… Morphing from a superstar into an MVP is about more than changing shot distributions. It’s about turning into a defensive difference-maker, maturing into a leader and playing with the kind of confidence only years of success can build.
Curry has grown in all of those areas. But this particular one—his willingness to attack whatever tiny weakness the defense presents—is the most important.
French football expert Andrew Gibney explains why the rejuvenation of Lyon means they won’t be forced to cash in on key players such as striker Alexander Lacazette in a hurry…
Last season, Salvador Perez struggled offensively down the stretch and through the playoffs, leading some to speculate that his downturn in production was the result of his league leading 1248.2 innings behind the plate.
Before examining whether Perez wore down during the regular season, look how his workload compared to other catchers. The following figure shows how the three most-used backstops accumulated their innings. Notice that Perez split from Lucroy and Montero toward the end of August as the Royals pushed to take the AL Central.
Buried in an ESPN MLS round up by Jeff Carlisle was the news that two MLS teams held their own combine before the draft. “The club held a private combine in conjunction with the Seattle Sounders in Las Vegas earlier this month….”
In this case, the club in question are the wallflowers known as Toronto FC, who are taking as many routes to success as they can.
Thomas Muller shared with the world on Thursday that Bayern Munich training can be very difficult.
But in case we needed a reminder, they’re having all the fun in training. No wonder so many Borussia Dortmund players have flocked to Bavaria to join Pep Guardiola’s team.
Bayern’s official YouTube channel released video of what really goes on in Bayern training.
How many times have your heard the following: “your gluts are not firing”? I bet many times. In the World of Strength and Conditioning and Physiotherapy everyone suffers from some form of seasonality/popularity of terminologies, myths and fallacies. We are currently living the era of “the gluts not firing” myth.
Whatever the problem (low back pain, ankle instability, knee pain etc etc.) I bet you that if a physiotherapist or an S&C coach sees you…they will find out your “gluts are not firing”.
Few years ago it was all about something to do with your temporomandibular joint, now it is something to do with your gluts, next it will be something about your feet and so on.
At last week’s US Soccer/MLS Soccer Medical Symposium at the NSCAA Convention here in Philadelphia, medical professionals, athletes and coaches spoke about key issues that could affect the health and safety of their soccer players. From dehydration to concussions, how to protect the players was the main focus.
At one of the sessions, Dr. Margot Putukian, director of Athletic Medicine at Princeton University and medical consultant for Major League Soccer, spoke about the risks of overtraining syndrome.
Triathletes are always in search of that sweet spot of fitness. Train too little and you might not reach your full potential, but go overboard and you end up injured. Recent research suggests supercompensation training gets it just right. This approach involves ramping up training—both in volume and intensity—and stressing the body for a short period of time followed by recovery to achieve peak fitness. If approached correctly, it can push fitness to the next level.
Mediterranean countries have enjoyed the benefits of the siesta for centuries and now the Sydney Swans want to harness the value of an afternoon nap and sleep their way to a premiership.
EarlySense, an Israeli company which makes a passive and contactless bedside monitor that continuously measures respiration rate, heart rate, and motion, has raised $20 million, with $10 million constituting a strategic investment from Samsung. Welch Allyn, which licenses EarlySense’s sensor, also contributed, as did other existing investors Pitango Venture Capital, JK&B, Proseed and Noaber.
“We developed technology that monitors patients in hospitals and longterm care institutions and helps keep the patients safer, keeps them at the hospital shorter, reduces cost of care and increases safety and efficiency of care,” CEO Avner Halperin told MobiHealthNews.
Working together. Learning from each other. Exchanging ideas. Listening. Finding inspiration…
One thing I definitely learned during my internship here at the adidas Group: collaboration is a key success factor. It can happen on any level and on every scale – be it in teams of 2 or in large projects like the development of BOOST which is based on a partnership between adidas and BASF. Last week I was privileged to witness how such a great collaboration can be kept fresh and inspiring.
When I was invited some weeks ago to join a small group of BASF employees, I didn’t quite foresee the meeting’s inspirational potential. The purpose of the visit to our adidas headquarters in Herzo was to fuel the great partnership between adidas and BASF and to meet the CEO of the adidas Group.
The „Return to Play“-RTP 2015 conference is a cooperation between the Swiss Sports Physiotherapy Association (SSPA), the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy ( IFSPT) and the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM).
The aim of the conference is to present the current evidence on RTP criteria and guidelines in different areas, where sports physiotherapy plays a major role in helping athletes to come back at highest level after injury or surgery.
Athletes who down beet juice before exercising to increase blood flow and improve performance may be surprised at the results of a recent study conducted at Penn State’s Noll Laboratory. While beetroot juice rich in nitrates did not enhance muscle blood flow or vascular dilation during exercise, researchers found that it did “de-stiffen” blood vessels under resting conditions, potentially easing the workload of the heart.
The story was about control. If you like to think mathematically, you can look at Sunday’s inexplicable Green Bay-Seattle game this way: When Green Bay safety Morgan Burnett intercepted the ball with five minutes, 13 seconds left, the Packers had a 98.2 percent chance of beating Seattle and going to the Super Bowl. Green Bay had control.
Think about that percentage for a second: 98.2. That’s just about as close to a sure thing as you can get in sports. Steve Nash didn’t make 98 percent of his free throws. The only full-time placekicker in the NFL Hall of Fame, Jan Stenerud, did not make 98 percent of his extra points. Mariano Rivera did not convert even close to 98 percent of his save chances.