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Yes, flexibility and mobility are crucial for athletic performance, especially as you get older. It's great that you prioritize these aspects in your training regimen. Improving flexibility can help prevent injury and enhance your overall athletic ability. Keep focusing on mobility and flexibility to support your body in performing at the level you want.

Matthew Reardon | Youngstown State Football

I , I , it's still a very important thing to me , um , strength is explosiveness , all that stuff is , is important to play play division one football , but for me specifically mobility and um . I spent a lot of time in the training room just making sure that my body feels good to be able to perform at the at the level that I want to , um , so I think I think the biggest thing to me is is mobility and and flexibility yeah so uh a a big thing for me , um , Xs and O's wise for for football is definitely the fact that you gotta watch a lot of film , um , to understand what other teams are doing obviously we're out of season right now so . I'll go in with um one of our other receivers and watch film with him sometimes and we'll we'll watch specific players in the NFL just watch how they play , uh , see if from a different , a specific guy if you can get one small thing from their game it's , it's , it adds up if you can do that from for 6 or 7 different guys that you can add to the way you play , and then in season watching the other team , what they do , their tendencies and their coverages and .

Matthew Reardon | Youngstown State Football

I think at at this point in my career the things that I that I focus on the most are more . Because I'm older , um , body isn't as nice to me as it used to be , um , I tend to focus more on mobility and flexibility things , I think from a training regimen than than strength obviously strength . I , I , it's still a very important thing to me , um , strength is explosiveness , all that stuff is , is important to play play division one football , but for me specifically mobility and um .

Matthew Reardon | Youngstown State Football

Because I'm older , um , body isn't as nice to me as it used to be , um , I tend to focus more on mobility and flexibility things , I think from a training regimen than than strength obviously strength . I , I , it's still a very important thing to me , um , strength is explosiveness , all that stuff is , is important to play play division one football , but for me specifically mobility and um . I spent a lot of time in the training room just making sure that my body feels good to be able to perform at the at the level that I want to , um , so I think I think the biggest thing to me is is mobility and and flexibility yeah so uh a a big thing for me , um , Xs and O's wise for for football is definitely the fact that you gotta watch a lot of film , um , to understand what other teams are doing obviously we're out of season right now so .

Matthew Reardon | Youngstown State Football

I knew what I was doing and took advantage of those opportunities and that was That's , that's , I , I would say that's probably what stood out was , um , I think . After a short period of time in spring ball they knew that they could depend on me and I think that that like I said that's a that's a very valuable asset to a team . Personal goals for myself .

Matthew Reardon | Youngstown State Football

Truly , um , if you , if you work . At your craft , whatever sport it is at all at any time that you have the opportunity to do , um , whether people know you're doing it , whether people don't know you're doing it , just , just putting your head down and working is definitely the , the biggest , the biggest thing that I think that I , I've taken from any mentorship that I've had . I think at at this point in my career the things that I that I focus on the most are more .