The shoulder is a complex area that gets injured as much as any body part in athletics. Throwing sports are not alone with shoulder problems, football presents is own set of problems as the shoulder is one of the most injured areas as well. So with that in mind, I threw some thoughts together based on a presentation I gave two years ago …
Complete Pitcher Training
Being that it’s CWS time and I’m sitting in a hotel room in Omaha I thought I would bring back an article from the past on the training of our pitchers. This 3,000 word article was featured in Training and Conditioning magazine several years ago after our first CWS trip in 2010. Much of the information in the article and …
Why FRONT SQUATS reign king
The back squat is not the king of all exercises for our baseball program and here’s why…. 1. Lumbar spine and Pelvis Mechanics The biggest reason we moved exclusively to the front squat over 5 years ago is to protect our kids’ low backs. The front squat goes a long way in keeping the pelvis in a more neutral state compared …
Nature’s Steroid…SLEEP!
Ken Berger came out with a fantastic article this week detailing the efforts of pro sports on the study of sleep and performance. In multibillion-dollar business of NBA, sleep is the biggest debt The article touches on what the NBA is doing in terms of looking at future scheduling and how sleep plays into performance and injuries, but also shows several …
8 In-Season Training Tips
I was thinking to myself about our in-season program on our bus ride to the Super Regional in College Station this afternoon and came up with a random list on programming for in-season training. I use, or have used, most everything on this list at one time or another in the training of baseball, and football athletes. Obviously, this isn’t …
Scapular Instability – 68% and 100%
Many times we often forget that the rotator cuff is not the end all be all with protecting pitchers and the throwing athlete. When the scapula is unable to stabilize, the shoulder, and rotator cuff is where problems occur. Injuries often occur because of dysfunction above or below the injured segment. When hamstrings are problems, glute activation is the first …