Why It’s Smart To Train In the Off-Season
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Dec 16, 2020
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Participation in sports doesn’t begin with competition. To get fully prepared physically and mentally, it’s important to train yourself before the sports season starts.
Advantages to off-season training include:
- Helping you to stay healthy and in shape before competition begins
- Strengthening weak muscles (which are more prone to injury)
- Developing the stamina you’ll need to endure long, intense competition
- Improving coordination and increasing reaction time, especially for middle school age athletes who are not yet physically able to build muscle mass
- Identifying any weaknesses you may have, and then focusing on strengthening them before competition begins
Off-season conditioning is typically longer and more intense than training during the sport’s season when more time is spent competing and less time is available for training.
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Source: National Athletic Trainers’ Association; American College of Sports Medicine
