Anatomy Of Hip-To-Shoulder Separation

admin2021-11-03T05:32:04-04:00

Unless you’ve been living in the baseball equivalent of a Himalayan monastery, you’ve heard pitching and hitting coaches avowing the importance of “hip-to-shoulder separation.” I’m not exactly sure when it began, but sometime in the last several years, someone coined the term, and it spread like wildfire. According to advocates of this tenet, pitchers and hitters should rotate the pelvis while the torso remains closed for as long as possible. The resultant diagonal stretch through the trunk allows the athlete to take advantage of the elastic properties of the abdominals, and chest muscles to store and then unload energy to be transferred from the lower half to the arm or bat.

Anatomy Of Hip-To-Shoulder Separationadmin2021-11-03T05:32:04-04:00

The Anatomy of “Lead Leg Blocking.” It’s Corruptive And Has To Go!

admin2024-09-30T00:02:42-04:00

The bottom line is this: Pitching is like picking up chicks. The first move is critical. You have to get the first move right, or you probably don’t have much of a chance.

The Anatomy of “Lead Leg Blocking.” It’s Corruptive And Has To Go!admin2024-09-30T00:02:42-04:00

Impulse And The Little Glutes: The Most Important Contributors To Pitching Velocity

admin2022-03-08T22:26:14-05:00

To change a movement, you have to change the mover. To stabilize the back leg (thereby increasing impulse) the athlete must have enough mobility to get into a position that optimizes the length-tension relationships in all of the muscles surrounding the hip.

Impulse And The Little Glutes: The Most Important Contributors To Pitching Velocityadmin2022-03-08T22:26:14-05:00

It Will Be Hard

admin2021-04-16T17:55:38-04:00

Commit yourself to the relentless pursuit of excellence. Find your “Why.” We’ll take care of the rest. We’ll design an individualized plan that will cover every aspect of your training: your warmup, your throwing program, your mobility/movement plan, your strengthening and coordination, your recovery, and your nutrition. We’ll cover it all, and we’ll be right there to guide you every step of the way.

It Will Be Hardadmin2021-04-16T17:55:38-04:00

My Shoulder “Itised”

admin2021-04-16T17:57:14-04:00

Nearly every other day, we get a call from a player or a parent or coach of a player with arm pain that has bee diagnosed as tendonitis. The player feels a little pain in their shoulder or elbow after throwing. It’s nothing major -just a pinch or a dull ache. They ice it, take some Motrin, Advil, or Tylenol, grease it up with Icy Hot and try to “throw through it.” The pain persists and eventually gets worse. They take a few days off, but when they start throwing, it hurts again.

My Shoulder “Itised”admin2021-04-16T17:57:14-04:00

It’s Time For A Revolution in Throwing Rehab

admin2024-03-15T21:46:56-04:00

The UCL, Labrum, and rotator cuff aren’t the most highly vascularized tissues, they do receive some blood flow, and therefore under the right conditions, they are capable of remodeling themselves to resist the stresses under which they are placed.

It’s Time For A Revolution in Throwing Rehabadmin2024-03-15T21:46:56-04:00

Justin Verlander: “I’m A Stuff Guy”

admin2023-09-28T16:12:22-04:00

The first thing Justin Verlander said to me is “I’ve got a problem. In my start today, I was sitting at 88-‐91. That’s not going to get it done. I’m a stuff guy. I’ve always had great stuff. I’m not the type that will be ok learning to pitch in the low 90s. I need to get my velocity back."

Justin Verlander: “I’m A Stuff Guy”admin2023-09-28T16:12:22-04:00

ARMory Guy Gained 24 mph in 3 Years and Got a D1 Power 5 Scholarship

admin2021-04-16T18:05:36-04:00

24 mph in just over three years? For some, that may seem unrealistic, but gains like that are not uncommon here at The Florida Baseball ARMory. They happen so frequently that we’re no longer surprised. We’re always thrilled, but never surprised. And with the right individualized training plan, they can happen for anyone, including you.

ARMory Guy Gained 24 mph in 3 Years and Got a D1 Power 5 Scholarshipadmin2021-04-16T18:05:36-04:00

Pete Rose Is James J. Gibson

admin2021-04-16T18:09:51-04:00

The man who has recorded more hits than anyone in the history of the game is telling us that instead of getting in a player’s head and trying to change a movement from the top down, a more effective way to elicit an adaptation and subsequently influence the movement is to create a training experience that provides a player with sensory information (visual, vestibular, auditory, and/or kinesthetic) that encourages his body to choose a more effective movement pattern.

Pete Rose Is James J. Gibsonadmin2021-04-16T18:09:51-04:00

Why It Doesn’t Take 10,000 Hours

admin2021-04-16T18:11:48-04:00

When an athlete achieves the mobility necessary to maximize his length-tension advantages and then finds the synchronous co-contractions to fully optimize the contractile and elastic properties of his muscles, he accomplishes his goal and his body naturally wants to do that again. His natural instincts take over and he is compelled to move in the same manner again and again. When it clicks, it stays.

Why It Doesn’t Take 10,000 Hoursadmin2021-04-16T18:11:48-04:00

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