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Do you want to be quicker, faster and more explosive? This is the place for you! From sport specific articles to our store with books and equipment to individualized training solutions, Dr. Michael Yessis and Sports Training, Inc. has your sport solution! Read the latest from Dr. Mike Yessis. Visit his blog today! Feautured items from our store:

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Does the Football Combine Predict Playing Ability?

Football coaches know that selecting a player based on combine results is a crap shoot at best. In this article Dr. Yessis evaluates the tests used to offer a possible explanation of why the combine results are such poor predictors of game play success.

Posted by myessis on Friday, March 21 @ 13:25:18 PST (177 reads)
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Is Football Keeping Up with Science?

Football has typically been a leader in the training of athletes. Even to this day, most training programs for non-football athletes are based on the training done with football players. In fact, in some schools, all athletes train the same way based mainly on how the football players train. Not only do athletes from different sports train the same but different position players also train the same way.

Posted by myessis on Sunday, November 25 @ 17:21:53 PST (519 reads)
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Baseball: An Open Letter to Grady Fuson

Grady Fuson: President of scouting and development for the San Diego Padres

It was sad to read your comments regarding two key pitching injuries that ?have been pretty disappointing?. I say sad because it is possible that these top draft picks (Matt Bush, Nick Schmidt) may be unable to play for quite some time, if not forever. Having surgery and/or hoping that with rest and rehabilitation the pitcher will heal naturally however, may not be the most effective solution.

Posted by myessis on Saturday, October 06 @ 13:51:04 PDT (428 reads)
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Baseball: Do Baseball Players Need Steroids?

The topic of drugs has always been a hot issue with sports writers. It now appears that many other editors are getting involved in writing about drugs in sport, even on the editorial pages of a newspaper.

Posted by myessis on Saturday, September 08 @ 17:21:15 PDT (473 reads)
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Are They Even Issues?

In the second major newspaper in San Diego, contrasting opinions on a ?major? issue are presented every week. Major issues have included who is the better team, who is the better coach, how long or short should women tennis players? skirts be, and other similar issues. Just recently, they had one on who is worse for college basketball? Bobby Knight or Bob Huggins? In each of the opposing views, examples are enumerated.

Posted by myessis on Monday, February 19 @ 14:25:46 PST (559 reads)
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Top10 Downloads
· 1: Fitness and Sports Review International TOC
· 2: Are all Running Drills Equal?
· 3: Creating More Push-Off Force
· 4: Are All Jumps Plyometrics?
· 5: Is There A Best Way To Train Your Abs?
· 6: Are Squats Bad For The Knees?
· 7: Can You Speed Up Recovery After Exercise?
· 8: Are You Ready for a Gait Analysis?
· 9: Are Dumbbell Rows for the Entire Lats?
· 10: Abdominal Obsession or How to Get a Bad Back

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