Sports’ Training

Sports’ training refers to specialized strategies and methods of exercise used in various sports to develop athletes and prepare them for performing in sporting events. To perform at your best you must develop excellent sport-specific fitness skills.

Sports’ training is all about developing physical conditions to improve performance and skills at a particular sport. Stretching is also an important part of sports training as it should be done before and after playing any sport.

Sports’ training should always be aimed at achieving an increased individual performance level. When training to be stronger, fitter or healthier the outcome is generally a body image benefit. The motivation behind sports training is an increase in sporting performance, not to be stronger, fitter or healthier but to gain an advantage on the sporting field.

The skill in training athletes comes down to analyzing the sport for its movement patterns and then choosing the exercise specific to the sport. This requires knowledge gained through experience. Trial and error is part of the process – some things will only work with certain athletes.

Sports’ Trainers can help improve strength, flexibility and stamina to improve performance in specific sports.  Some of these options include increasing arm strength for playing tennis or improve core stability in providing better balance when playing golf. Strength training is an essential element of fitness for virtually every sports man and woman.

The increased stress of competitions can cause athletes to react both physically and mentally in a manner that can negatively affect their performance abilities. They may become tense, they break into a cold sweat, they worry about the outcome of the competition, and they find it hard to concentrate on the task in hand. This has led coaches and athletes to take an increasing interest in the field of sport psychology and in particular in the area of competitive anxiety. That interest has focused on techniques that athletes can use in the competitive situation to maintain control and optimize their performance.

Doing stretches before a workout or a sport that consists of dynamic actions is counterproductive. The goals of the warm-up are: an increased alertness, improved coordination, and greater efficiency of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Isometric tensions will only tire you and decrease your coordination. Passive, relaxed stretches, on the other hand, have a calming effect and can even make you sleepy. If no stretching is done before any workout or sports play, injuries can occur.