Tag Archive for: Baseball

3 Ways Baseball Pitchers Can Use a Radar Gun to Enhance Performance

One of the simplest, yet most effective training aids for any baseball pitcher is a radar gun.

At one point in time, I was actually against having youth baseball pitchers use a radar gun too often and focus on velocity, … Read more >

4 Ways to Improve Your Command and Control in the Weight Room

Generally, when players start to struggle with throwing strikes, they’ve been conditioned to modify their mechanics. Many times, this is completely unnecessary.

Anatomy often tells us that in order to fix a “control” issue, strength and stability may need to … Read more >

Proper Conditioning for the Baseball Player

Conditioning with Tempo Runs

Conditioning for baseball players has long consisted of LSD: long, slow, distance work.

While slow aerobic work has it benefits, I tend to disagree that it is a useful technique for baseball athletes which leads up … Read more >

Top 4 Exercises to Help Generate Front Leg Power in Throwers

In this blog post, I am going to focus on the lead leg when throwing. While arm path and direction are definitely something to not ignore, the lead leg plays a very important role when throwing a baseball, especially pitching.… Read more >

How to Own the 60-Yard Dash

Speed is one of the most important tools in the game of baseball. Everyone wants to get faster in some way, whether it be linear speed or being quicker towards the ball.

There’s a reason why the 60-yard dash is … Read more >

4 Tips for Strength Coaches to Connect with Baseball Coaches

The ability to connect with players is a topic getting more and more attention in the sports performance world these days. But, what are some strategies for connecting with the coaches of the athletes you train?

This is a topic … Read more >

How to Use the Weight Room for Baseball Pitching Mechanical Issues

I truly believe that for those athletes that can do certain basic things properly the sky is the limit. However, the reality is that the underlying foundation that enables pitchers to do these “basic things” is great strength and mobility … Read more >

Vest Cooling For The Baseball Catcher

In the game of baseball, most of the attention is focused on the pitcher. We are always continuing to research multiple avenues on how to enhance performance for the baseball pitcher. But what about the guy behind the dish?

Catchers … Read more >

4 Lifestyle Factors That Affect Baseball Performance

As the summertime rolls around, the baseball tournament season is beginning to get heavy. Schedules begin to fluctuate between morning double headers and long travel for tournament play.

Hopefully, your body isn’t worn down because you’re in a solid strength … Read more >

5 Rotational Power Exercises for Baseball Performance

A strengthening program for baseball that doesn’t include rotational movements and “controlled rotation” is simply incomplete. Like the pitcher that throws 100 mph but has no idea where the ball is going, neither one is very effective.

Many of the … Read more >