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How to Make More Sacks - Defensive Linemen Drills

By Bobbi Miller

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Sacks come to those who are powerful, smart and tenacious. Use this drill to practice speed and tenacity and see your sack stats fly up next season... more »

How to Prevent Fumbles - Quarterback Drills

By Bobbi Miller

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As a quarterback, you have a responsibility to your team to prevent fumbles so that you can get the ball into the hands of your play makers and win games. Here are some grip drills to help you prevent fumbles... more »

How to Protect Yourself From Overtraining in a Running Program

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Overtraining can result from overexercising. Also consider how other activities affect your training program... more »

How to Run Like a Kenyan

By HeatherJ

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The Kenyan runners are known for their superior performance in distance running. The lush, hilly terrain and high elevation of the area make from prime running terrain, while their lifestyle and rigorous training programs certainly put them over ... more »

How to Run the Iditarod

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Endless strategies revolve throughout Iditarod history, and any given musher will argue for any of them. Basic principles, however, stand... more »

How to Shape Up Your Physique

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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There are hundreds of companies selling machines and devices that promise to magically transform you into a vision of fitness and beauty. The fact is, simple activities and exercises provide all the fitness and toning you need, at little or no ... more »

How to stop like the pro's on ice skates

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Shave ice like the pro's! Stopping on hockey skates is used to change directions or as a tactical ploy. Stopping requires you to trust your limits, stay in proper positioning and remain in control of your body... more »

How to Stretch Your Abdomen Before Nordic Skiing

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Nordic skiing provides a full-body workout. Stretching your abdomen before skiing will improve your performance and enjoyment of the sport... more »

How to Stretch Your Calf Muscles

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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All you need for this basic calf stretch is a wall and some patience. By stretching both the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles - equally important calf muscles - you reduce the risk of Achilles tendonitis, a painful tendon rupture or problems with ... more »

How to Stretch Your Inner Thighs Before Skiing

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Skiing requires lateral as well as vertical movement. Stretching your thighs well helps them react to directional changes... more »

How to Stretch Your Quadriceps

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Your quadriceps are the muscles that get your knees to your chest and straighten your legs. It's important to keep them strong and limber to decrease stress on your knees... more »

How to Survive the Iditarod

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Grueling, long hours over frozen tundra is a rough way to exist day after day. Toughen up... more »

How to Taper Before a Race

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Tapering means cutting back on running in the time before a race. This cutting back in activity helps your body and mind to be rested and ready... more »

How to Train for a Major Athletic Event

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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If you've broken free of the 10K masses and have your heart set on competing in a major race, you'll need to create a solid plan and be prepared--mentally and physically--for a lot of hard work. The key thing is to incorporate a full range of ... more »

How to Train for Everest

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Mountaineers have dreamt about Mount Everest ever since Sir George Everest recorded its elevation in 1841. Known as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet, climbing Mount Everest will always be one of the last great challenges left on the ... more »

How to Train for Shortboard Surfing

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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"If you can't surf every day, then you need to do something else to increase upper body paddling strength, like swimming or water polo. But the best training is to do the real thing as often as possible," says Timmy Reyes, O'Neill Surf Team rider... more »

How to Train for Swimming in an Ironman Triathlon

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Triathlete and television broadcaster Kim Hunter says, "The Ironman swim is very long, so the object is not to come out of the water too fatigued. It's most important to swim relaxed and smooth.".. more »

How to Train Like an Olympic Diver

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Olympic hopeful Kristin Link is working hard toward making the Olympic team as a 10-meter platform diver. Think you could keep up a schedule like hers?.. more »

How to Train to be a Faster, Better Receiver

By Bobbi Miller

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Receivers need a weight lifting workout to make them faster, not weight them down... more »

How to Use ACSM Stepping Equation

By Niko Krommydas

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The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) is a great tool in determining a person's total gross VO2, which is the total rate of oxygen consumption during both rest and exercise. In other words, gross VO2 = resting VO2 + exercise VO2. This ... more »

How to Warm Up for a Run

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Warming up before a run is like revving up your own personal engine. A good warm-up routine can lead to better performance and helps reduce the risk of injury... more »

How to Become a Sports Conditioning Coach

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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A sports conditioning coach is a person who works closely with athletic teams and departments at the high school, college and professional-athlete level. He or she develops effective training programs in the areas of strength, speed, endurance ... more »

How to do a Back Handspring

By DirLMaVeN

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The following article is about how to do a back handspring. It breaks down a back handspring from start to finish. After reading this article you should have a good understanding of how a back handspring is properly performed... more »

How to Do Neck Stretches for Injury Prevention

By Bobbi Miller

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Although coaches are making great efforts in helping their athletes to stay fit and healthy for competition many training programs overlook a vital part of the human anatomy - the neck... more »

How to Do Running Drills to Increase Speed and Efficiency

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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These drills develop total fitness for runners. They also exaggerate various aspects of the running motion, as well as isolate and work the specific muscles involved. They can potentially improve your running time... more »

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