Do baseball coaches, strength or speed trainers know which type of pitching workout programs are best for pitchers? Most clearly do not. Every ‘trainer’ or conditioning coach needs to fully understand why pitchers need a certain type of conditioning rather than what is currently proposed such as lots of time in the weight room [...]
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Why Baseball Pitchers Workouts Are Like Kangaroos
December 9th, 2008 · No Comments
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Batting Cages – Keep Safe, Swing For The Fences
November 6th, 2008 · No Comments
As a coach it is our responsibility to teach sports safety. Many experts say it is the number one responsibility of any good coach or parent. Players need to learn to practice good safety in every sport. Baseball and softball injuries are preventable. Baseball and softball is among the most popular [...]
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Pitching Machine Baseballs – Consistent Pitches Every Time
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments
The controversy surrounding what type of pitching machine ball to use when taking hitting practice has been around for years. Coated baseballs, also called pitching machine balls or dimple balls, are often thought of in a negative manner with the argument that they do not provide the same feel as a real baseball when [...]
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Baseball – Coaching The Youth Of Tomorrow
September 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Coaching baseball to our youth is a delicate practice that needs to be taken with the kids self confidence at the heart of the teaching. These days, parents and coaches alike want to win so bad, they put undue stress on the kids that can have a negative effect.
We over criticize when we are talking [...]
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Baseball Smarts – The Least Considered Skill
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Every professional baseball player I have seen has talent. They have the ability to easily repeat their skills on the playing field, no matter if it is their ability to run fast, throw hard, hit with power, pitch like a pitching machine or to throw a certain pitch at any point in the count. These [...]
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Baseball Hitting Cages – Ten All-time Best Reasons For Parents And Coaches To Own One
May 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
(Read this like David Letterman’s Top Ten List!)
1) With Baseball Batting Cages, the parents will not have sore elbows and backs when they go to sleep at night – need I say more! I have had this problem the last couple of years and the pitching machine has been a wonderful and [...]
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