Weight room conditioning
adds power, prevent injuries
“Volleyball is a power sport,” says Ray Weisenbarger, UCLA strength and conditioning coach. “It is explosive. It’s fast. That’s the way the game has to be played.”
Strengthening exercises also greatly reduce athletes' risks of injury.
Strengthening exercises also greatly reduce athletes' risks of injury.
Wesley Volleyball Head Coach Juli Greep agrees on all points. That's why the Wolverine volleyball players have become very familiar with the Wesley's Peter Bielfield Weight Room.
The room, recently upgraded with $20 million in improvements, may tout the college's famed football team on walls and floor, but twice a week it is crowded with the young women of the volleyball team.
“We go there throughout the season, based on the playing schedule” says Coach Greep. “We focus on core strength and injury prevention.”
The room, recently upgraded with $20 million in improvements, may tout the college's famed football team on walls and floor, but twice a week it is crowded with the young women of the volleyball team.
“We go there throughout the season, based on the playing schedule” says Coach Greep. “We focus on core strength and injury prevention.”
Video above: “I can do this all day
– all day!” (Though video quality is poor,
this is the Wesley Volleyball team working
out in the Peter Bielfield Weight Room.)
