Hitting and pitching are two of the most “explosive” skills in all of sports! By that, we mean the activities that generates the highest levels of acceleration and force in the shortest amount of time. Yet the “old-school” belief is that baseball players are not really athletes and training is simply not that important. This approach hasn’t worked out all that well, as hundreds of millions of dollars are lost each year because MLB players end up on the injured reserve list, and millions more are spent on orthopedic surgeons and physical therapists to “fix” those injured players. The fact is that most baseball players are simply not prepared physically to perform their skill in the explosive manner it requires. Because of the nature of this activity’s, baseball players should be the most conditioned athletes not the least!
Baseball players are rotational throwers and strikers and any strength training program should be designed to prepare the player for those activities. In order to receive the full benefit of resistance training, you must train the correct muscle group over the actual hitting and pitching range of motion. Strength gains in the wrong muscle group or in an incorrect plane could actually decrease bat and arm speed. A hitter or pitcher with only average strength but is functionally strong will produce more bat and arm speed, in a healthier manner, than hitters and pitcher with tremendous strength who are less functionally strong. Contrary to popular opinion, the baseball doesn’t care how much you bench press.
Despite recent advancements in the field of strength and conditioning, players continue to go on the disabled list at an alarming rate. Much of this has been attributed to overuse, while others have pointed to a lack of understanding of the specific needs of the rotational hitting pitching athletes. Many strength coaches are often accused of training their rotational athletes with an emphasis on linear movement, as if they were non-rotational athletes or body builders. A healthy, successful baseball player requires a specific balance of functional strength, power and mobility. Strength and body mechanics work hand in hand – you must develop them together to succeed at any skill sport.
Strength and Conditioning/Performance Training
“WHY” Choose Bio Kinetics:
- Program developed through 37 years of research by CSCS and DPT with extensive experience in training and treating baseball players
- Examinations can be performed online through video calls as well as in-person
- Individualized programming that is based on examination as well as video analysis
- Performance measures correlated and tied to your video analysis to make sure that training is effective
- Personalized warm-ups and recovery methods also included
Training Packages
- 2-5 day/wk programming options
- Video calls weekly or monthly
- Monthly re-evaluations
- Any time question/contact available without appointment needed
- Access to video database of exercises
- Additional personalized coaching sessions available
Program Fees:
Quick, Easy & Cost Effective
Quick: Through your iPhone, tablet or other camera Bio Kinetics will bring our professional therapists and strength coaches from our facility, right into your home.
Easy: Your video submitted for analysis will be used to take measurements of essential shoulder and elbow range of motions to help to calculate potential injury risk. This along with an in-person online meeting with help our professionals identify key areas of improvements needed and allow for programs to be developed to enhance your overall athletic performance.
Cost Effective: Per month training options
– Basic ($129/month) o 1 video call per month
- 2-5 day/wk training program
- Access to coaches through messaging app
- Access to video database of exercises
– Advanced ($149/month) o 2 video call per month
- 2-5 day/wk training program
- Access to coaches through messaging app
- Access to video database of exercises
– Professional ($199/month) o 3 video calls per month
- 2 online “coaching” sessions per month
- 2-5 day/wk training program
- Access to coaches through messaging app
- Access to video database of exercises
How it Works:
Step 1: Chose the plan that best fits your needs, register and submit your videos. Once we receive your registration, you will then be placed into our schedule.
Step 2: Your personal instructor will contact you to schedule your analysis phone conference.
Step 3: Your report based on our 37 years of biomechanical research will be emailed before your call takes place. Depending on our current workload’s, this could take a couple of days up to a couple of weeks.