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Just over three years ago, during a period where oblique strains were on the rise in professional baseball and the USA Today profiled this “new” injury, I wrote an article on what I perceived to be the causes of the issue.  Check it out: Oblique Strains and Rotational Power.
This year, the topic has come back [...]

In case you missed Part 1 of this series on In-Season Baseball Strength and Conditioning, you can check it out HERE.
Today, I’ll be discussing how to attack in-season training for high school baseball players.  I’ll divide things up between position players (plus catchers) and pitchers.
Position Players/Catchers
With our position players and catchers, we typically opt for [...]

Can I just add some direct arm work?
How about cardio?  Would a few 30 minutes interval training sessions work?
What if I did extra rotator cuff stuff every day?  Just a little tubing, you know?
I’m going to add two extra days of calves, abs, and forearms.  It shouldn’t be a problem, right?
These are just a few [...]

It goes without saying that one of the absolute best ways to strengthen the posterior rotator cuff is through a variety of cable external rotation variations.

Unfortunately – as you may have inferred from the title of this post – not everyone has access to a cable column or functional trainer where exercises like this can [...]

Here are a few good reads from the archives for you for today:
Things I Learned from Smart People: Installment 1 – This features some stuff Bill Hartman taught me about the diagnosis of disc herniations.
Shoulder Range-of-Motion Norms – What’s normal – if there is such a thing?
Avoiding the Workout Routine Overhaul – This piece talks [...]