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.
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Attention Coaches
evada's finest baseball
training facility, Jeff Scholzen will now be
offering HITTING LESSONS at Bat R Up on Tuesdays
and Wednesdays, from 3 p.m. til 10 p.m. Jeff
holds a B.S. degree in Physical Education with a
Teaching Certificate from Southern Utah
University.