These transverse plane (rotational movement) exercises need to be incorporated in every athletes training program.
Rotational training is not just important for baseball, softball, tennis and golf athletes. Those specific sports require an athlete to be efficient in the transverse plane and this is obvious to most people. What about other sports such as volleyball, soccer and football. Look at all three of these pictures and notice the amount of rotation taking place at the hip, core, and shoulder girdle.
Train and develop these movment patterns.
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