Recent question from a HS varsity coach: “Should we be overhead pressing or “training shoulders” in our team workouts?” The answer is specific to the population: general population can certainly overhead press. Use a hammer grip, which is easier on the shoulder than an overhand grip, perform a good volume of retraction, and you’ll be fine However, for baseball athletes, I would strongly advise against it One of the reasons why the shoulder has such great mobility overhead, al

Everyone wants to know the right swing adjustment, the special drill, the “5 minute mechanics fix” It’s a gimmick oriented culture-ESPECIALLY American baseball which attracts a lot of lazy kids But most of them their issue isn’t a mechanical flaw It’s that they’re weak; lack muscle; are too slow twitch dominant; and lack athleticism The game speeds up drastically as the levels go up, and many guys haven’t made the consistent physical improvements necessary-and THAT’S why t

It should be noted that training for strength and power, and training for mobility, is not binary. Nearly all athletes would be wise to address both. However, in the ever confused Charmin ultra soft baseball world, mobility often takes precedent at the expense of training for power. Entire programs consist of little more than extremely light non intense loading, rehab movements, and stretching and mobility. Besides these programs providing little to no stimulus to actually im