5 Best Received Blog Posts of 2022

In keeping with our year-end Best of Series,  below is a listing our “5 Best Received Blog Posts of 2022”.  These are all great reads on a variety of topics.

    1. Why Am I Not Getting any College Baseball Offers
    2. What are the Most Effective Tilt Axes for Various Pitch Types
    3. What is a Seam-Shifted Wake Pitch (in simple terms)
    4. What to Expect after Tommy John Surgery
    5. The “Not-So Secret”, Secret to College Baseball Recruiting

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How to Get Better at Stealing Bases by Improving Your Running Technique

When I think of some of the biggest bangs for the buck, I often think of my time studying the principles of speed and quickness with Lee Taft. Many of the principles that I learned from Lee have been implemented into our Speed Program which we run in Jan and Feb. Below is a brief summary of some of the principles that we incorporate on base stealing in our speed program to help our athletes become faster on the field.

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How to Train for Speed as a Baseball Player

In this e-book, we are going to review speed training for baseball players, position-specific speed, and some of the techniques you could use to more explosive, so you can run faster on the field. Here is a brief outline:

    • Basic Topics on Speed Training
    • Linear Acceleration
    • Lateral Acceleration
    • Lateral Change-of-Direction

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How to Stand Out at a Baseball Showcase

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 $$$$.

Here are Top 5 Things to Consider…

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How to Optimize Core Training for Pitchers and Position Players

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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How to Properly Warm-up as a Position Player

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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How to Improve Hip Mobility in Pitchers

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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Top 10 Things to Get Recruited for College Baseball

Get Recruited!

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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