Q & A – Should You Use Heavy Bats On-Deck?
People often witness MLB players use heavy bats or commerical donuts when they are on-deck preparing for their next at-bat. Most would assume this helps you. However, the latest research has shown it does not. Watch this video for more details.
Scientific Proof – Swinging a Heavy Bat on-Deck Is Counterproductive
It’s very common to see professional baseball players or elite softball players use a heavier bat or a commercial donut ring while warming-up and preparing for their next at-bat while in the on-deck circle.
The idea behind this practice is that by swinging a heavier bat, your regular bat will feel lighter when you step in the batter’s box and will help you swing faster.
Softball Playground Workout
Are you lacking time, money, equipment, and/or fitness facilities to workout and get in shape for softball?
Performance System – Bat Speed and Hitting Power System
If you’re looking for step-by-step instructions on how to improve your bat speed and your hitting power, you’ve come to the right place.
The Bat Speed and Hitting Power System was created for those who are serious about taking their hitting to the next level and want to increase their dominance at the plate. Read more
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 – Adding Hitting Power
Question: I’ve been playing slowpitch softball now for 2 years. I’m 5′10″, 160lbs, and in pretty good phyical shape. We use .44-.47 cor worth softballs. i play in 250-280-260 fields. I use a 28 oz bat. I have all kinds of warning track power, but i cant seem to be able to get that extra 10-20 feet. I’m thinking about the demarini chute? there are guys my size jacking out 40-50 HR a season. Do you have any advice on bat model, weight that could help? Even some basic training ideas would be greatly appreciated! THANKS!
Answer: Power is a result of strength and speed. In other words, it is how much force you put into the ball in the shortest amount of time. It is the action of “exploding” into the ball. There is one thing that is common to all ball players and even golfers, people who seek the long shot all the time seem to struggle more than the others at achieving it. Why is that if they have potentially more chance because of their talent and size?
There are many factors. Some of them are psychological but for my answer here, I will focus on the “physiological” aspect of it. Wanting to hit the ball too hard creates muscle tension prior to the swing and it is a well-known physiological principles that muscle tension slows the muscle down. So instead of creating speed, tension slow things down. Have you ever seen the best sprinter in the world in slow motion? If not, take a look at them. They are so relaxed that their muscles are firing up quickly. In order to generate explosiveness, bat speed, power.. you need to have your mind and nervous system alert but your muscles relaxed, ready to fire.
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.
Medicine Ball Progression for Core Power
The core plays a key role in generating speed and power in softball whether be for running, hitting, throwing, or pitching. The medicine ball is one of the best tools there is in order to maximize core power for softball. This report shows you a great exercise progression to increase your core power for softball.
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Softball Conditioning Program – Bat Speed and Hitting Power
This is a softball-specific training program to help improve bat speed and hitting power. This complete program has 3 phases and includes a review of the fundamentals of hitting and some hitting-specific exercises.
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Resistance Training to Develop Bat Speed
This is a special report on resistance training to develop bat speed authored by Dr. David Szymanski, an eminent researcher who has done a lot of work in the areas of strength and conditioning and baseball performance.
This scientific but practical report discusses factors affect bat speed, the effect of resistance training on bat speed, the effect of overweight and underweight training on bat speed, training programs, and practical applications to help increase bat speed.
