In the second installment of College Softball Summer Workouts, Cassie demonstrates two lower body speed training exercises. Add these exercises to your workouts at home or at the gym as you prepare for the fall.
Read MoreAs an athlete, it’s hard to grade your effort in the gym. How strong is strong enough? You can train hard, but are you making real progress? Are you getting stronger in the areas that will transfer to performance on the field? There are some universal benchmarks that strength coaches should be progressing you toward. In this presentation, I show you an ideal model of how a high school athlete should improve from year to year.
Read MoreOver the next couple of weeks, Cassie and I will be covering the different components of a typical college softball summer workouts for incoming freshmen. This week, Cassie demonstrates a total body flexibility routine that you should be doing at home as often as possible. Below the video, I lay out the guidelines. Flexibility Routine…
Read MoreIn this week’s video, I continue my series on alternative methods of conditioning for softball. This week I introduce how to use the medicine ball for both individual and team conditioning workouts. These exercises are appropriate for all ages and levels. I’ve also given you 8 weeks of conditioning workouts that are both space and time efficient, and are best utilized after a skill lesson, practice or game.
Read MoreYou’ve probably heard a lot about what pitches you absolutely need to be able to throw in order to make a college softball team. If you’ve bounced around between different pitching coaches or different travel teams, you’ve probably even heard a lot of conflicting information—that college coaches never call fastballs, that you absolutely must have a rise ball, blah blah blah. Well, today I’m going to tell you the truth!
Read MoreIn this week’s video blog, I explain why Olympic lifts are extremely beneficial and safe for softball athletes when coached correctly. I’ve also included a video from the UMass Lowell softball team’s off season workouts. This is the best collegiate softball training video I’ve seen to date.
Read MoreIf you’re an athlete, parent, coach, or trainer, take ten minutes and watch this video. I explain why old school strength training exercises are the best choice for softball players. There’s no fluff or sales pitch. This is exactly what I believe and practice. In this video, I redefine squats, deadlifts, olympic lifts, and jumps in softball terms. Don’t see the forest for the trees.
Read MoreThinking of going for a run to stay in shape? Think again. Running is not the best option for softball athletes! Here is a better strategy to create more complete, effective softball conditioning workouts and three example routines.
Read MoreThis past Monday I received two emails asking for more information on our online strength training programs. For this week’s post I’ve decided to explain exactly how the program works and provide examples of exactly what you receive as an online client.
Read MoreOk, you’re leading off in the top of the 7th; your team is down by one run; the coach for your top choice school just stepped up to the fence; you lace a first pitch curveball into the right-center field gap, turn on the jets and dive safely into third for a triple. You get up, pump your fist, beat your chest, and strut your stuff to a wildly cheering group of faithful fans. You just showed that college coach everything he or she need to see, right? Not so fast… read on.
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