Do you want to play college baseball? What do you NEED to get there? For good or bad, after being in and around baseball training, development and recruiting for over 10 years, I can tell you with 100% certainty that…
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How to stand out at a baseball showcase is an often-ignored topic and too many young athletes are attending showcases just to attend. Attending a baseball showcase isn’t free. It costs money, so you might as well prepare for it. Otherwise you’re just wasting $$$$.
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Rotational power is pure gold for training rotational athletes such as baseball players. Whether you are a pitcher or a position player, it serves not only as the bridge for transferring lower body strength and power to the upper body, but also is ground zero for initiating that force and sending it into the lower half to be absorbed by the ground. This is known as Ground Reaction Force, a major player in helping to increase angular velocities up the chain and eventually into the ball and bat.
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Too many baseball players at many levels either treat their warmup routine like a hassle or simply do not do it properly. The warm-up program below is meant to provide you with a comprehensive protocol like that being done by top professional ball players. Since every athlete is different, this warm-up program is designed to cover all the bases. Feel free to click each exercise for a “how to” video on proper form.
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Nunzio Signore – Can you talk about three of main issues you find when working with a pitcher who may be struggling to hit his marks?
Alex Kubera – Yes, definitely!
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There is no secret that pitchers’ hips take a pounding coming down the mound during the long season. Identifying hip-related issues and addressing them should a part of every pitcher’s repertoire. Included below are also four mobility drills that can aid in the improvement of hip mobility.
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There’s no doubt the baseball college recruiting process is a maze. Parents and players often don’t know where to begin. There is no road map and no guidelines. Hopefully, this article will help put some parameters. Here are Top 10 things to do to get recruited for college baseball.
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Too many pitchers at all levels either treat their pre-throwing or warmup routine like a hassle or simply do not do it properly. The warm-up program below is meant to provide you with a comprehensive protocol like that being done by top professional ball players. Arm care for pitchers and a proper warm-up program before a game should take 20-25 minutes. Since every pitcher is different, this arm care and warm-up program for pitchers is designed to cover all the bases. Feel free to click each exercise for a “how to” video on proper form.
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In the E-book below, we are going to review how we help stabilize and protect pitchers and baseball players’ UCL (also known as the Tommy John ligament) with several exercises we perform here at RPP. By following this protocol, we can help stabilize the injured elbow and prevent injury recurrence both before the initiation of a progressive throwing program as well as after.
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Today, we’re going to focus on how we look to improve the Blast Motion Rotational Acceleration metric in a baseball player. Rotational Acceleration measures how quickly the bat accelerates into the zone, from first move to getting on plane. A high Rotational Acceleration helps players create power at contact, provide for maximum time to react to an incoming pitch and overall hitting adjustability.
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