With high school tryouts wrapping up in New England, and the college season in full swing, athletes are shifting their focus from the off-season program to their practices, games, and hopefully, their in-season lifts! In-Season Training, although may seem like a challenge, really isn’t all that difficult if you have a plan. Often times it’s […]
Softball Speed Development – 4 x 4’s
Here’s an awesome series that we use with a lot of our softball athletes for linear speed/acceleration development! We call it the 4 x 4, which includes the following exercises, 4 rounds through, with 1 Minute Rest after each round. 5 Yard Sled Pushes Band Resisted High Knees for :5 5 Yard Half Kneel Sprint […]
Training Upper Body Explosiveness – Sprinter MB Chest Pass
Here’s a great medicine ball exercise that we utilize for upper body explosiveness, power output and lead leg stability. We try and perform this at max effort, otherwise it would just be considered a warm-up and prep work movement (which is fine if that’s your goal). In our programming, we either perform it at the […]
Using Hydro-Inertia to Develop Strength & Coordination in Youth Athletes!
Hydro-Inertia training is an awesome way to create core stability and enhance the ability to resist motion in specific planes of movement. It’s also a great way to train explosive hip flexion to hip extension movements. What is Hydro-Inertia? Hydro-Inertia is the use of water to create instability or an unstable resistance during an exercise. […]
Youth Strength Training: Off-Set Squats
The Off-Set Squat is a great way to challenge an athlete’s coordination, stability and strength all in one and should be integrated into your program in some capacity! Body weight squats are great and much needed, but we sometimes find that when we place a light external load to hold, their technique gets better and […]
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