Just wanted to follow up on an earlier post about Coast to Coast baseball camp.

We finished up a week of camp that was packed with activity from start to finish.  A typical day started at 8:30 with a warm-up and then right into scrimmage games that lasted until lunch time.  Then afternoon groups were split up for instruction by position, as well as work in the batting cages and bullpens.

Coast to Coast baseball campers

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The field staff for the 2011 Palm Beach Cardinals has officially been announced:

Aguayo, Albert Joined By Returning Martinez

I’ll be returning to Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, FL for my 3rd straight year, joined by former Major Leaguers Luis Aguayo (manager) and Dennis “El Presidente” Martinez (pitching coach).

Dennis Martinez, Luis Aguayo, Jeff Albert

“The Dean” hosts both the Florida Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals during spring training, and then both of those teams’ Florida State League affiliates – the Jupiter Hammerheads and the Palm Beach Cardinals.  That means there is a professional baseball game here almost every single day from April through the beginning of September.  Let me know if you’re stopping by for a game!

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)…