Ola Eriksrud and Vern Gambetta covered as much ground as they could in 45 minutes on a recent GAINcast interview. Highlights included Eriksrud’s perspectives on hamstring injuries, movement efficiency and the meaningless use of the word “core.” Ola Eriksrud is a professor of biomechanics and 1080 Motion’s director of research and development. Far from being […]
Major League Baseball teams defy a simple or clear relationship between player injuries and team performance. The team that has suffered the most injuries since 2010 – the Los Angeles Dodgers – also won the most games in that span. They have been to the National League Champions Series three times, and are now in […]
The kinetics of a 20-meter sprint may tell a coach more about an athlete’s ability than just their speed. Drs. Jeremy Townsend and Gerald Mangine used the 1080 Sprint to parse a 20-meter sprint and correlate the power, force and velocity to other assessment exercises with collegiate basketball players. Selecting exercises that efficiently and faithfully […]
Boston Town FC’s first performance specialist, Arun Gray, is a one-man operation for injury prevention, strength and conditioning, rehab and return-to-play. He works under an unusual mix of incentives, maintaining his players’ readiness for the pitch and for their day jobs. Three of the Premier League’s most expensive players are out of the lineup with […]
Preventing hamstring injuries is a major consideration for strength and conditioning coaches in field sports. Hamstring injuries have a 12-14% recurrence rate, with the re-injury often requiring more days away from training and competition than the initial trauma. Reducing an athlete’s risk of a hamstring injury is therefore one of the most important investments a […]
