The 8 Vector System was created and published by Jordan Nieuwsma and Nick DiMarco from Elon University. The 8 Vector System is a mental model that allows you to organize the vast amounts of movement variations in sport. The purpose of this is to prepare athletes by physically preparing their bodies and tissues to efficiently decelerate, withstand, and transmit force …
RPE and RIR vs. 1RM
Blog is written by current Coach with TCU Sports Performance, Andrew Behnam. It is not uncommon to see or hear about a team designating a training session for maxing out. This is the day where players and coaches alike might do things out of their normal routine in an attempt to lift the heaviest weight possible and set new working …
Pitching “ENDURANCE” is skill specific
Many coaches want to believe that running is vital in the ability to pitch deeper into games. After all, the ability to go 6 or 7 innings has to require greater endurance than only going 4 or 5 innings. So logically what do we do to build endurance??? We run! While that may help general endurance, that doesn’t necessarily transfer …
Stiffness at the Wrong Time
IN-SEASON TRAINING PRINCIPLES ELIMINATING STIFFNESS – One of the reasons we don’t want to change exercises frequently in-season is due to stiffness. Adding in an unfamiliar exercises during the in-season period results in increased musculo-tendon stiffness. Increased soreness and stiffness can create altered movement patterns. Altered movement patterns may increase joint stress from compensations. Be conscious of exercises that create …
Vagal Tone and the Parasympathetic Nervous System
The autonomic nervous system is vital to athletes. It consists of two main branches known as the sympathetic and parasympathetic. Athletes training hard spend large amounts of time in a sympathetic state. The sympathetic nervous system is considered the fight or flight. When the body is under stress this branch of the nervous system is dominant. The SNS becomes over …
Upper Body Scapular Patterns
Training the upper body isn’t always about the “what,” but more about the “how.” This article was written and posted at simplifaster.com. Complete Upper Body Training Guide for Baseball Athletes
The Farm System Podcast
Episode 63: Zach Dechant, TCU
Energy System Development Solutions for Baseball Pitchers
Conditioning for baseball pitchers has long consisted of work that is non-specific to the demands of the game. Often, what you find on baseball fields all over America is a combination of long, slow, distance work or high-intensity interval-type sprints with incomplete recoveries. Not only are these not specific to the energy system needed for the sport, but they compete …
Pitcher vs Position Player Training at the HS Level
The number one question I get from high school coaches is how they should train their pitchers and position players differently. My usual answer is they most likely don’t need to be trained differently. They Need General Development Too many athletes at the high school level lack general development. It’s highly likely that most high school athletes have a very …