How to Improve Shoulder IR in the Off-Season

Being efficient and staying healthy as a pitcher is highly reliant on both internal (IR) and external (ER) ranges of motion at the shoulder.  In this article, we are going to focus on the IR side of things.

    • What exactly is shoulder IR
    • Why is it important to baseball players
    • What are some of the more common causes of poor IR
    • How to assess passive vs. active ranges of IR
    • When to train shoulder IR

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How to Measure Force and Power Production in the Lower Half

All pitchers want to know the best way to throw harder. Some think that you need to lift heavy all year round, some believe that speed and plyometric training is more important. While there is nothing wrong with either of these approaches, the answer lies in the middle and that is Power. Training Power is key during the offseason when it comes to throwing hard and overall being a more complete athlete. One may ask how you determine someone’s power, and we do that through Vald’s ForceDecks Force Plates. Giving us metrics such as Force, Velocity, and Power, we can see where the athlete needs to improve to ultimately up their Power Output.

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