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Even beyond his desire to give his coaches the aggressiveness they were looking for, it was Rod's awareness of how different he was from his football brethren that ultimately brought him into my office.
To begin, I asked Rod to review his playing career, going back in age as far as he could remember, for occasions when he had played to the peak of his own aggressiveness.
Two members of the Cornhuskers' strength and conditioning staff present the same program used by Nebraska to power its way to national championships.
This maintenance phase can correspond to a collegiate player's spring football practice or to a high school athlete's involvement in another spring sport.
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By elementary school, a boy usually knows if his body will give him an advantage over others. But Rod was a late developer, both physically and cognitively.
Rod and I were not satisfied that this aspect of his inner motivation could by itself lead to a complete new approach to "psyching up."
Imagery is central to your use of most of these techniques. Good imagery skills are not complicated, but they do require a little time and a basic awareness of what is likely to make your images as strong as possible.
The basic purpose of this phase is to increase gradually, over a period of weeks, your level of nerve activity and excitability.
Depending on the college or high school you attend, your break may occur during a different week. The break in the workout schedule should correspond to your particular academic calendar.
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