Importance of Gait Analysis in effective sports coaching

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Importance of Gait Analysis in effective sports
coaching
Coaching and targeted training in sports is of
paramount importance for success, if not a
necessity. If a player or athlete receives
targeted coaching for himself, he has a scope of
improving and pushing his own boundaries to
achieve benchmark results for himself. After all,
better training does result in better overall
performance of any sportsperson.
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Importance of Gait Analysis in effective sports
coaching
An effective coaching procedure therefore aims to
provide targeted and specific training to an
athlete or sportsperson so that he or she can
enhance their capabilities to the best of their
abilities. For any experienced coach to provide
such training, a complete review of the athlete
or player is done by the coach which includes the
review of playing strategies, performance under
pressure as well as thoroughmovement analysis or
clinical gait analysis.
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Importance of Gait Analysis in effective sports
coaching
Why is Gait or movement analysis important in
effective sports training? Gait or Movement
analysis is done to review how the athlete or
player moves from one place to another. The
analysis may be done with the help of a video or
it can be done live by analyzing how the athlete
or player runs for a few minutes on the
treadmill. The main purpose behind clinical gait
analysis or movement analysis is to check the
pronation. Effective pronation process acts as a
shock absorber for the players foot, enabling
him or her to run faster without causing any
strain to the ankle or the foot.
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Importance of Gait Analysis in effective sports
coaching
Overpronation or underpronation might cause
defect in the running or sprinting style of an
athlete which eventually hampers his or her
performance. If not reviewed and corrected well
in time, this might become very tough and even
impossible in few cases, endangering the career
of the sportsperson in question. In any detailed
movement analysis or gait analysis, the
sportspersons video of performance or running is
analyzed and specific areas of the body are
pointed out which might be drastically affecting
the performance.
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Importance of Gait Analysis in effective sports
coaching
For any endurance sport, movement and clinical
gait analysis play a pivotal role in shaping the
players future. As every athlete and
sportsperson has different physique and build,
they cant be given the same training exercises,
nor can they be subjected to the same regime. As
each and every sportsperson has his or her own
pattern of movements, it becomes very important
for any good professional sports coach to carry
out through movement analysis to train the
athletes better. As endurance sports often
involve several minutes of work and monumental
efforts, it is very important to have the right
posture, position or moving pattern for the
athlete- not just to stay healthy, but to prevent
injuries and fatigue during the game.
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Importance of Gait Analysis in effective sports
coaching

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