throwing velocity

Push Performance athlete training in-gym.

What Makes PUSH Performance’s Summer Program Different

Baseball Development / By

As baseball player development continues to steamroll into the twenty-first century, what has always been a complex process of improving athletes’ output capability on the field has become more and more highly specialized and interdisciplinary.   In our case at PUSH Performance, this is most obvious in the interplay between strength and conditioning, skill-specific coaching, and …

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Athletes improve throwing output

Improve throwing output: Hand position through takeaway, scap load, & scap retraction at foot plant

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The terms “scap retraction” and “scap load” are in vogue for many athletes looking to boost velocity and improve throwing output.  Scap retraction, or shoulder horizontal abduction, refers to the upper arm moving behind the plane of the shoulders.  We often see athletes in the gym spending extra time trying to feel takeaway, generating high …

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