{"id":313,"date":"2009-07-31T14:36:35","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T21:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=313"},"modified":"2009-07-31T14:42:14","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T21:42:14","slug":"lower-body-reaching-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=313","title":{"rendered":"Lower Body Reaching (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In last week&#8217;s post I revealed my core lower body reaches using one leg for stance and the other leg fro dynamic movement.\u00a0 Today, I will show you 3 fundamental upper body patterns I use with many of my athletes.<\/p>\n<p>They include anterior hand touches, ipsilateral hand\u00a0touches and contralteral hand touches.\u00a0 You may progress from a 12&#8243; cone all the way to tape on the floor.\u00a0 The rotational reaching should only be added after the other two progressions have been mastered.\u00a0 Perform 1-2 sets repetitions for these exercises.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose\u00a0of these exercises is:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Increase strength<\/li>\n<li>Increase stability<\/li>\n<li>Improve proprioception<\/li>\n<li>Improve mobility<\/li>\n<li>Reduce injury risk<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I highly recommend incorporating some of these simple yet effective training strategies if you are a field or court athlete or someone who works directly with this population.\u00a0 In addition, any clients prone to ankle sprains or with a history of knee injuries should be doing some form of these routinely if they are still actively competing.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"viddlervideo-24742-82432a07\" class=\"viddlervideo\"><p><a href=\"#viddlervideo-24742-82432a07\" onclick=\"loadViddlerVideo('24742','82432a07','player',437,370);\" title=\"Click to play this video.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"370\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn-thumbs.viddler.com\/e2\/thumbnail_2_82432a07.jpg\" alt=\"Video thumbnail.\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"#viddlervideo-24742-82432a07\" onclick=\"loadViddlerVideo('24742','82432a07','player',437,370);\" return false;\">Click to play this video.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In last week&#8217;s post I revealed my core lower body reaches using one leg for stance and the other leg fro dynamic movement.\u00a0 Today, I will show you 3 fundamental upper body patterns I use with many of my athletes. 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