What Makes YOU Successful?

By Joe Bonyai | April 2, 2012 |

Fastpitch Power is not about attracting readers; it’s about drafting a team! It’s important to us that we communicate with philosophically like-minded individuals, and possibly change a few opinions along the way. We WILL show you the best drills and exercises, but it is the integrity of our philosophy and coaching style which forms the context of our applications. The purpose of this post is get the right athletes, parents, and coaches on board with Fastpitch Power and get the rest, well, the heck out.

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Everything in your body really is connected

By Carly | March 29, 2012 |

This post came to me yesterday while I was meditating.

Seriously.

Ok, I don’t really meditate hoping for divine inspiration for blog posts. In between my normal workouts, I do yoga, and sometimes there is a 20-minute group meditation before my yoga class. Yesterday I was sitting in the usual cross-legged position on the floor with the best posture I could muster, and, as usual, I was having trouble focusing. Why? Because no matter how hard I tried to clear my mind, all I could think about was how much my back hurt.

You might be thinking, “Well, what did you do to your back?” The thing is, I didn’t do anything to it.

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Softball Strength 101: Terms You Must Know!

By Joe Bonyai | March 26, 2012

Welcome! My name is Joe Bonyai, strength and conditioning specialist and co-founder of Fastpitch Power. I promise you will not find a better source of evidence-based skill, strength training, and injury prevention strategies for softball players than here on FastpitchPower.com. The initial posts on FP.com are a critical introduction to our language. It seems that too often, a language-barrier exists between coaches, trainers, and parents that ultimately only hurts the people we want to help the most: the athletes.

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