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Pitcher-Specific Strength Training | Is there a need at the high school level?
One of the most common questions that I field in terms of baseball training programs comes in the form of a high school coach, player, or parent requesting a “pitcher-specific” training program. While it is admirable to try to provide the best and most highly-applicable resources possible for young athletes, oftentimes the perception of “pitcher-specific Read more
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How to Take Care of Your Body During Summer Travel-Ball – Part III
In Part I and Part II of this three-installment series we discussed the importance of nutrition and hydration, respectively, over the course of a hot, busy, and demanding travel-ball summer. Today we will dive into another vital consideration for the summer, this one taking place outside of the foul lines: physical training. Coaches, players, and parents all Read more
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How to Take Care of Your Body During Summer Travel-Ball – Part II
In Part I of this series we discussed the importance of ensuring that the travel baseball player not only gets quality food during the summer, but also intakes enough of it. Oftentimes food consumption and nutritional choices are dictated by the circumstances of travel, as well as monetary considerations of the family that is supporting the Read more
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How to Take Care of Your Body During Summer Travel-Ball – Part I
“Summer Seventeen” has arrived, and with it another travel baseball season begins. The manner in which travel-ball consumes the months of May through August for high school-aged ballplayers is rapidly growing from year to year. Tournaments are proliferating and expanding, families are traveling further, the competition is ratcheting higher, and the scouts flock by the Read more
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Elite Sport Skill ≠ Elite Athlete: The Importance of Total Athletic Development
In nearly all avenues of sport, work, and life, the basics should precede advanced techniques. This isn’t a novel or profound statement. Yet, sometimes this seemingly simple thought process can get lost in the muddied waters of athletics sport performance. Unfortunately, those who forget the concepts of appropriate progression and regression and chase marginal gains using Read more
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The Push-Up Complex: A Versatile & Effective Way to Progress the Push-Up
The Push-Up: nearly every strength-training program in existence has incorporated this movement to help build relative upper-body strength. Because it not only poses a challenge to the upper-body initially, but also the core (really, the entire system), the Push-Up and some of its counterpart variations have also been used as a means to assess and Read more
Ryan J. Faer 