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just because your sport is basketball or soccer, doesn't mean that you must train within those parameters
. For example in the picture below Louise V. (who will be a freshman basketball player at Dartmouth this Fall) uses a slide board sprint in order to improve her lateral movement power.
Using modalities that differ from your actual game movements, force your body to improve balance and coordination, as well as stressing different energy systems and muscle sequences, all of which will improve performance.
Louise is a fantastic athlete, and this technique can be used with younger less experienced athletes as well. They too can benefit from the improvements felt by more experienced athletes, and sometimes even more effective.
