PROPRIOCEPTION

When you stand on one leg with your eyes closed and you head back then you try to touch your finger to your nose you fall over. This is because you have bad proprioception. Proprioception is the ability to balance with coordination. When your proprioception is great you can walk and run better then you could ever do before. This is because your ankles and legs adjust to the surface that you are playing on. If your proprioception is bad then you may get hurt more easily.

To avoid injury you should exercise to strengthen your proprioception. Some exercises you could use are:

• Standing on one foot for 1 minute then switch and stand on the other foot for 1 minute.
• When your good at standing on one foot then close your eyes and stand on one foot it will make it harder.
• Stand on one foot on the dyna disk.
• Stand one foot on the trampoline.
• When your good at this then you may get on the voodoo board. The voodoo board looks like a skateboard with out wheels the board is on a round piece of wood. The board rocks side-to-side making it hard to stand on the board.

MAKE SURE TO STREGTHEN BOTH ANKLES!!!