I think we would all agree that strength, speed, and power are three qualities you need to possess in order to dominate your respective sport. However, I feel there’s an additional quality many athletes neglect to improve upon that directly impacts on-field performance: Movement Quality.
In my opinion, there’s nothing more important than quality movement. Simply put, if you don’t move well there’s a good chance you’re not playing up to your full athletic potential and at the same time you’re putting yourself at extreme risk of injury this upcoming spring.
To help you improve your movement quality, I have three fantastic catch-all mobility drills you can utilize in your pre-game/pre-training warmups and training sessions to improve hip, thoracic spine, shoulder, hamstring, and lat mobility (plus many more areas)!
Spider-Man Lunge with Hip Lift and Overhead Reach
Yoga Plex
Quad-Pull to Lateral Lunge with Overhead Reach
Worlds Greatest Stretch
Squat to Stand with Diagonal Reach
In addition to using these exercises in your warmups, you can also use these drills as fillers in between sets of your main exercise for the day. Here’s how you could utilize one of these mobility drills as a filler:
A1. Trap Bar Deadlift
A2. Spider-Man Lunge with Hip Lift and Overhead Reach
Keep training hard and make sure you don’t neglect your pre-training movement and mobility work!
