QBR Camp Goal Post: June 2009 - Vol. 1, No. 6 |
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Quote of the Month PART ONE OF TWO PARTS "Why QBR Camp?” by Dave Van Matre, QBR Coach for 36 Years! Every year people always ask me an important
question, “Why
QBR Camp?” Colleagues, players and parents want to know what
is so special about QBR Camp and why should they or their child
attend this unique summer football specialty camp. The answer is
really quite simple--because, Quarterback and Receiver Camp is
the BEST! Early on in my coaching career while searching for quarterback expertise, I heard about a relatively novel instructional camp that specialized in quarterbacks and receivers--the only camp of its kind at that time in the entire country! It became love at first sight. Never before in all my travels to clinics and football practices had I seen such organization and drill work. Every summer became a ritual for me attending the two California QBR camps and bringing several of my own athletes that were interested in playing QB or receiver with me to camp. Now, after 36 consecutive summers of teaching at QBR it is fun to reflect on the memories of all the great players, coaches, parents and fans of the game of football that I have had the pleasure and privilege to have met and worked with at QBR. QBR Camp has become like a second family over the years. Every summer it is always exhilarating to visit and renew old friendships with our veteran QBR coaching staff and meet new, top instructors that join us each summer. Another equally invigorating aspect of working each QBR camp is seeing both the many returning campers plus the first-time campers--all looking for improvement in their throwing and catching techniques. Part Two in July's Goal Post: Coaching the young Alex Smith at QBR Camp! QBR CAMP EXPANDED FITNESS TIP Strength in Length, Weakness In Shortness For more than 25 years in my sports medicine practice, I have specialized in the functional evaluation, treatment and training of elite and professional athletes. I have seen many tall athletes who were SHORT and I've seen many short athletes who were LONG! The tall athletes who are short are the ones who look great on paper, but because their muscles are not flexible...they move with short, uncoordinated, choppy motions, sometimes known as "white man's disease." These are the athletes who are most likely to be injured...often! The shorter (actually almost without exception) athlete with the longest muscles is the one who moves smoother, is always improving, recovers from training faster and is injured the least, is the athlete who is most valuable to his team. Here are a few tips to get you moving in the right direction: 1. What is the most effective way to prepare your body for exercise and training? The most successful and injury free athletes learn the proper warm up! Warming up means directing your body to pump blood and warmth to the muscles that will be working the most during your activity. This gently lengthens and prepares your muscles because the proper warm up triggers your nervous system (brain) to relax the areas you are moving so you have an increased range of motion and can allow ideal and fluid movements while simultaneously protecting your joints because now your muscles can react quicker and efficiently to the normal and abnormal stresses that the athlete's body is subjected to during training and competition. 2. I hear that stretching is very important form some coaches and not important at all from others. What should I do? Let's just say that the latest research has shown that FLEXIBILITY is one of the big keys to performance, recovery from training and competition and preventing injury. 3. Does that mean I am supposed to stretch a lot before I work out and or compete? NO, it means you must learn to prepare your body and muscles for the activity you wish to participate in by doing movements (dynamic stretching) that cause BTU! (Body Temperature Up!). You must have a good sweat flowing before you attempt stretching! To get your BTU, you can jog, perform slow and easy jogging, calisthenics, jumping jacks, squats, lunges, push ups, etc. Once you have 5-15 minutes of easy, flowing warm up you can slowly begin your training. You may be asking...What about toe touches and stretches where you are just hanging down or holding a stretch for 5-30 seconds but not moving (static stretching), like I have always done before practice or a game? NO. STATIC STRETCHING CLOSER THAN 2 HOURS PRIOR TO ACTIVITY MAY CAUSE YOUR OWN INJURY! So, is static stretching ever good for me? Absolutely! Static stretching is wonderful for post activity and is very therapeutic as well as relaxing in that it helps recovery by increasing blood flow to muscles that are full of tension, acid and other waste products that accumulate from intense training and lengthens the muscles that you have shortened as a result of your work outs. NEVER GO TO BED SHORT, ALWAYS STRETCH THE MUSCLES YOU USE MOST ON A REGULAR BASIS AS WELL THE MUSCLES YOU WORKED OUT THAT DAY. Recommended stretching techniques: (partial list of examples) Dr. Tim Brown, D.C. NUTRITION AND SELF-CARE TIPS Food and Nutrition Tip Self-Care Tip
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