If you are serious about building yourself up for next season, your off-season training involve doing skills training (hitting, pitching, fielding, etc.), sports conditioning and maybe some form of mental/vision training. At times, life gets in the way (vacations, exams or homework, bad weather, general fatigue, sickness, family function, etc.) and we may have weeks … Read more
Tonight, while driving back from practice, I was listening to my voice messages on my cool new iPhone. One of the messages was from one of the elite members of my Softball Peak Performance Club. Since I had about 30 minutes of driving to do. I decided to call him back right away. Personal phone … Read more
ABDOMINAL TRAINING (aka core training)! We know that the trunk plays an important role in softball. More specifically, the trunk and the muscles of the abdominal region are responsible for (1) generating rotational power and (2) stabilizing the trunk which necessary to transfer a maximum amount of power from the lower body muscles to the … Read more
Are you going to be trying out for a team in the new few weeks? If so, make sure you read this. I just recently conducted several interviews with top travel ball coaches about tryouts and selection camps. One of things that they all mentioned is that they look for players that are “athletic”. Why? … Read more