Softball Workout: 4-Minute Dumbbell Videos
Want to raise your fitness level so you can perform even better on the field?
Are you short on time like most softball players? Don’t have access to a gym or fancy equipment? No problem!
Softball Workout: 4-Minute Body Weight Videos
Want to raise your fitness level so you can perform even better on the field?
Are you short on time like most softball players? Don’t have access to a gym or fancy equipment? No problem!
Scientific Proof – A Study On The Relationship Between Strength, Power, Speed, and Change of Direction Performance of Female Softball Players
A study was conducted to ten female softball players from the state Australian Institute of Sport softball team for maximal lower body strength, peak force, peak velocity, and peak power during jump squats, countermovement vertical jump height, 1 base and 2 base sprint performance and change of direction performance on dominant and nondominant sides. The testing sessions occurred pre, mid, and post a 20-week training period. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional relationship of strength, power, and performance variables in trained female athletes and determine if the relationship between these variables changes over the course of a season.
Significant relationships were found across all time points with body weight, speed, and change of direction measures and relative strength and measures of speed and change of direction ability. Although there were no significant relationships between Vertical jump height and any measure of performance at any time point. In conclusion, in the given time frame for the testing body weight and relative strength have strong to very strong relationships with speed and change of direction ability and these correlations remain consistent over the course of the season.
Softball Workout – Core Workout #1
Having a strong mid-section is essential in a sport that uses rotational movement as its primary motion during skill execution.
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Scientific Proof – Upper Body Exercises such as Push-ups, Pull-ups and Dips Improve Throwing Performances of Softball Players
Exercises done having the feet or hands at a fixed position are know as Closed-kinetic chain resistance training (CKCRT). A study was done to see the effects of CKCRT of the upper body,exercises like push-ups, pull-ups,tricep dips, were used. It compared shoulder strength, power, and throwing velocity changes in athletes training the upper body exclusively with either CKCRT (using a system of ropes and slings) or Open-Kinetic chain resistance training (OKCRT)
Scientific Proof – Resistance Training Can Improve Sports Performance Of Young Athletes
The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) recently updated a study they did in 1985 and last updated in 1996. The NSCA’s current recommendations suggest that school-aged youth should participate daily in 60 minutes or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity that is developmentally appropriate and enjoyable, and involves a variety of activities. Research increasingly indicates that resistance training can offer unique benefits for children and adolescents when appropriately prescribed and supervised. The NSCA recognizes and supports the premise that many of the benefits associated with adult resistance training programs are attainable by children and adolescents who follow age-specific resistance training guidelines.
It is the current position of the NSCA that:
Softball Playground Workout
Are you lacking time, money, equipment, and/or fitness facilities to workout and get in shape for softball?
Strategies for Peak Performance – Interview with Scott Livingston
In this interview with world renowned strength and conditioning coach and athletic trainer Scott Livingston, you’ll learn numerous strategies used by elite athletes for achieving peak performance. Scott can train an athlete for performance and also do injury rehabilitation which is a rare and unique combo. He has worked with three NHL teams and with numerous professional, elite amateur and Olympic athletes.
Stair Strength and Conditioning Exercises
Variety is the essence of motivation and is also crucial to provide the body with new training stimulus in order to maximize results. This report introduce a different type of training that’s free and can be done almost everywhere using something you use everyday – stairs! It will provide with new training ideas and exercises to improve your muscular strength, power, and general conditioning.
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21-Day Express Shape-Up Workout
This 21-day express softball-specific workout program has been a best-seller for a few years. This workout program was specifically designed for softball players with only a few weeks to go before the beginning of their competitive season or who are already in the first few weeks of their competitive season but want to maximize their performance for the important competitions to come. It is short (about 20-30 minutes per workout) and requires only a few basic pieces of equipment – dumbbells, stability, and a medicine ball and is designed maximize your speed and power in 3 weeks!
Suited for just about any softball players, this fun workout is also a good first workout to do if you just starting to workout as a first introductory workout or if you want to establish a good foundation. Read more
