Muscle Strength

I want high school students/ athletes to develop their knowledge in resistance training and muscular strength. “Muscle strength is the ability of a muscle or muscle groups to exert maximum force (Miller).” Students will gain a better understanding of the importance to participate in muscle strength activities both on and off the field. With the use of the progressive overload theory along with various types of muscular strength workouts students will utilize free weights and machines in order to gain results that will help develop their muscle strength. In order to see the progression and increase muscle strength of my students/athletes I will use 1RM to assess their progress and muscle strength in hopes to see an increase by the end of the program. The …show more content…
I will inform students about some of the different types of stretching besides dynamic stretching such as ballistic stretching or static. I will remind students/athletes that dynamic stretching can be used for warm up and for the cool down phase static stretching will be used. “To avoid decrease in strength and performance that may occur in athletes due to static stretching before competition or activity, dynamic stretching is recommended for warm-up (page).” After students/ athletes perform a series of various stretching movements their bodies will begin to warm up. I will lead the class in a demonstration that has students/ athletes spread out at arm’s length apart from each other. After guiding them through a series of stretching movements targeted for football I will review, reminding them dynamic stretching is used as a warm up that will help students/ athletes to increase their ROM often used in football. The hamstring, quadriceps, chest and abdominal stretches I utilize will help increase heart rate before the workout and loosen muscles before they perform the