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Baseball is one of the most popular sports in the United States with a passionate fanbase that immortalizes athletes for their performances in big moments. The excitement of the home run, the mastery of the curveball, the agile infield, and the spectacle of seeing an outfielder make a diving catch has firmly ingrained baseball in American folklore.

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Training Subsystems in Baseball
June 2, 2023
Programs should utilize multi-joint multi-planer exercise that enhances the nervous systems’ ability to recruit subsystems (muscle synergies) through improved coordination of muscles working together as a unit. Introduction: In athletics, muscles work in coordinated synergies to create movements and accelerate, decelerate and stabilize forces. Athletic movements that are recruited by the nervous system are termed muscle synergies. […]
Band Assisted Hip Flexor Stretch
June 2, 2023
Fortunately there are a number of therapeutic techniques (foam rolling, trigger point therapy, massage, etc.), dynamic warmups and static stretching exercises that players can use help prevent and/or alleviate this problem. Tight hip flexors can cause a number of problems for baseball players. Among these are changes in joint alignments and potential pain in the […]
Potentiation Pregame Warmup for Pitchers
June 2, 2023
Activities that prepare the joint and muscles for the loads that they will sustain during the game such as skips, squats and lunge patterns. Warming up before physical activity is conventional for many sports and baseball is not an exception to this practice. The starting pitcher is considered by many to be the most important […]
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Youth Sports Academy Gives Back to the Community
June 2, 2023
For the months of November and December however, Denise Swope, owner of the facility made the decision they were going to work together to do something bigger. Something that would really make an impact not just on the community but for the players as well. Sports can teach you more than just how to play […]
Considerations for Extra Work: Conditioning
June 2, 2023
Psychology can sometimes trump physiology, and it is important that athletes and other personnel involved in their development believe the training intervention and dose are sufficient to achieve desired effects. Effective strength and conditioning coaches conduct a needs analysis of both the athlete and his/her sport. A thorough examination of the physiological requirements of the […]
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Kansas City Royals Prospect Pays Off Parents’ Debt for Christmas
June 2, 2023
“Your giving hearts helped to shape my tiny dream into a reality,” Singer wrote in the letter’s conclusion. Kansas City Royals pitching prospect Brady Singer, a first-round pick in the 2018 MLB draft, used his newfound professional status to give his parents the ultimate Christmas gift: he paid off all their debt.  In an emotional video […]
Discipline
June 2, 2023
“The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.” I read the following quote from Justin Su’a (@justinsua) on twitter, “Every day recommit to the things that matter most. You empower yourself when your priorities are in line. If you really want it, you’ll […]
Benefits of the Prowler Sled for In-Season Baseball Training
June 2, 2023
Varying the resistance is as easy as increasing or reducing weight, or lengthening or shortening distance depending on the desired effect. The Prowler sled is a valuable training device that can be used for in-season total body training. The sled can be used to help increase strength, improve power, enhance conditioning, increase hypertrophy and burn […]
Agility Is About Sports Performance
June 2, 2023
We play the games because anything can happen once the game starts. All the athletes are people, which means we can never predict how they will perform. The environment impacts performance. Agility is probably one of the most difficult things to coach, and it’s one of the things most susceptible to hype and guruisms. At […]
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Weight Training for Baseball Players
June 2, 2023
Even if you are a budding young pitcher, taking good care of your arm with graded training and playing is an essential strategy for longevity. Comprehensive training programs for individual sports are often “periodized.” That is, they are broken into three or four phases over the year, with each phase concentrating on a particular fitness […]
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