Hitting success in the game of baseball can be classified with three distinct factors: decision time, swing velocity, and exit velocity.
Since exit velocity can be influenced by the first two factors, is there a way we can enhance swing … Read more >
There is still an on-going debate about conditioning for pitchers: running poles. Unfortunately, the old school thought of running poles seems to dominate the new school thought of taking energy systems into account when training baseball players.
You’re running poles … Read more >
The subscapularis is a muscle that is often neglected when talking about arm care exercises for baseball players.
The subscapularis is a rotator cuff muscle that attaches from the inside of your shoulder blade/scapula and wraps underneath to the front … Read more >
Baseball players have been swinging weighted implements in the on-deck circle for what seems like forever.
Weighted “donuts,” bat wraps, and heavy bats weighing up to 80 oz. are all fixtures at ballparks from the youth level up to the … Read more >
Whether it be a pitcher or outfielder rehabbing from shoulder or elbow surgery or injury, no greater sense of joy and excitement overwhelms them than the first day they can throw a baseball.
For some, it is the highlight of … Read more >
Recently the American Sports Medicine Institute published some fantastic research identifying specific changes in pitchers that may increase risk of an arm injury during the baseball season.
The most important changes have been linked to range of motion in the … Read more >
When training baseball players in-season, it’s very important to consider that the body does not know the specific stress that is being put upon it. Practicing and playing multiple days out of the week is still stress on the body, … Read more >
The increases in pitching velocity and the distance guys are covering when they go yard tells one thing for sure… Guys are getting in the gym and getting bigger, faster and stronger. Period.
That’s great. As a matter of fact, … Read more >
When life becomes busy and your free time starts to dwindle as you work to balance school and your social life with travel, games, and practice, it’s easy for other parts of your routine to get left behind.
One of … Read more >
Baseball season is just around the corner and as practices fire up, coaches should remember to focus on the process of gradual rises in workloads.
Whether it’s in the weight room or on the field, all aspects of sport development … Read more >
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