The catcher step up is a great exercise to strengthen your lower body. This exercise primarily activates and develops your quadriceps, hamstring, and gluteal muscles and has an upper body component. This exercise is performed with a 4-6 inch step and can be progressed to an 8-12 inch step as shown in the figures below.…
How would you define a good hitter? What criteria does a player have to meet to be considered a good hitter? Can you quantify a good hitter by looking at his statistics? The “Good Hitter” label is an envious title in the game of baseball. If you are a player who can achieve this status…
In our last newsletter we discussed sacrifice bunt fundamentals (click here to read). This week I will give you a great drill that you can incorporate into your next practice. Bunting isn’t looked upon as an exciting part of our game, so when doing the drill make sure to make it a competition and involve…
The hamstring curl plus bridge is a great exercise for toning and strengthening your hamstrings, gluteals, as well as core muscles. The two exercises, the hamstring curl and the bridge, are done as a superset. A superset is when you perform two exercises in a row with minimal to no rest in between. For example,…