Hand Position at the Back of the Arm Circle
In today’s video, I demonstrate the position your hand should be in entering the throw zone and explain why.
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Nutrition for Softball Players and Parents
Everyone wants to eat healthier, but following a diet is rarely fun or practical. Healthy diet decisions become more difficult during the softball season when teams have to travel and make pit-stops at “quick and easy” restaurants. In this week’s video, I show you different ways to upgrade your diet, from THE EASIEST way to monitor what and how much you are eating to THE SIMPLEST action steps that you can start using today.
Read MoreThe Consequences of Early Sport Specialization
When I moved to Westchester, New York in 2009, I thought youth “sport specialization” was an issue exclusive to affluent communities where parents could afford the travel and private “tutoring” of athletes. Either I was wrong, or this problem has incomprehensibly metastasized across the country since. This week, I’m forwarding you to a must-read article on this subject and its hard, cold consequences for adolescents.
Read MoreLanding in Relation to the Power Line
In today’s video, I talk a little bit about your landing footwork and how it relates to a good release of the ball.
Read MorePre Game Shoulder Warm Up Exercises
This week, I continue my theme of in-season exercise ideas for softball players and teams. In this video, I explain and demonstrate a routine of exercises to warm up the shoulder properly before practices, games, and pitching lessons. More important than the exercises is the message of this video: begin to install more stability or strengthening exercises into your warm ups in lieu of half-focused jogging and “stretching”.
Read MoreMaking the best of an injury
In this week’s video, I answer a reader question about how to mentally come back from a major injury.
Read MoreWhen Women Lift Weights..
This week I’m sharing an article from U.S. News regarding the benefits of lifting weights for females. Honestly, I know this is a softball training site and I try my best to tailor my advice to the goals of a softball player. However, I haven’t emphasized enough that strength training is not just for young athletes; it’s a cornerstone for a fit, healthy body.
Read MoreDon’t let your desire to reach your destination prevent you from enjoying the trip
I’d always been a point-A-to-point-B kind of person; “I’m here, I need to get there. How do I do that as quickly as possible?” The problem with that, I’ve discovered, is that most of the wonders in life occur between point A and point B.
Read MoreTotal Body Softball Team Workout
As a follow up to last week’s in-season team conditioning video, here is an in-season softball team strength training workout. This workout is space efficient, time efficient, and requires two pieces of equipment, your body and a Cook Band.
Read More“How fast are you pitching? Should we get the radar gun?”
When evaluating pitchers, most folks reach for the radar gun. A common tool, but is it the best one for the job?
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