Reducing Hip Pain in Softball Pitchers
In this week’s video, I demonstrate a few ways for softball pitchers to actively manage hip pain during the season.
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Preseason Team Conditioning Workout #2
Here is the second preseason or at-practice team conditioning workout that coaches can safely implement with their athletes.
Read MorePreseason Team Conditioning Workout
In this week’s video, I demonstrate a team conditioning workout that coaches can add to tryouts and practices during the preseason. These exercises are space efficient and easy for coaches or parents to instruct.
Read MoreMedicine Ball Exercises for Athletes
This week I’m posting a collection of medicine ball exercises that can be used to improve core strength and rotational power for any athlete. You will see a distinct progression from stability toward power emphasis, which I recommend you follow if you are trying these on your own or installing them with your athletes. You…
Read More10 Upper Body Exercises for Softball Players
This week I’ve put together a catalog of ten upper body exercises from our YouTube page. From my experience, upper body strength training is too often overlooked or avoided in fear of injury or “getting to stiff and bulky”. The reality is strength training is critical to improve the physical integrity and durability of muscles, tendons and ligaments.
Read MoreCore Exercises for Hitting and Pitching (and why you still drag your back foot)
In this week’s video I show you three core exercises to improve hitting and pitching that you can perform almost anywhere as long as you have an exercise band. The exercises in this video are designed to improve rotational power for swinging AND pitching. In the video I demonstrate how the ability to rotate might be THE critical capacity for pitchers who want to achieve maximal velocity and command.
Read MorePreseason Speed, Strength and Conditioning Program
In this week’s post and video, I lay out a preseason fitness program for athletes who need to get in shape FAST for the upcoming season. If you haven’t made it to the gym much this off season, or you’ve been playing another sport, you still have time to get in shape for the spring.
Read MoreWinter Practice Tips: Spins and Other Resources
“How much should my daughter be practicing?” and “what should we be working on?” are two of my most consistently frequently asked questions, both from readers writing in and from my own students. Since the off-season is the time when people seem to be the most unsure, here is a list of resources you can use as a training guide!
Read MoreHow to Get Your Athletes to Focus on the Details
In this week’s video, I share with you my favorite demonstration that I use to explain to my athletes the reasons behind the things we do in the gym. This exercise will show your athletes how focusing on technical details and “the big picture” leads to much greater improvement than simply by “pushing harder”.
Read MoreDifferences in Medicine Ball Exercises for Pitching and Hitting
Medicine ball exercises are an essential training component for softball players because blend strength training with sport specific movements. In this week’s videos I explain the subtle differences in medicine ball exercise technique for softball pitching and hitting.
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