PDF: Rotational Athlete Warm Up

PDF Version
by Kika Mela and Ki-RO Concepts
This manual includes 47 pages in full color of information on how to use the Ki-RO Core Trainer as part of a skills warm up for rotational athletes! 
 
Rotational athletes are those who use high speed trunk rotation as a predominant part of their athletic skill set for their sport of choice.  These athletes can include but are not limited to: golfers, pitchers, batters, quarterbacks, tennis players, boxers, MMA fighters, and hockey players.  This type of athlete needs the ability to efficiently transmit force from the ground up into their shoulders and tends to do so to one particular side as opposed to equal rotation to both sides.
 
This warm up using the Ki-RO Core Trainer was designed to help prepare these athletes for their particular skill work and not specifically to prepare for strength and conditioning training. The exercises chosen are specific to common limitations that we have found and treated over many years working with elite and professional athletes.   From my experience as an MAT™ Specialist, waking up these specific muscle groups with low grade contractions is an effective way to prepare the body for activity. 
 
Warm up exercises incuded range from the feet to the neck. A warm up sheet is included on the last page to provide a way to mark which exercises are done.  Choose different exercises each day before skill work to "rotate the tires" of the joint.