David Crawford on Sports-Specific Training: Why is it important?
Sports physician David Crawford explains that sport-specific training is a special program that improves your performance in the sport of your choice. It helps you in the areas of power, strength, and endurance, as required by your sport. Each program is tailored to condition the mind and body, as well as minimize the risk of sports injury. A sports-specific training program allows you to practice and strengthen your muscle memory and the conditioning formats, so your performance is always maximized. Each sport requires different levels and forms of physical skills. For example, a golf program would be designed in a way that would improve your range of motion while also strengthening your spine and core. Meanwhile, David Crawford explains that sports like soccer would have a greater focus on enhancing aerobic capacity. On the other hand, football, being a collision sport, would require a program that would focus on skill and power training, plus agility drills, plyometrics, and we...