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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