Every coach can put the Fit2Finish method into play instantly.
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Reduce injury risk by following these steps:
Identify movement pattern errors- Address and correct them early before they become movement habits
- Adopt new healthy movement patterns into game play
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Teach players to adopt the athletic position using the “3 B’s”
- BEND your knees
- be on the BALLS of your feet
- stay BALANCED keeping heads up to play
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Translate the 3 B’s into healthy movement
Perform skills using the 3 B’s- Execute maneuvers reinforcing the 3 B’s
- Practice the 3 B’s as part of drills, combinations and scrimmages
- Employ the 3 B’s movement on both sides of the ball – attacking and defending
- Adapt the 3 B’s for positional play
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Use the Fit2Finish Approach
Identify movement weaknesses: - One-legged squat progresses to 3-point touch to assess strength, balance, rotation, core
- targets the ankle/knee/hip unit
- Address and correct movement errors:
- Plyometrics, jump and spring-coil landing – targets body control, core strength, power
- Agility cones for cut/change of direction
- targets knee and body position during conditioned movement
- Adopt healthy movement patterns in game play:
- Look for, remind and reinforce 3-B’s movement
- Players feel the stronger, more effective positioning and adopt it as their natural movement pattern
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Three popular Fit2Finish games (*the F2F book includes links to 11videos*)
- Resistance band tag (works on knee position and hip strengthening)
- Leap and hold (works on dynamic balance and power, challenging hamstring strength and balance)
- Hop and volley (works on agility, core strength and body position in the execution of a ball skill)