Category: 5 Tools
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Throwing Hard – What we can learn from Track and Field Throwers
Somewhere along the line I heard that if you want to get better in your field of expertise you should study what experts in other related fields do to see if there is anything you can learn and apply. So if throwing a baseball really hard is my field of expertise than I should look…
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Are you Primed for More Bat Speed? Add some POP to your bat with PAP in your Muscles!!!
When the umpire yells’s “Play Ball!!” you want your muscles to be primed, excited and ready to go. The best way to make this happen is through a good warm up. A good warm will reduce your chances of injury which is of the upmost importance because you can’t play if you’re hurt but a great warm up…
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More Testosterone = Bigger Bombs & Blazing Fastball’s
I don’t really have scientific references to back up this statement but there is a lot of anecdotal evidence that supports it. Sosa, Bonds, McGuire to name just a few have shown us what can be done on a baseball field with an enhanced hormonal profile. The reason that everyone one of these guys took…
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Lower Body Power and Throwing Velocity – My Thesis is Done!!!
One of the reason I initially started this blog as was to write about the studies that I came across while I was performing research for my master’s thesis, a thesis that I am happy to report is done!! My study looked at the correlation between lower body power and the throwing velocity of male college…
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Accelerate Your Game: How to Improve Your Game Speed
Today’s article is going to focus on running speed as it relates to the game of baseball. The kind of speed that raises your batting average with infield hits, the kind of speed that makes infielders rush plays. These are examples of real baseball speed. When you think of the fastest athletes in the world…
