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Tournaments : by Handball City
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What is core power you might ask? Core power is your center of power which is generated by the muscles in your stomach, lower back, sides (abdominals, oblique, and lower back muscles groups) basically the waist area. This is where you as a handball player get your power for you swings. Most people think just because you’re using your hands you need a lot of upper body strength to play handball, this isn’t correct. About 50% or more of the power generated from the swing is done from your core muscles group. If you ever watch people who play handball you notice that they turn there bodies on an angle before they swing. This is done to gain more power for the swing also their footing is a important matter also. Theoretically, core strength training will lead to greater maximal power yet more efficient use of the muscles of the shoulders, arms, and legs, better body balance, and a lower risk of injury. All exercise on the link below are bought to you by www.exrx.net .
Leg Strength is an important factor in this sport because weak legs produce poor speed. As a handball player you need to have strong legs to propel your body across the court to be able to launch an effective counter attack to your opponent. In short , if you can’t get to the ball in time you will be at the mercy of your opponent. Now we already know that one way to improve is to improve our core strength but with our Legs we need a different approach. Handballs is a fast pace game where you are quickly changing directions and moving on the fly. So you need to train in this matter also to keep up with the game. Jogging is good for you but it doesn’t produce the correct simulation of a handball game. The only form of running that does is short sprinting. If you jog on a tread mill try to run at a fast pace for 10 – 20 seconds and then a slow moving pace 30 - 60 seconds this is good for 20 to 40 minutes. This will help to adjust your body to pace of the game. Strengthen your legs will come down to good old weight training in the gym here are few leg exercise you can do at the gym to strengthen you legs. All of the exercise on the link below are bought to you by www.exrx.net .
Upper body strength in handball is mostly centered on the back and shoulders of your body. Now you know that arm strength is good thing but having a strong back and shoulders is better for handball players. With the combined power of the core , shoulders, and arms your power is guaranteed, as long as you can hit the ball properly but that's for another discussion. The links below will tell you a few exercises to strengthen your shoulders and back muscles to improve your power. All of the exercise on the link below are bought to you by www.exrx.net .
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