I received an email recently from a coach asking me to clarify my recommendations for upper body strength training for softball players. Specifically, he wanted to know how many sets and repetitions of exercises like push ups, pull ups, and rows his athletes should be completing. I think week’s article, I give you my response.
Read MoreIn our house and for softball fans everywhere it is “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!” It is the beginning of the NCAA women’s college softball run to world series. ESPN and its sister stations have and will be airing many conference tournaments, regional, and super regional games all leading up to the final battle for the national title on May 29th through June 4th.
Read MoreWe’ve talked about progressive long toss before, but today I’m going to include a demonstration!
Read MoreLessons on success, my biggest regret as a ball player, and how sports can prepare you for a great life after your final game.
Read MoreHI everyone, I’ve officially become Fastpitch Power’s Instagram guru! The other day, I was exploring Instagram and came across the official account for the Tennessee Lady Vols Softball team, one of the top colleges for softball in the nation. I was happy to see some pictures of their girls in the gym! Check out some of the photos below!
Read MoreThis week I’m forwarding you to an absolutely awesome article. To be completely transparent, I know who “holds the deck” when it comes to youth athletic development: college coaches. So, when a group of coaches publicly sound off on what they look for in prospective student-athletes, I think it’s fair you might want to take a look.
Read MoreIt’s a misconception that most college softball pitchers throw in the mid-upper 60s.
Read MoreIn this week’s video, I review a new research study whose authors examined the relationship between performance in core stability exercises and shoulder dysfunction in collegiate overhead athletes. In this video, I summarize and clarify the important take-away messages from the results of this study and hope to show trainers how to read research a little more carefully in order not to jump to one way conclusions.
Read MoreIn case you haven’t already been paying attention to the games on TV, ESPN’s networks are airing more college softball games than ever this year! You can check out an overview of the schedule here or in your TV listings. Following are two 2014 pitchers whose mechanics I especially like as examples for young pitchers who are learning. Of course there are so many wonderful pitchers out there, but many of the best pitchers have quirks in their mechanics that work for them, but may not work for everyone. The following two pitchers have very smooth, clean, universal mechanics, so be sure to check them out!
Read MoreIn today’s video I talk about taking what you learn in your lessons onto the field.
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