• The External Rotators – Infraspinatus & Teres Minor

    Infraspinatus and Teres Minor These muscles  get worked when you do your typical rotator cuff work – you know the ones where you stand with your arm bent at about 90 degrees with your elbow kinda tucked to your side while you fling your arm back and forth into external and internal rotation.   This one…

  • Is Your Can Half Empty of Half Full?

    Healthy & Powerful Shoulder Series Part 2 – The Supraspinatus This is the first muscle of the four rotator cuff muscles that I will cover in great detail.  As a baseball player you have trained this muscle with a very common exercise in the baseball world known as the “empty can” drill which was popularized…

  • Healthy & Powerful Shoulder Series

    If you have played baseball I can guarantee that you have done some form of shoulder exercises that are aimed at keeping your throwing arm healthy.  These drills are now a staple of any good throwing program and have been integrated into the game of baseball.  The problem that I see is that these exercises are…

  • Ball Player or Athlete?

    Baseball is one of the most powerful sports earth.  Hitting and throwing are two of the most explosive actions that you’ll find in any sport.  Despite this some people don’t consider baseball to be a sport that requires a lot of athletic ability to be successful. This stereotype is a result of the fact that…

  • Ground Reaction Forces of Pitching

    Ground Reaction Forces of the Lower Body When someone describes a pitcher that can throw hard you are more likely to hear “he’s got a strong arm” then you would “he must have a huge vert” or “he must be able to squat a ton”.  Since the ball is released from the hand which is…