| 509 | Friday, March 19, 2010 |
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| 7:30 AM-8:30 AM | Convention Center:Sagamore BR 3 |
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| Healthy Flexibilty: Exercises and Practices for Dancers and Athletes |
| Often dancers and athletes are expected to exhibit extreme levels of flexibility in their dances/performances/competitions.
What is considered unbelievably flexible to most people is standard for competitive dancers/athletes. Learn about evaluating and increasing healthy flexibility based on students' neeeds. Are there individual limits? Do dancers/athletes need to be so extremely flexible that their bodies are endangered?
This session will provide teachers and coaches with flexibility exercises/stretches and progressions that protect and prevent injury.
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Keyword(s): dance, exercise/fitness/physical activity, safety/injury prevention
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| Presider: Mary Ann Laverty, Woodside High School, Newport News, VA |
| Speaker: Sanja Korman, Bellaire HS, Houston ISD, Houston, TX |