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At the highest level, baseball training revolves around strength conditioning, speed training and flexibility training. Successful baseball players also use Plyometrics and specific lifts to increase their upper and lower body power. Physical training has become a lost method and deemed unnecessary to many coaches during their practices, as many coaches perceive strength conditioning as detrimental to the needed motor skills required by players.

Modern day baseball players are great ball players, but even better athletes. Professional players tend to be lean and extremely quick. And studies have shown that baseball-specific programs can significantly increase production by the common baseball player.

Power training - through Plyometrics (a type of exercise training designed to produce fast, powerful movements) or Ballistics (the science that deals with the motion, behavior) can increase a baseball player's speed and agility. It can also improve throwing and batting velocity much more than the garden variety weight training done in a weight room.

Shoulder injuries tend to be a major concern in baseball, as pitching places an inordinate amount of stress on the shoulder complex. And while strength conditioning can help prevent such injuries, traditional weight lifting exercises may not be suitable in targeting the correct muscles or the correct movement patterns. At Bat R Up, special exercises are easily adopted into a baseball training program to help significantly reduce the risk of overuse damage.

PERSONAL INSTRUCTION

AT BAT-R-UP BATTING CAGES:

Buck Thomas

Coach Buck Thomas has been a successful coach at various stops, most recently as the Director of Baseball Operations for Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Southern Nevada Titans’ (Gorman Baseball Summer) American Legion team.

READ MORE ABOUT BUCK HERE

Sharon Nichols

Graduate of Chapman University in Southern California...Runner up in the national championships for Div 2. Played on 2 national championship teams for Goldenwest College in Southern California. Pitching instructor for 20 years. College coaching experience in Southern California as as well as pitching consultant to various colleges including Western Oregon University, N.W. Missouri State University, and Missouri Western University.

Pitchers have gone on to attend universities such as:

Southern Utah University

College of Southern Nevada

Stony Brook University

Doane College

Salt Lake City Community College

Samford University

Current high school pitching students:

Mandy Harmon - Shadow Ridge

Amanda Jones - Arbor View

Carrie Sheehan - Cimarron-Memorial

Chelsey McNair - Western

Bralynn Nichols - Canyon Springs

Katie Devlin - Silverado

Cassie Keven - Foothill

Alex Petrolia - Foothill

Amber Marlett - Rancho

Mickayla Romero - Valley

Sierra Pico - Legacy

Ashley Jarzombek - Eldorado

Elisa Dawson - Clark

Amanda Roark - SECTA

Rachel Holly - Cheyenne

Berlin Panduro - Arbor View

Marlin Panduro - Arbor View

Christine Callahan - Arbor View

Hayley Thomas - Faith Lutheran

Jasmine Bouie - Shadow Ridge

Jessica Cooper - Shadow ridge

Nikki Cervantes - Legacy

PROFESSIONAL

INSTRUCTION

AT BAT-R-UP:

Are looking for for that edge?

Do you need someone to help you get to the top?

Al Ramirez provides personalized hitting and pitching instruction for students at all levels of play.

Using the first-class ProMirror VTS-1000 system to develop and train via video technology, Al's state-of-the-art technology is exactly what you need - whether you're an athlete or coach.

Read more about ProMirror, and see why this can be beneficial for the aspiring pitcher.

You can also read more about Al's accomplishments as a head coach of one of the most successful club teams ever formed in So. Nevada.