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5 Little League Baseball Drills to Teach Fielding and Throwing
“You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.” – Cal Ripken Jr. All the little league drills we teach focus on fundamentals. The great thing about baseball is that if you learn...
View ArticleYankees’ Gerrit Cole Silences ‘Spider Tack’ Critic With His Play
In the second year of his $324 million-dollar contract with the New York Yankees, pitcher Gerrit Cole faced criticism earlier in the week for an ambiguous answer to whether or not he uses foreign...
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6 Best Rotator Cuff Exercises For Young Baseball Players
One of the biggest problems I see in young baseball players is a lack of rotator cuff strength, which can leave their shoulders more susceptible to injury. The solution would seem to be simple:...
View ArticleBill Murray’s Lemonade Stand To Keep Cubs’ Core Intact
An integral part of the Chicago Cubs’ World Series title run in 2016, trio Javy Báez, Kris Bryant, and Anthony Rizzo will be unrestricted free agents prior to the start of the 2022-2023 MLB season. But...
View ArticlePro Athletes You Had No Idea Were Vegan
Over the course of the past decade, Veganism in professional sports has risen in popularity. Though the thought of a diet without animal-based proteins, such as meat and dairy products, scares some...
View ArticleSpider Tack Crackdown Leads to Pitching Injury
The last two weeks have been nothing short of tumultuous for Major League Baseball, following news umpires would be conducting 8 to 10 random checks per game of pitchers for foreign substances. “Quite...
View Article6 Backyard Games Designed to Enhance Your Sports Performance
The weather is warm. Your friends are together, enjoying the outdoors—maybe at a cookout. But you need to become a better athlete, so you need to go to the gym and work out. Spending time in the weight...
View ArticleStick and Bat Sport Resistant Band Workout
Rotational power is essential for athletes to create maximal speed using their stick and bat. Resistance bands are great to train rotational strength and speed for sport-specific movements. You still...
View ArticleUse the Summer to Get Ready for Baseball
Summer presents a great time for baseball players to get better. During the summer an athlete has the chance to develop the physical tools and skills that are important for future baseball success....
View ArticleHow To Train Like A Professional Baseball Player
I wasn’t gifted with an electric throwing arm, causing me to spend a lot of time learning how to throw faster and be a better pitcher as a young athlete. Consider me a sponge for knowledge, asking...
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How to Run an Effective Youth Baseball Practice
You got your child signed up for youth baseball! Now they have the chance to learn the sport, be part of a team, and compete with their peers. Just one problem—due to a lack of volunteers, you have...
View ArticleHow to Teach Youth and Little League Players Proper Baseball Hitting Mechanics
Let’s say you’re a baseball coach, but not a “used to play minor league ball and have dedicated my life to the sport” type of coach. You’re more like, “I started coaching my son’s Little League team...
View Article6 Exercises That Will Help You Become an Explosive Baseball Player
Baseball is a game of repeated bouts of explosive movements (swinging a bat, throwing a ball, accelerating on the base path and in the field). In fact, throwing a baseball is the single fastest...
View ArticleThe Childhood Drill That Helped Pat Mahomes Build Superhuman Arm Strength
On a handful of passing attempts each game, Patrick Mahomes seemingly shreds the laws of physics. When a quarterback drops back to throw, their brain must process a staggering amount of information in...
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How to Throw a Fastball
When you’re learning how to throw a fastball, you must master a few techniques involving grip, hand placement and pitching mechanics. Let’s go over some of the basics. The size of your fingers partly...
View ArticleTop 3 Pitching Rotations of 2021
A pitching rotation is a rotation of 5 starters. Each starter will be placed in rotation and start every 5th game. In the past, teams used to use four, and today sometimes have been using six. However,...
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4 Things That Every Young Pitcher Should Address
When looking at the most effective way to train young pitchers, we need to project out three or four years (or more) and consider the “long-term athletic development” (LTAD) of the athlete. We’re...
View ArticleAn Upper-Body Baseball Training Routine for the Off-Season
Baseball season is long and grueling. Teams can play three or four games on consecutive nights. With such schedules, baseball players must prepare their bodies for the stress of the long haul. The big...
View ArticleDrills to Teach You How to Throw a Baseball Harder
How to throw a baseball is the first skill players learn. But it’s also where trouble starts. Surprisingly, what causes most game-time errors is not poor fielding—it’s poor throwing. (See Improve...
View ArticleWhy Basketball Size Matters
Not just any size basketball will do—especially for developing players. A basketball is a basketball is a basketball … unless you’re a 5-year-old kid who can barely lift 1.5 lbs over your head. The...
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