Why you need to work on your mobility
There are three planes that the human body can move in. “People end up doing lateral raises because the frontal plane exercise options are limited for the upper body and this one is the most effective one,” says Girish Venkatraman, who is a strength and conditioning coach based out of Pune. The side plank, the warrior pose, and the lateral lunge are also frontal plane exercises worth doing. Tennis players generally train a lot side-to-side, but once the season comes and they’re already playing so much, we shift focus to sagittal plane training,” Venkatraman says. “Plyometrics training is an effective modality to improve power and change-of-direction speed performance, and basketball coaches should use multi directional plyometric training rather than training in only one plane,” the study concluded.
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