Guest guest Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Dr Yessis, Today at the " sprint technique " program I set up a quick experiment: 2 ( " attacking " and " defending " ) groups were each standing at a cone 15m apart. A third cone was placed between them, forming a straight line. This cone was slightly past half way (ie closer to the one group - the " attacking group " ). At a given signal a member from each team would run toward the middle cone with the attacker deciding which way to side step, the defender had to chase down the attacker and touch them with 2 hands before a pre-determined boundary. A point was awarded for the " defence " if they touched the " attacker " , conversely a point would be awarded to the " attacking " team if they cross the boundary without being touched. Each group had a chance to be an " attacker " and a " defender " for both types of sidesteps. The " single leg " stepping attackers consistently won, while in the " double leg " sidestepping the defenders consistanly won. I suppose the test would be to see what speeds/distances would be preferential each type of sidestep. > Grant, thanks for your comments regarding the book. I believe the technique > you described is good for stopping and getting set up for receiving or > deciding what one must do next as for example, a tennis player when > approaching the net. However, I do not recommend it mainly because it is > too cumbersome and broadcasts what you will be doing to your opponent. I > prefer to use a single leg to make a cutting action and to make it sharp, > especially when running fast. Once technique is learned, then it's a matter > of being able to execute it at different speeds. This is not always easy > and sometimes takes one or two years before an athlete becomes the best he > can in this skill. Regards, Grant Strength and Rehabilitation Consultant B.Sc. (Hons) Ex. Sci. M.A.A.E.S.S., M.A.S.C.A. PHYSIOKINETICS Gold Coast, Australia (+61) 409 625 263 -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Grant: I'm afraid I don't understand your post. If the single leg attackers consistently won, why keep using the double leg when they always lost with this technique? Am I missing something? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yessis, Ph.D President, Sports Training, Inc. www.dryessis.com PO Box 460429 Escondido, CA 92046 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 12:12:29 +0800 Subject: Re: Sidestepping Dr Yessis, Today at the " sprint technique " program I set up a quick experiment: 2 ( " attacking " and " defending " ) groups were each standing at a cone 15m apart. A third cone was placed between them, forming a straight line. This cone was slightly past half way (ie closer to the one group - the " attacking group " ). At a given signal a member from each team would run toward the middle cone with the attacker deciding which way to side step, the defender had to chase down the attacker and touch them with 2 hands before a pre-determined boundary. A point was awarded for the " defence " if they touched the " attacker " , conversely a point would be awarded to the " attacking " team if they cross the boundary without being touched. Each group had a chance to be an " attacker " and a " defender " for both types of sidesteps. The " single leg " stepping attackers consistently won, while in the " double leg " sidestepping the defenders consistanly won. I suppose the test would be to see what speeds/distances would be preferential each type of sidestep. > Grant, thanks for your comments regarding the book. I believe the technique > you described is good for stopping and getting set up for receiving or > deciding what one must do next as for example, a tennis player when > approaching the net. However, I do not recommend it mainly because it is > too cumbersome and broadcasts what you will be doing to your opponent. I > prefer to use a single leg to make a cutting action and to make it sharp, > especially when running fast. Once technique is learned, then it's a matter > of being able to execute it at different speeds. This is not always easy > and sometimes takes one or two years before an athlete becomes the best he > can in this skill. Regards, Grant Strength and Rehabilitation Consultant B.Sc. (Hons) Ex. Sci. M.A.A.E.S.S., M.A.S.C.A. PHYSIOKINETICS Gold Coast, Australia (+61) 409 625 263 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yessis, Ph.D President, Sports Training, Inc. www.dryessis.com PO Box 460429 Escondido, CA 92046 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 --- " Dr. Yessis " wrote: > Grant: > > I'm afraid I don't understand your post. If the > single leg attackers consistently won, why keep > using the double leg when they always lost with this > technique? Am I missing something? Not all. I was just showing you that in my little experiment you were right and I saw the results. Regards, Grant Strength and Rehabilitation Consultant B.Sc. (Hons) Ex. Sci. M.A.A.E.S.S., M.A.S.C.A. PHYSIOKINETICS Gold Coast, Australia (+61) 409 625 263 -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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