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Nutritional Effects on Volleyball Performance

Saturday, 19 June 2010 14:30 | Written by Ben McGregor |

Nutritional Effects on Volleyball Performance

Balanced Diet

Whatever the sport or activity, it has now become widely recognised that nutrition is of great importance. A well balanced diet is essential for optimum performance in both

Understand your Joints

Tuesday, 06 October 2009 14:50 | Written by Mark Harris |

You have a number of different types of joints in your body but the most common and relevant to Volleyball are what we refer to as Freely Moveable Joints or Synovial Joints. The table below describes the different parts of a joint.

	Name	Purpose
A	LIGAMENTS	Holds two bones together and keeps them in place.
B	SYNOVIAL FLUID	Secreted by synovial membrane. It lubricates the joint. More is secreted when you warm up for your match. That's why the warm-up is so important to high perfromance players.
B	JOINT CAVITY	Gap between bones. Lubricates, as it is full of fluid. Keeps your joints ‘well oiled’
C	CARTILAGE	Smooth covering at the end of bones for protection and to reduce friction
D	SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE	Lines the capsule and oozes a slippery liquid called Synovial Fluid.
E	JOINT CAPSULE	Outer bag or sleeve. Holds the bones together and protects joint.

Dynamic Warm Up

Friday, 07 August 2009 16:14 | Written by Mark Harris |

The following are examples of dynamic stretching and mobility exercises, which could form part of the warm up program in a training session. The dynamic exercises you incorporate into your warm up program should be appropriate to the movements you would experience in your sport/event. In all the exercises breathe easily whilst performing them.

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