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Single Leg Training for Baseball Pitchers

3 Single Leg Exercises to Build Strength and Improve Force Production for Baseball Players

3 Comments/in Performance Enhancement/by Matt Rossignol

This is no secret. As a baseball player, you need to be able to produce force and you need to be able to absorb force. Being able to do these two things will give you the ability to be powerful, … Read more >

3 Exercise to Develop Rotational Power in Baseball Players

0 Comments/in Performance Enhancement/by Gerry DeFilippo

Rotational ability is one of the key components in transferring power from the lower half and core towards either the catcher (pitching) or ball (hitting). Developing proficiency in this area will help further progress the efficiency of a complete power … Read more >

3 Drills to Properly Time and Load the Baseball Swing

3 Drills to Enhance the Rhythm of the Baseball Swing

0 Comments/in Coaching/by Barb Kutch

A baseball swing is an intricate series of movements that need to be correctly timed together to optimize the swing outcome.

The energy of the swing begins at the bottom and works up through the body. This is then transferred … Read more >

Total Motion Release: A New Warm-Up Approach

0 Comments/in Injury Prevention, Performance Enhancement, Research Review/by Jarad Vollkommer

There is no surprise that baseball is a very one-sided sport. Due to this one-sidedness, baseball athletes present an adaptive muscular tightness and weakness in their throwing shoulder from repetition after repetition.

There is also no surprise that one of … Read more >

The Proper Way For Baseball Pitchers To Push Down The Mound

8 Comments/in Coaching, Performance Enhancement/by Brantley Freeman

The pitching motion is an explosive lateral to rotational movement down a hill in under two seconds.

The greatest key component to this explosive movement is “leg drive,” or the moment the pitcher moves down the mound after reaching peak … Read more >

How to Develop Elite Pitching Performance

3 Things Baseball Players Need to Develop Elite Pitching Performance

0 Comments/in Coaching, Performance Enhancement/by Mike Reinold

There is no magical answer to the question, “what are the best pitching mechanics?” Take a look around Major League Baseball and you’ll see an endless amount of mechanical variations.

There’s definitely not just one way to throw a baseball.… Read more >

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