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I made an effort to get more videos up on the site this year, as I know a lot of folks are visual learners and/or just enjoy being able to listen to a blog, as opposed to reading it.  Here are some highlights from the past year:
The Absolute Speed to Absolute Strength Continuum – Regardless [...]

I received a few separate emails this week from folks wondering how I plan our guys’ off-season throwing programs to include everything from long toss, to weighted baseballs, to mound work.
Most people expect to be handed a simple throwing program – as one might receive with an interval throwing program following rehabilitation.  The truth is [...]

Here is this week’s list of recommended reading:
Push-ups for Baseball Pitchers – The why, how, and when.
The Truth About Leg Extensions – I just remember this article being really fun to write – mostly because I knew I’d get a lot of hate mail about it.  I was right about that.
Simple Asymmetry Fixes – It [...]

Here’s an interesting study on the incidence of ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries in professional football quarterbacks.  With only ten reported cases between 1994 and 2008, it’s obviously (and not surprisingly) much lower than the rates we see in professional baseball players.  This is right in line with what I discussed in Weighted Baseballs: Safe [...]

Q: What do you think of Bodyblades and how – if at all- should they be incorporated into a pitcher’s routine?
A: As many of you know, I’m a fan of integrating rhythmic stabilization drills that train the true function of the rotator cuff: maintaining the humeral head in the glenoid fossa.  I wrote about it [...]