Thursday 11 November 2010

PNF stretching and Plyometric Training.

PNF stretching.


Certain precautions need to be taken when performing PNF stretches as they can put added stress on the targeted muscle group, which can increase the risk of soft tissue injury. To help reduce this risk, it is important to include a conditioning phase before a maximum, or intense effort is used. its a combination of static, isometric and sometimes dynamic stretches.







Plyometric Training.


This method of training improves your speed, strength and power.  This type of training to enhanc is to improve all of your all round sporting performances. During a training session of plyometrics you destroy your muscle fibres and then afterwards they grow back stronger, aslong as you eat a good diet with alot of protein. We have done a circuit which involved jumping over benches, doing press ups on spring boards, frog hops with a medicine ball, jumping over 4 hurdles and box jumping. The session wasn't meant to be tiring, so during it you didn't feel out of breathe, but a day or 2 after the training we experienced a muscle sorness, then we knew we had worked hard.