Well it may be unconventional training for American football - You know the kind that only Americans call football - but quite ordinary training for many others. We're talking about martial arts of course :-)
And yes, martial arts is a great training to supplement other sports such as football, handball, hockey or baseball.
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With coach Dirk Koetter's blessing, Arizona State defensive end Kyle Caldwell turned himself over to Alex Bauman this summer for, shall we say, unconventional training.
Bauman, a grand master in the martial arts discipline of Ja Shin Do, used everything short of Mr. Miyagi's wax on/wax off Karate Kid routine to transform Caldwell from an injury-plagued junior into a dominating senior defensive end.
Bauman's emphasis has been on core training, wrist strengthening and improving hip/hamstring flexibility to take pressure off the knee. Sports Illustrated wrote in April about Bauman's work with his son-in-law Bob Woolf, a k a the Suns Gorilla.
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