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SHADOW SPORTS

Guide Rating -  
Pros  •  Sports specific training
•  Targets balance, coordination and endurance
•  Great form-pointers and cueing
Cons  •  Length of tape (around 60 minutes) may not work for people with busy schedules
The Bottom Line - A solid and effective video targeting sports specific moves.  Challenging enough for adults, but with simple choreography that an older child could follow as well.


Product Description
• Increases hand-eye coordination, speed, and endurance
•  Challenges you in a different way by working muscles that are often overlooked
•  excellent form-pointers, timely cueing, and laid-back attitude make the workout fly by.
 
 
Guide Review
Shadow Sports
Shadow Sports is one of the best sports specific videos on the market.  After a solid warm up, you move on into exercises that target hand-eye coordination, balance, endurance, and stability.  Each major sport is covered (baseball, basketball, football, etc.) and the exercises relate to specific movements common to each sport.  For example, during the 'football' section, you'll hustle backwards and simulate throwing a football simultaneously--a nice integration of moves.  This is a low impact workout, although there are some jump-roping sections.  Many exercise also strengthen the hips, thighs and glutes--areas that have to be strong for sports as well as every day activities.  The best thing about this video is that it's perfect to do with older children, whether they play sports or not.  The moves are simple and, with Kassandra's excellent cueing, you'll have no trouble following the workout.
   
 
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