Balance exercises are critical for preventing ankle sprains and ACL injuries. A great balancing exercise for beginner is to balance on one foot with your hands on your hips for 30 seconds on each foot. Repeat 3x on each side. For the intermediate, do a single-leg squat touchdown by balancing on one foot, then squatting as if sitting in a chair and reaching the hand opposite of the balance leg toward the foot. My favorite move for advanced athletes is walking lunges to a 4-second press up on the front leg. Then slowly raise the leg that is behind up as high as you can (try and get higher than hip level) and hold for 10 counts.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:23:13 +0000
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