Here is a tidy little article summarizing info related to over/under training for baseball - click here
Roger M. Enoka best sums it up in his textbook “Neuromechanical Basis of Kinesiology”
“Training adaptations are specific to the cells and their structural and functional elements that are overload.
This is a very interesting article from Mike Boyle on flexibilty and range or motion regarding rotation.
Any athlete competing in a sport that required rotation, like baseball, hockey or golf, was blindly urged to develop more flexibility in rotation.
Is Rotation Training Hurting Your Performance?
There is a part in there that I think can be useful as a teaching point…..see if you can figure out what it is.
Here is another study that I was a part of at La Tech - this one was done to see if adding weight to the forearms while training (taking swings) would help improve bat speed and batted ball velocity.
Back in August, I did an interview with Erik of Futureredbirds.net
What are some of the most common things you see wrong from a player coming out of college?
General misconceptions about the swing or just lack of awareness of what they are actually doing. This is where showing them their own video and clips of MLB players is helpful. Once they have a clear picture of what they are doing and what they would like to do, the players start making their adjustments.
Click here to read the entire interview.
The goal of swingtrainging.net is to pursue and apply the best information regarding the means in which to most optimally swing a bat. This site is intended to both stimulate and answer questions in order to be a resource for the advanced player and serious coach.
Now the third re-design I’ve made to the site since it began, this one is for both form and function. The last version was created on two separate platforms that were both more difficult to use. This format allows me to combine the features of the main site and blog updates in a more convenient way.
While the layout of the site should stay close to what you see now, I’ll continue to update pages and information. Most pages/entries will have a comments section so you can leave feedback, or use the contact page if you have ideas for content or contributions to the site. Enjoy!
Recently, I traveled to Europe with ISG baseball to participate in a baseball clinic for the European Baseball Coaches Association and my first presentation was basically using video to review different elements of the swing. I’ve always been asked a lot about what types of things I do with video and what software I use, and this was no different after speaking in Vienna. With that, it’s about time that I put this together….
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The main video software I use is called Sports Motion. I created a page on the main site where I give a brief list of some of the features, but you can also check out Sports Motion’s myspace page which has some videos detailing features of the program.
Because of the number of inquiries from coaches at the EBCA conference in Europe, I was able to get my own promo code for those looking to buy the software and now I can make that available to anyone. So if this is something you are interested in, you can use the promo code “jalbert” for a 5% discount when you check out with your order from Sports Motion.
If you have any questions related to this, feel free to ask or email
I spent last weekend taking in Perfect Game’s WWBA event right here in Jupiter. From everything I heard, this is/was the premier high school tournament in the country that brings the best players from all over to one spot. That’s pretty easy to believe if you’ve been to one of these things and you see the hundreds of scouts and college coaches. The Roger Dean Stadium complex in Jupiter is home to the St. Louis Cardinals and Florida Marlins, with 6 minor league fields on each side, and when the event is in full swing there is action on all of the fields. You can check out profiles on some of the players here.
I’ve also been playing some catch up as far as reading up on different internet resources and a number of different books that I’ve ordered. Here are a couple of nice links that you should find useful:
SB Coaches College is a site created by three well known coaches in the S&C industry and it has tons of articles and other information. For example, here is a quick piece on a college softball dynamic warm-up program.
The S&C staff at the College of Holy Cross has assembled a video library of exercises that they use in their program. Here are a couple that I like/use - 1-leg straight-leg deadlift (hip dominant hamstring) and cable lift rotation (although I’d make a point for the spine angle to stay vertical or slightly back as in the swing)…
