Upper Body Step Up

The Upper Body Step Up is a great strengthening and stability exercise for your shoulders. Two major joints help to create shoulder movement. They are your glenohumeral joint (ball and socket joint)  and your scapularthoracic joint (aka shoulder blade). These two joints along with the sternoclavicular and the acromioclavicular joints must all work together to…

Proper Warm Up Routine

As promised in my last article I am going to talk about the proper way to get warmed up. Too many players go out to the field and start playing catch before they get their bodies stretched out. Some of it comes from youthful exuberance and the fact that some look at stretching as boring.…

Rice Bucket

Rice bucket? If you were to ask any Major League baseball player what a rice bucket is, they would all be able to answer you. And that is because they have all used a rice bucket in their baseball careers to strengthen their hands, wrists, and forearms. The rice bucket is very common in the…