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Got Hamstring Injuries On Your Team? Try This
Most hamstring injuries occur because your team just isn’t doing enough exercises that challenge the hamstrings.
Many other injuries can occur if you’re not building your team’s hamstrings, including ACL tears, MCL tears, LCL tears, and meniscus tears. All of these injuries can knock a player out of the game for months.
Here’s how you can avoid that.
Most high school strength and conditioning coaches out there have their athletes doing deadlifts and/or RDLs. This is great, but it’s not enough to avoid hamstring injuries.
In addition to deadlift variations, your strength program needs to include one of the following exercises twice a week, or better yet, two of these exercises once a week.
Glute Ham Raises Back Extensions Leg Curls Terminal Knee Extensions
We recommend you do rep ranges between 10 and 15 for Back Extensions, Leg Curls, and Terminal Knee Extensions. Glute Ham Raises are more challenging and may require initially doing only negative reps with a spotter before moving on to full reps.
Why?
The hamstring is a unique muscle, because it acts at two different joints: the knee and the hip. Deadlift variations train the hamstrings at the hip and these exercises train the hamstrings at the knee. Doing both is what helps you avoid hamstring injuries.
By training your athlete’s hamstrings at both the knee and the hip, they will stay healthier and win MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
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