Blog Article, Hitting The Many Swings of Bryce Harper — And The One Swing of Nick Kurtz. How many clubs should hitters have in the bag? August 3, 2025August 7, 2025 In the spring of 2013, former Washington Nationals hitting coordinator Rick Schu was collecting iconic swings from DVDs of Ken ...read more 7 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Pitching Lets Not Kid Ourselves, Greg Maddux Was A Unicorn. July 19, 2025July 22, 2025 Many have heard the message shouted through the chain-link fence of a local amateur field or read the comments in ...read more 12 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article Off‑Season Speed Training for Position Players – Part 3: Non‑Linear Running May 28, 2025May 28, 2025 Welcome to the third installment of our four‑part series on off‑season speed training for Minor League Baseball (MiLB) position players. ...read more 2 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article Tendon Adaptations in Throwers: Mechanisms and Applications May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 Introduction It’s hard to find a more dynamic and physically demanding task in sports than throwing. Whether it be a ...read more 5 Likes | 0 Comments
Youth Baseball Post COVID-19 Return To Play Guidelines for Youth Baseball Players May 23, 2020May 11, 2022 The overall ramifications of COVID-19 are much larger than the effects it has had on the baseball field. While life ...read more 1 Like | 0 Comments
Youth Baseball Youth Sports Specialization and Youth Baseball August 7, 2019August 14, 2022 Every year, there are many discussions on what makes a player good enough to be a top pick in the ...read more 3 Likes | 3 Comments
Hitting, Youth Baseball Individualized Programming for Youth Hitters March 13, 2019May 12, 2022 Every hitter moves differently, depending on that hitter’s individual stability, strength, and mobility capabilities. We know that youth athletes have ...read more 1 Like | 6 Comments
Youth Baseball Youth Injury Series: Spondylolysis May 23, 2018April 7, 2021 In previous posts, we have discussed chronic overuse injuries to the upper and lower limbs. The last area of discussion ...read more 5 Likes | 0 Comments
Youth Baseball Youth Injury Series: Osgood-Schlatter’s and Sever’s Disease May 21, 2018January 8, 2021 In previous posts, we have examined growth-plate injuries and their effects on the shoulder and elbow. Similarly, in the lower ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Coaches, Youth Baseball Youth Injury Series: Growth-Plate Injuries May 16, 2018August 30, 2022 Growth-plate injuries are among the most commonly reported injuries for youth and teenage athletes—becoming an issue for even 16 and ...read more 2 Likes | 7 Comments
Youth Baseball Youth Injury Series: Introduction May 14, 2018April 7, 2021 It has been reported that around 25-million boys and girls participate yearly in baseball and softball combined, with that number ...read more 0 Likes | 1 Comment
Blog Article, Coaches, Miscellaneous / Historical, Strength Training, Youth, Youth Baseball Two-Way Athletes and Considerations for Long-Term Health May 7, 2018August 14, 2022 According to the Paul Haggen at MLB.com, baseball and softball are the most participated in team sports for youth athletes, ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Miscellaneous / Historical, Strength Training, Youth Baseball A Closer Look at Sport Specialization May 6, 2018November 20, 2023 During the draft of every major sporting event, the topic of “sports specialization” is guaranteed to come up. You’ll probably ...read more 1 Like | 2 Comments
Youth Baseball Should Youth Pitchers Throw a Curveball? Probably Not. February 17, 2014August 14, 2022 The debate on whether or not youth pitchers should throw curveballs rages on, and on, and on. Studies to seem ...read more 1 Like | 4 Comments