Softball Workout – Power Workout For Pitchers
Explosiveness out of the plate is a sign of a dominant pitcher. The power of the pitcher comes from the muscles of her legs, core and shoulders. All need to be coordinated to achieve maximum power.
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Softball Workout – Increase Your Running Speed
Every Softball player wants to improve in her speed and quickness. Here is a set of exercises that focuses on building muscles to help increase running speed.
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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.
Performance System – Ultimate 52-Week High-Performance Softball Training System
Are you very serious about reaching your maximum potential? Are you hard working? Then, this complete and breakthrough Ultimate 52-Week High-Performance Softball Training System is for you! This MONSTER 466-page system contains simply the best and most comprehensive softball workouts on the planet! These are the same softball training workouts, advanced training methods, and innovative exercises all the best softball softball players in the world use to achieve extraordinary performances.
WARNING: This advanced training system is very challenging and is designed only for serious, hard-working elite players.
Q & A – Weight Training for Pitchers
Question: My daughter is 17 years old and going into her senior year in high school. What type of weight training exercises would you recommend for a pitcher?
Answer: There are many types of training that are important for a pitcher. First you have to look at the performance factors, in others words, what do pitchers need to perform and prevent injuries:
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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Performance System – Scientific Core Conditioning for Softball
It is a known fact that the trunk is highly involved in all major movements in softball. The trunk also plays a key role in the generation of rotational power, necessary for hitting, throwing and pitching. Every softball player needs a strong center of power not only to be successful on the field but also to prevent injuries. This is why proper abdominal training is so important.
This performance system explains why training the core is important, how it should be trained, and proposed a progression of the best core exercises for softball.
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
