2024 IDEA Fitness Journal Issue 4, Quiz 3: Rotational Power
Many clients enthusiastically participate in rotational sports, such as golf, baseball, softball, tennis, pickleball, hockey, lacrosse, handball, and volleyball. As fitness professionals, one major goal is to help our clients perform more fluidly in their selected sport activities, while also providing training that helps protect them from injury. However, a traditional strength training program, with a lot of sagittal plane exercises, may not effectively stimulate the muscle tissues actively involved in these rotational sports (Earp and Kraemer, 2010). Therefore, including rotational exercises in the strength training program is a meaningful complement to the other exercises. This course will review some key considerations for developing rotational strength and power and provide several tips and applications for fitness pros to incorporate with their clients.
Learning Objectives
1. Be able to identify some common sports that utilize a lot of rotational movements.
2. Be able to explain the basic biomechanics of rotational sports.
3. Be able to discuss some exercise options, teaching tips and program design considerations that include rotational movements.
Course Procedure
- Enroll in the course.
- View the course content.
- Take the test. (You must score 80% to pass. If you do not pass, you may retake the test.)
- Print your certificate of completion.
Course Content
- Issue 4, Quiz 3 - Rotational Power article
- Rotational Power exam