Improving Agility Techniques
To improve agility, all most players and coaches do is a bunch of drills around cones and between lines. However, very few work on refining their agility techniques. When you work on improving your hitting, you work on your mechanics and use a variety a drills. It’s pretty much the same thing when people work on improving their speed; they will work on their sprinting mechanics and do different drills to get faster. Why would agility training be different? This report discusses how to improve your agility techniques – change of directions, transitions, and redirections.
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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
Characteristics of Elite Softball Players
A lot of competitive softball players want to reach the next level and become an elite player. Being an elite player usually means playing on a competitive college softball team or in a strong conference or division. The best players represent their country in international competitions.
There are several characteristics that define an elite softball players. This report list the common characteristics of elite softball players. These are the characteristics you need to develop in order to reach an elite level.
Agility Drills Using Swim Noodles
Softball requires a lot of speed and agility. Often, coaches will lack time, equipment, money, and other resources to develop these two essential qualities.
This special report provides several agility drills that can be done almost anywhere for almost nothing using a simple tool - swim noodles!
Scientific Proof – Post-Exercise Muscle Soreness Decreases Speed, Power and Acceleration
Softball is a sport that requires a tremendous amount of speed, power, and acceleration. Strength training is used to improve these essential qualities.
When working hard enough in the weight room or starting a new training program, you usually experienced delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) or post-exercise muscle soreness. You know you have post-exercise muscle soreness when you feel like you’re discovering “new muscles” and have some stiffness 24-48 hours after a new or intense workout.
Scientific Proof – Strength Training Increases Base Running Speed
Recently, I came across a scientific article on the specificity of sport training for the enhancement of base running speed in softball players.
In other words, the researchers wanted to know: does strength training increases base running speed?
Scientific Proof – Flexibility Training Increases Running Speed
As you know, softball is sport of speed and power. Anything you can do to increase these 2 very important physical qualities will improve your game and make you a more dominant player.
We’ve always thought that stretching was important to prevent injuries but it also improves running speed.
Fitness Calculator – Sprint Test
This calculator will rate your speed. It calculates your speed over a set distance and compares it with the corresponding population. Speed is a very important performance factor in softball.
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Review of Basic Sprinting Mechanics
Softball is a multidirectional sport; an athlete needs to be able to change direction quickly and move as fast as possible in multiple directions. However, part of running the bases requires to be able to accelerate and sprint linearly for 60 feet. Thus, it doesn’t hurt at all to learn basic sprinting mechanics in order to maximize acceleration and speed on the base paths or in the outfield when chasing a fly ball.
Here is a review of the basics of sprinting.
Softball Workout – Bodyweight Exercises for Running Speed Workout
Speed kills. It doesn’t experience slumps either. Through proper conditioning, you can increase your speed, agility, and quickness. This simple workout doesn’t require any equipment and can be done anywhere, anytime. It can easily be integrated in a practice or done after games.
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