With the growing awareness of our flexibility deficiencies, we are going to try to have one new piece added to our season's arsenal of equipment which can help our student athletes excel. We are planting the seed now for the idea that each runner brings his own water bottle, training shoes, AND a foam roller for use before and after runs. There are many rollers on the market, which can range from a smooth foam roller from Five Below (you guessed it, $5) to more dense and textured rollers which can be found at fitness stores like Dick's Sporting Goods or even Dick Pond athletics. There are no requirements on what type to get. The smooth rollers work fine for what we are trying to do. The dense and textured rollers simply get more of the small knots our of legs.
We will be doing stretch routines from this
VIDEO LINK, among others, in getting full use of the foam rollers. Please be advised that the summer letter will ask for runners to have these this year. They can be stored at school, and brought to practices daily. We have ropes and bands purchased and provided for our athletes, but the foam roller is something our runners could really benefit from routine use, and therefore keeping it as a personal fitness tool is essential.
If you have any questions, please let your coaches know.
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