Horizontal Application of Force and Sports
In recent years the concept of the horizontal application of force has become important in the strength and conditioning world. I actually devoted a significant part of my last book to it. ...
Baseball
Coaching, drills, and training for improved baseball performance
Warm Ups are Important for Athletes
Most athletic strength and conditioning sessions are going to center around variations of the Olympic lifts, variations of squats, hip hinges, presses, and rows. Clearly there is more than just strength/power to...
Youth Catcher: Practice
We’ve spent a lot of time here covering skills for youth catchers. There’s a lot for them to know from giving the pitcher signs, actually catching the pitch, to throwing out base...
Heavy Rope Waves
To this point, heavy rope exercises that we’ve described have been largely total body exercises, being meant to integrate lower body, core, and upper body movements. Today’s post is going to describe...
Youth Catcher: Throwdowns to First Base
Being able to throw the ball quickly and accurately to the bases is a critical skill for a catcher. Being able to do this can result in outs and can help disrupt...