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Development And Training Of The American Football Quarterback, Kyle Zies
Development And Training Of The American Football Quarterback, Kyle Zies
Masters Theses/Capstone Projects
The American Football Quarterback position is often argued to be the most important position in all of team sports. The position always requires peak physical and mental performance and elite processing ability. Being explored in this analysis is the training and development methods used in training the quarterback while also analyzing the reasons and validity of the programs being used. Identifying the literature that already exists with published studies regarding the position, comparison of the position to baseball, and a breakdown of the phases of the throwing motion will be the focus of this analysis.
Measuring The Effects Of Pre-Exhaust Training Using Electromyography, Zephaniah S. Pratt
Measuring The Effects Of Pre-Exhaust Training Using Electromyography, Zephaniah S. Pratt
Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts
This review is an examination of pre-exhaust electromyography studies, their cumulative results, and a discussion of specific shortcomings they exhibit. It concludes with a discussion on improvements future studies in the field can incorporate. Specifically, this review addresses the lack of understanding in regards to the current primary uses of PE (pre-exhaust), and EMG’s (electromyography) drawbacks when used to measure PE effectiveness. Current practices of PE focus on advanced weight training athletes attempting to improve the stimulus to fatigue ratio of their lifting sessions, and reduce their risk of injury. Research thus far has mainly focused on cross sectional studies …