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April 14, 2007

stretching for football

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> Mr. Kurz,
>
> I am a college football player, and I want to maximize my potential as
> an athlete. I have very good natural abilities, such as speed,
> strength, and agility, but I feel that I could be much better if I
> became more flexible. My question for you is do you think that your
> DVD Secrets of Stretching will be helpful for a football player like me?
> I'm a bigger guy, and right now it seems impossible for me to even think
> about doing the splits. Also, I don't even know if being able to do the
> splits is healthy for me as a football player. Could you please give me
> some feedback, so that I can make the decision to buy this DVD or not.
> It looks and seems very intriguing and helpful, but I wanted to hear
> your input for an athlete like myself. Thank you for your time and
> consideration.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Ryan

Answer:

You know best if greater flexibility of your hips would help you on
the field.

If you were running straight ahead only--no evasions, no
interceptions, or other maneuvers--then having extra flexibility
would not be likely to help you. But playing American football you
have to do all these maneuvers, and move in unpredictable ways,
combining running, dodging, intercepting, slamming into people, and
grappling, so more flexibility of hips and legs can give you
greater freedom of movements.

If you follow my program on the DVD Secrets of Stretching, I see no
danger of developing great flexibility without good joint
stability. Afterall, one of the main points of this DVD is showing
how to strengthen hips and legs while increasing their flexibility.
Perhaps you should ask your coach to look at this video
(http://www.stadion.com/videos/1-minute_splits_01.wmv) and at
photos on this page (http://www.stadion.com/photos.html). Both
the video and the photos show a healthy combination of flexibility,
joint integrity, and strength.

Best regards,

Thomas Kurz

P.S.
Photos of my customers doing suspended splits can be found at
http://www.stadion.com/photos.html.

You can view the video showing strength, joint integrity, and
flexibility resulting from using my method of stretching at
http://www.stadion.com/videos/1-minute_splits_01.wmv (Windows Media Video)
or
http://www.stadion.com/videos/1-minute_splits_01.mov (QuickTime Movie).

DVD Secrets of Stretching is available at
http://www.stadion.com/secrets.html.

Book Stretching Scientifically is available at
http://www.stadion.com/stretch.html.

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