A few years back, I was very against med ball work in-season. I was wrong. It’s a must in-season. The truth is, I was worried about excess stress on the elbow and thought adding additional rotation to an already rotating sport would be a recipe for injury. When we look at the baseball player, pitchers …
Injuries happen when the body isn’t prepared to take force or absorb force from an external stressor. Often, injuries stem from overuse. When an athlete gets injured, we tend to look at what could have been done to “prevent” that injury. However, we can not “prevent” injury. No matter the approach taken for injury reduction …
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It’s common in baseball (especially softball) to have development priorities backward. With athletes and parents chasing scholarships at an earlier age than ever before, making proper development a top concern is crucial. Knowing this, the worst word a scout or school can call an athlete is “projectable”. Projectable describes an athlete who is small, undersized, …
Body presentation tells a story of how the athlete moves and the type of power and rotation they can express. More compact, compressed movers are able to express more force and rotate more efficiently. Think of a Christian Yelich-type body. He rotates and doesn’t stop rotating. Wider, more expanded individuals can absorb more force and …
An important area we believe in to reach success, along with our culture in the facility, is how thorough we are in our initial movement assessments and programming. Often, strength programs can be “cookie-cutter one-size-fits-all” programs, which don’t always benefit athletes’ individual goals and bodies. Baseball development is unique and requires specific demands of skill …
During the off-season, the foundation of strength that was built will be transferred to power, lateral movements and sprints. Strength is the foundation of all movement. A simple way we monitor workloads and preparation for the baseball and softball season is by using the strength-speed continuum and programming off the force velocity curve. The phase …
Rehabbing a thrower is not easy. Having an understanding of the human body is different than knowing what is happening during the throwing motion. The throwing motion is complex, but in this day and age, there is an ample amount of information available on how to better it. However, there seems to be a gap …
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How to build arm strength is an ongoing conversation. Does throwing more build arm strength? Some preach that arm strength is developed by throwing more and at higher intensities. Then there are others saying that you can not build strength through throwing. With so many coaches, teams, and gurus selling throwing programs to increase velocity, …