Use The Preseason To Prepare For Baseball Success
Baseball pre-season is going to be here before anyone realizes it! This is an important time for any baseball player as it is the last time before the season begins to prepare...
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Coach, I Don’t Want To Be Too Strong
Last week I had a tweet about diminishing returns and an athlete’s strength. The question comes up, can athletes be too strong? This is a difficult one to answer. It’s difficult to...
Training the Horizontal Application of Force
Much of strength training is concerned with the vertical application of force. Sit down and stand up in the squat, vertical application. Perform the second pull during the power clean or power...
Improving Postural Strength
What I think of as postural strength is critical to the performance of many sports. This may be a poor technical name, but to me it involves an ability to maintain...
Strength and Agility
As strength and conditioning coaches, we often make the claim that strength is important for athletes. Sometimes this is to overcome external objects (like another player or a shot put), sometimes this...