HOW TO PREVENT SOFT TISSUE INJURIES

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Tony Holler is a track and field coach and a football and basketball physical trainer. He works at Plainfield North High School. He is also a member of the Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and co-director of the Track Football Consortium with Chris Korfist. Tony Holler is the author of the “Feed the Cats” training method. In this post, you’ll learn the key considerations every athlete or coach should know to prevent soft tissue injuries (muscles, tendons, and ligaments).

According to Tony Holler, if you do these three things you could bulletproof soft tissue injuries.

  1. Volume. Keep your volumes low. 90% of all injuries happen in the second half of practice or the second half of a game. Fatigue is a huge problem with injuries.
  2. Sprinting. Somehow the incredible symphony of muscles firing in proper order (intermuscular coordination) allowing you to sprint superfast gives you a healthy benefit. Some people say they don’t sprint because they’re afraid of getting hurted. It’s just the opposite. You need to sprint, so you don’t get hurt.
  3. Reflexive-performance-reset (RPR). Chris Korfist and Cal Dietz are the authors who have developed this method. If you’re not aware of RPR, it’s a total game changer. If you’d like to see a more detailed explanation of the RPR, click here.

“Sprint as fast as possible, as often as possible, staying as fresh as possible.”

“Rest, recovery, sleep.”

“Tired is the enemy, not the goal.”

“Do less, achieve more.”

“Never let today ruin tomorrow. Never burn the steak.”

“You don´t plant beans and grow corn.”

“Speed grows like a tree.”

“Speed is the tide that lifts all boats.”

“Speed is the best barometer of health.”

Tony Holler

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