By Wayne Burke -November 16th, 2015- Plyometrics are a great training tool that every lacrosse player should be including in their program. Simply stated, plyometric training training teaches you how to utilize a stretch in your muscle to produce maximum force. To demonstrate this more clearly try this. Place your right hand on your right […]…
By Wayne Burke -Novemeber 10th, 2015- Strength training is a crucial element to your athletic development. When a strength program is done correctly it should not only increase your strength but it should simultaneously increase the quality of your movements, increase range of motion and help prevent injury. With so much information and so many […]…
By Wayne Burke – November 9th, 2015- Medicine balls are a great tool to use in your training program to help develop explosive power. Medicine ball throws teach you how to maximize your power output by utilizing your leg drive, weight transfer, hip rotation and balance to produce the greatest amount of force in the […]…
by Sean Holmes -November 5th, 2015- Here is Episode 2 of my series with the Toronto Rock. New vids will be posted by them every Wednesday. Here we show the Kettlebell Deadbug, an exercise to train core stability. If you want to know why core stability is important read Core Training for Lacrosse. Exhaling is […]…
-August 22nd, 2012- The Stability Ball Push Up is a great exercise that I find myself prescribing much more lately for my athletes. I got away from it for awhile but have since returned to using it more frequently and am wondering why I ever stopped. I may make it look easy in the video […]…
-June 27th, 2012- I’m at a local establishment here in Guelph right now watching the Portugal-Spain Euro Cup Semi-Final match. It reminded me that years ago when I was first looking for Lacrosse Training programs for myself I would often find suggestions that I just find a Soccer Training program and complete that. After all, […]…
-May 3rd, 2012- The squat is regarded as one of the greatest exercises for building lower body strength. It is also a fundamental movement pattern that every athlete needs to master. With every player I begin working with, I have them do a bodyweight squat in warm up to make sure that they have the […]…
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