Winter workouts

Great attitude UpinIn:

Something else to keep in mind. If you are focused and have the talent to go beyond college, while you are dating or going to the mall or playing Madden 2007, there are kids in the Islands who play baseball every single day. You are competing with the World, not just stateside. But with your attitude, you are on the right track.

 

weighted ball work

NCBBALLFAN/Braves: Thanks for your info on the use of weighted balls, it looks like I need to do some more research on this befor using them. My son attended the Tom House clinic this weekend and I must tell you it was excellent. All the information was usable, simple and backed up with practice drills. I would highly recommend this clinic to anyone seriously interested in improving their pitching.

 

Tom House's work in the area of pitching is phenomenal. Much of it can be accessed through a website devoted to an organization he has founded, the National Pitching Association.

National Pitching Association

 

on the subject of books..."Sports Illustrated's Baseball" (or something like that) written by former University of Arizona head coach Jerry Kendall is a GREAT one for players and especially coaches alike. You can find it at most book stores. It covers everyhting from practice drills to game strategy...and everything else in between, all positions and situations. btw Coach Kendall has a couple of rings to bolster his knowledge of the game.

 

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Weighted baseballs.

There may be some good information on using weighted baseballs however I think the biggest problem with them is that they are not used properly. They may be good tools. I just do not know the best way to employ there use.

I advise against them. I prefer long toss with correct form and normally weighted baseballs. Thats something about the heavier weighted training baseballs. Correct form should be employed in all aspects of throwing. With the heavier weighted baseballs, possibly, players get out of correct form to try to compensate for the extra weight.

Again I just don't prefer them but that is not to say that they may not be good tools. Others may have better experience with them and can expand on their good points. I would say however that a well designed, progressive program is best. As in my other post on winter/off season workouts I like running and sprinting.

I had recently talked with someone about the positive results of swimming in the off season. Im no expert but the idea about swimming for throwing strength improvement is interesting.

 

Ardrey Kell Workouts

Ardrey kell has been on a long toss program since the second week of school. They had 8 man's and open fields up until the dead period which started 2 weeks ago. Right now everyone except for a few of the players are completely shut down from throwing during the month of November. For the next 5 weeks they will be hitting the weights hard two days a week while conditioning the other three. Everyone is on the same weight lifting program, which from personal experience, is one of the toughest programs I've ever done! It consists of squats, one leg squats, jump thrusts, core strength work, front lat pull downs, scapular excercises and that is just what we did today! Just what were doing over hear at the "kell" and I know that Providence does relatively the same thing.

 

Yeah, my son's college program has adopted swimming in it's off season workouts

 

AWood- Welcome to TBR...it's nice to have some great comments. I'm looking forward to much participation from you now and in the future.

 

Not Quite Sure

I had recently talked with someone about the positive results of swimming in the off season. Im no expert but the idea about swimming for throwing strength improvement is interesting.


I'm not sure if it's accurate, but I have heard the repetitive rotating motion in swimming is not good for pitchers.