Being a great athlete is much more than having just the technical qualities to play your sport. First and foremost your body must be optimized to perform the sport.
In football, you play for 90mins on the weekend with multiple training sessions during the week. Your favourite basketball stars in the NBA play 82 games a season. Track and field athletes have to be extremely strong to be their sports.
Like I always say, there’s no sport that doesn’t have a fitness element to it. Your body must be able to handle the rigours of sports.
In addition to the fitness aspect, you also have the injury aspect of sports. A great athlete is one is prepares their body to avoid injuries.
This is one of the areas sports physiotherapy comes in. Many young athletes don’t even know who or what a Sports Physio does until they get injured. You think you need to see a physio only when you’re injured or when there’s something wrong.
Guess what? That’s medicine after death. A sports physio is super important to the career of an athlete and in this episode you’ll learn why.
Kulthoum (KT) Bakare is a Board Certified Sports Physiotherapist. She has a Masters in Sports and Orthopedic Physiotherapy and is currently undergoing her Doctorate as well.
So you can call her Dr. KT.
In this episode KT will help you better understand your body as an athlete and maximize it for performance.
If you loved this episode shoot me an email tola@athletemaestro.com and let me know what you learnt so I can forward your message to KT.
If you have any questions about something we didn’t talk about, you can ask as well.
Don’t forget to share this episode with your fellow athletes (share it on your Instagram and Facebook stories) and don’t forget to listen to follow KT on Instagram she’s @koolboulevard
Remember, knowing is not enough you must apply, willing is not enough you must do.
Athlete Maestro is a podcast for you to help you break your mental and physical limitations so you can achieve high performance in your sports.
TOLA OGUNLEWE
Tola Ogunlewe is a Sports Performance Coach, Sports Lawyer, Father and the creator of Athlete Maestro.
He is a real world mentor to young athletes.
If you’re ready to learn how to make the most of your talent, become the athlete you were meant to be, achieve self mastery, deliberate practice and create you own path to success in sports, join us and he’ll show you how.
Become a maestro.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE
- Who is a Sports Physio and what do they do?
- How to optimize your performance by focusing on your body
- How to effectively prevent injuries
- The role the mental aspect plays in recovering from injuries
- The different people you should have on your team as an athlete
- and much much more
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TOLA OGUNLEWE
Tola Ogunlewe is a Sports Performance Coach, Sports Lawyer, Father and the creator of Athlete Maestro.
He is a real world mentor to young athletes.
If you’re ready to learn how to make the most of your talent, become the athlete you were meant to be, achieve self mastery, deliberate practice and create you own path to success in sports, join us and he’ll show you how.
Become a maestro.