Baseball players are faced with a decision to make when it comes to making the most out of their summer. Do they train in the gym all summer and develop their skills or do they play in tournaments or a summer league? Many gyms will tell you that you need to train regardless of circumstance; …
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Since the beginning of softball the windmill underhand fastpitch has been considered a ‘natural motion’, justifying a “no cap” rule on pitch volume for pitchers. This allows pitchers to pitch multiple games in a day or back-to-back days, with little to no recovery. In this article we will address the mechanics of the windmill pitch, …
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Now that the high school baseball season is over and the college season is coming to a close, what should you do to separate yourself this summer? The summer months allow you to reflect on your spring season, put in the work necessary to create new physical adaptations, and take your body and game to …
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Maximizing throwing recovery is critical in the game of baseball. If an athlete is not sufficiently recovered, performance on the field will suffer. There are many tools out there marketed to aid in recovery such as massage guns, Marc Pro/STEM, and cupping, to name a few. While these tools do their job in aiding in …
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Building an arsenal is a large part of the pitching development process and something we focus on here at Push. Typically, pitch design is the final step in the process after an on-ramp/movement focus and velocity phase. Using technology such as Rapsodo gives us the information we can’t see with just our eyes such as …