With all the baseball players that we train at Champion and start of the season right around the corner, we thought it would important to share some of the recent articles that have been posted on at MikeReinold.com regarding how to prepare to throw and how to perform a throwing program.
Early sports specialization is becoming more popular in young athletes. Athletes are focusing on one sport at a young age with the hope of increasing their chances of success in the sport. There are both benefits and concerns, although a strength training program that develops all aspects of athleticism can help avoid imbalances.
Youth athletes need to establish the basic building blocks of fundamental movement skills. This assures that they create an excellent foundation of athleticism to build upon as they mature. Youth athletes need to focus on what we call the “ABC’s” of performance training.
Medicine balls are one of the most useful tools to build upper body explosive power. This is for good reason, as medicine balls allow you to increase power in basic functional and sport specific movement patterns.
