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Balance Board- Strengthens the white muscle tissue around the ankle and calf muscles, the athlete must try to maintain a stable balance on the board at every angle.
Hip stabilization bands- used to strengthen the white muscle tissue in the hips hamstrings and glutes. The athlete must stay low while walking backwards, his heal must touch the ground before any other part of the foot. This keeps the focus on the hips.
Box jumps w/ (high speed control drop)- this exercise is used to improve explosion using a multidirectional jump on to the box gaining height and a high speed controlled drop off of the box.
Single leg Dumbbell squat- This squat exercise is done flat footed on one leg. The athlete must bring the dumbbell across his body to the opposite foot. The athlete must control the weight and keep his head up.
Split squat- This exercise is front loaded strengthening the core, glutes, and hamstring muscles. The athlete must thrust the knee up and reach back with the foot on the way down.
Olympic shrug lift- this exercise is all high speed explosion, strengthening most of the body, from the shoulders through the core, down to the legs. This is a very good exercise to improve power.
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