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The Versatile Athlete

The Versatile Athlete has partnered with NC Gold Volleyball Academy to cover all of their sports performance needs. We will be out at practices each week as well as offering virtual exercises delivered directly to your phone.


The virtual exercises will be accessible through this webpage and will include prehab/injury prevention exercises, mobility and flexibility exercises, and more.

Dynamic Warm-Up Routine

When done properly this warm-up routine will have athletes primed to jump higher and react quicker:

‣ Line Drill (7 seconds per variation)

‣ Mini-Band Knee Drive x 15 ea.

‣ Mini-Band Standing Fire Hydrants x 15 ea.

‣ Nast 5’s x 8 ea.

‣Pogo Jumps x 8

Stretching and Mobility

Check out this video for a quick demonstration of the stretches.

Lower Body Stretching Strap Series - 10min

Hold the stretch position for at least a minute on each leg.

‣ Hamstrings
‣Adductors(inner thigh)
‣Glutes
‣ Figure 4
‣Quads

Check out this video for a quick demonstration of the mobility movements.

Mobility Routine - Whole Body

Complete 2 sets of 5 reps per each exercise:

‣ 90/90 Fwd Lean
‣ 90/90 Internal Rotation
‣ 90/90 External Rotation
‣Shinbox
‣Ankle Mobility w/ Hamstring
‣ T-Spine Rotations
‣Deadbug Angels
‣Thread the Needle w/ Rotation

Prehab Exercises

Check out this video for a quick demonstration of the shoulder exercises.

Mini Band - Shoulder Exercises

Each exercise is linked with an individual video and description

Check out this video for a quick demonstration of the mini-band exercises.

Mini Band - Hip Exercises

  • Knee Drive: 3 x 12ea

    • Slow and controlled knee drives for each rep

  • Band Lat Walk: 3 x 15ea

    • Keep tension on the band throughout the exercise, focusing on
      keeping the knees and ankles from collapsing inward

  • Monster Walk: 3 x 30ea

    • Each(ea) for this exercise means 30 steps forward and 30 steps backward

  • Band Hip Bridge: 3 x 12

  • Seated Str Leg Lift: 3 x 10ea

Mini Band - Ankle Exercises

Lacrosse Ball Exercises

Lax Ball - Back/Shoulder Exercises

Lax Ball - Foot/Ankle Exercises

Extras