athletic Testing Testing is purposeful evaluation of ...

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Your vertical, speed, agility and explosiveness are directly related to your abilities to produce force. Therefore developing your abilities to produce force will improve your athleticism. Speed, power, agility and explosiveness are slaves to force, power, and time. These are the dimensions we manipulate and develop to build a better athlete – we call this process Full Spectrum Training. We will discuss five concepts that related to force, power and time. Force Force to Weight Force and Time Force and power Reactive Abilities 1.1       Force  Force is a push or pull that can cause an object with mass to accelerate 3. We produce force from signals developed in the brain and delivered from nerves to control muscular contractions. These signals control the magnitude ...

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When evaluating movement using the 5-SITE integrity approach we commonly look for these movement  dysfunctions. Have a look through the various dyfunctions. I'll update this post shortly with pictures of each dysfunction. I will also discribe how we scale these dysfunctions. Foot and Ankle Pes Planus During the movement screen, we examine your foot to determine if the movement in your foot is optimal.  Specifically, the most common type of dysfunction in the foot that can lead to energy leaks is a pes planus.  Pes planus, or flat feet, is a very common finding among the general population.  When dynamically tested, individuals with pes planus will exhibit turning out of their feet and a collapse of the main ...

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    The Olympics are inspiring; where the worlds’ greatest athletes compete for countries. But how did they get there? What made them great? Was it hard work or their genetics? The answer is neither.   We all know many people who work hard, trying for decades to achieve greatness. But why wasn’t hard work enough to make them great?     Another position is those people that excel posses an innate talent in their field. Usain Bolt is fast because of his genetics. Albert Einstein is great because he possessed a gift for mathematics. Interestingly, scientific evidence does not support the position that natural talents make great performers. In fact specific traits may not even exist.      So what makes greatness?   The ...

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Here's our non-contact ACL Prevention Recommendations 2008. This document was used and distributed by Alpine Ontario, Basketball Ontario and Rugby Ontario. This document will be updated periodically. Included in this package is the Sports Metric ACL injury prevention protocol by Timothy Hewett and has reduced the incidence rates of non-contact ACL injuries by 3.5 times. [scribd id="28582708" key="key-23cbus16pkrzjf60loc4" height="650" width="480"] Click the link below ACL Prevention Related posts:Contact Us View Larger Map ENTRANCE (It looks odd, but wait until... AOA Fall Fitness Testing Results Analyzed Can injuries be prevented? We know that over 90 per... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

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  I'm sure you’re eager to discover specific exercises to build, your 5-SITE integrity vs. the “CORE”. I believe the wait is worth it, because it will greatly contribute to your or to your young aspiring athlete’s development. It has taken over a decade of practical experience, and years of research to develop 5-Site Integrity and the classification system of exercises that develop 5-Site Integrity. If you’re wondering why I’m using the term 5-Site Integrity I would refer you to Part One of this series.   So without further wait, Figure 1 is the classification system we use to group trunk exercises. This classification system is based on the loading characteristics being applied to the trunk, see ...

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