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In The Spot Light - November 2011

Todd Locke and Josh Fuchs Help Crusaders Return to the Playoffs

This month we'd like to congratulate FlightTeam members Todd Locke, Josh Fuchs and the Canton Central Catholic Crusaders football team. Both Locke and Fuchs help the Crusaders land a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2007. Todd a senior Wide receiver and place kicker had 8 receptions for 161 yards and 2 touchdowns to go along with his 15 PAT's. Junior running back, Josh Fuchs, rushed for 597 yards and 12 touchdowns and had 83 tackles - 10 for a loss, from his defensive end position. Todd was also a member of the Crusaders 2011 State Championship baseball team. Josh also is on the Crusaders track team.

Hats off and congratulations to Crusader coach Lowell Klinefelter, Todd Locke and Josh Fuchs for a great football season!

Eric Thompkins Takes His Talents to the Eagles at Ashland University

A 2011 graduate of Canton South High School, Eric Thompkins started at wide receiver this fall for the Eagles of Ashland University. In his first season with the 6-5 Eagles, Thompkins was the second leading receiver with 29 receptions for 396 yards and 3 touchdowns.

As a Canton South Wildcat, Eric was selected first team All-Stark County and first team All-Northern Buckeye Conference in 2010. As a senior, Eric caught 77 passes for 1,089 yards and 14 touchdown and set a state record for receptions in a game (19). He lettered three times in track and field and twice each in football and basketball.

In his last year at South, Eric placed 2nd in the 200m and 3rd in the 100m dashes in the State Finals and smashed the 100m (10.75 FAT) and 200m (21.93 FAT) records at Canton South.

Eric is the son of Eric and Shirlesley Thompkins.

Training Tips: Balancing Power and Speed in Sprinting

Developing Speed for Sprinting - If you consider what the components for speed are, they include firing frequency and muscle fiber recruitment. Contemporary training programs work on increasing firing frequency through foot or leg drills or through repetitive running for set distances. Muscle fiber recruitment typically is done in the weight room with explosive lifts. However, explosive lifts require proper training and supervision to avoid injury. Immediate improvements in speed usually, come from neuromuscular adaptations. Neuromuscular adaptations enhance firing frequency and muscle requirements. A safer method of recruiting muscle fibers for the development of speed includes the addition of more balance work and conditioning program.

If you look at most movement patterns of lower body, at one point during the movement the body must support itself on one leg. However, we do not ask athletes to condition that way. We usually get on a weight machine and use two limbs; thus, never really working on the weaker limb. Each time the weaker limb steps on the ground by itself, it slows you down because, for a split fraction of a second, it must adjust appropriately during the running stride.

Balance work takes advantage of proprioception, the ability of muscle to respond to abnormal positions and situations. Proprioception provides a sense of joint position and movement.

Doing balance work in conjunction with explosive power movements in your sprint training provides an opportunity to recruit and train additional muscle fibers. If done properly, the end result is improved speed. To learn more about how to incorporate the right blend of balance and power into the your sprinting program click here.

The FlightTeam

We'd like to welcome to the 2011-12 FlightTeam

Todd Locke
Santigo Gill
Paul Elum
Austin Thomas
Zoe Dellaserra
Nate Horning
Kate Bleichrodt
Amanda Bleichrodt
Aaron Cain
Erin Duncan

Nate Roman

Jake Vance

XStreme Sports Baseball

Jackson Polar Bears Soccer

Alexis Reese

Nick Kunce

Reiley Nelson

Mitch Mulqueen

Kyle Kempt

Jake Kempt

Bradley Mercier

Brady Mattingly

Kayla Mattingly

Landon Fricker

Matt Young

Tyler Anderson

Kassidy Toxell

Mike Chavarria

Jared Purdy

Josh Fuchs

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Better Health and Fitness

Immune Health and the Gut

By Dr. William J. Keller

If you have done some reading on immune system health lately, you know that immune system support involves a complex network of specialized cells and organs that evolved to defend the body against attacks by foreign invaders such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and other parasites. The two basic kinds or types of immunity are termed innate and acquired.

Innate immunity, also known as genetic or species immunity, represents a wide range of immune protective factors that a person is born with.

In contrast, acquired immunity becomes part of the host defenses by means other than heredity. Within this category, immune system support can be acquired naturally or artificially. Natural acquired immune system support is developed through the recovery from a specific infectious disease while artificial acquired immune system support occurs when the host receives a vaccine or antitoxin. This category can be further subdivided by using the terms active (the host actively produces antibodies in response to a solution of antigens such as those in a vaccine) and passive (the host passively accepts preformed antibodies present in products such as an antitoxin). When our immune system malfunctions, the consequences can range from microbial infections to cancer.

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