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3 Things Amateur Baseball Players Can Learn From the Pros – Part I
In my coaching career thus far, I’ve been fortunate to collect diverse, yet highly concentrated experience in athletics; I’ve spent the better part of 8 years coaching a single population of athletes — baseball players — yet, have done so at various age and competition levels. Between the high school level, the travel-ball circuit, collegiate Read more
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Individualization at the High School Level – Simple Ways to Accommodate for Athlete Needs
Read enough of my writing and you will notice a couple of recurring theme: at the high school level of the game, general training should always precede advanced methods, foundational strength should trump specialization. While this is a vital concept to understand, something that cannot be refuted is that individualization — or the accommodation of a Read more
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Early Sport Specialization – A Youth Baseball Epidemic?
This piece was originally written for one of my science writing courses. I enjoy writing and sharing, so I figured why not share this one. I have made some minor edits before posting here. Enjoy! *** For those working in the game of baseball (at every level), these should be exciting times: youth participation rates Read more
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High School Coaches: 3 Steps for Creating a Strength Training Plan | Part II
In Part I of this series we discussed some of the initial considerations that must be made by sport coaches before designing a strength training program for their high school team (that is, without the help of a certified strength coach). To reiterate some of the main points from Part I here are some important questions Read more
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How Does Strength Training Improve Baseball Performance? A Brief Explanation:
Baseball is a sport of timeless tradition, and while many of the game’s greatest qualities are born out of these traditions, many unfortunate stigmas within the sport have held over today from days gone by. One of the oldest and most misguided pieces of dogma plaguing the sport is that strength training is inherently bad Read more
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High School Coaches: 3 Steps for Creating a Strength Training Plan | Part I
As the early stages of the fall and the new school year begins, many high school sport coaches around the country will now take up a pad and pen (or keyboard) to devise a strength training plan for their team. In a perfect world, every high school would have a full-time strength and conditioning professional employed Read more
Ryan J. Faer 