Category: Athlete Performance

SO, you’ve made it this far, you’re all in on in-season training as an absolute MUST as a ballplayer to be the best you, you’ve created some tangible goals for the in-season training period, and now you want to know the ins and outs of HOW to train in-season, things

So, hopefully the first part of this series convinced you that in-season training is not only a GREAT idea, but as a matter of fact an absolute necessity if we’re going to be OUR BEST for this season and for season’s to come. But now, if you’re like many driven

One of the absolute biggest mistakes high school ballplayers make is stopping their strength and power training in-season. Unfortunately in my ten years of coaching I still haven’t seen this trend begin to shift to the majority of HS ballplayers maximizing their in-season period from the developmental side. YES, of

Last week most of our athletes went through a deload. Deloads are a pretty common talking point for myself with interns, new athletes, and even outsiders. So let’s dig into the what, when, and how of a Deload! Deloads are essentially a period of training where we look to minimize

So, you’re training and you’re training HARD, BUT you might be missing a key ingredient to your success, in today’s video blog I run through the anatomy of a training session: The big rocks, the order of operations, and some insight into how it all plays together. Press PLAY to

Recently posted a quick note on my Instagram page (@appyhour) about how we don’t utilize Olympic lifting in the programs of our ballplayers. Quite honestly thought it was a mild statement essentially detailing a few quick reasons why we can do OTHER THINGS (exercises, subcategories, and modalities) that give us

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The 60 yard dash is garbage. That’s the truth of the matter. It’s an invalid assessment of baseball speed, and believe me I have nothing AGAINST the 60 yard dash, as a matter of fact of on my OWN calling cards as a performance coach is the idea that I

We are currently in unprecedented times. As a high school, college, or professional athlete this is certainly the first time you’ve ever been quarantined to your home and had your gym, training facility, and access to coaching shut down. Let me just get this out of the way early: this