19 Articles:
- Posted October 27, 2015
Active for Life
We provide information, advice, and resources for parents who want to raise active and successful kids. Being physically literate helps children to be better baseball players, and better athletes.
Here are our key articles about baseball and physical literacy:
read article... - Posted October 6, 2015
The Rise of the Accidental Pitcher
The MLB playoffs showcase numerous former position players who took up pitching late and are now thriving
read article... - Posted April 27, 2014
WHEN NATURE OUTPLAYS NURTURE
Thirty-five years ago, a hundred tennis-playing children were tested for general athleticism.
read article... - Posted April 1, 2014
Overuse to Blame For Youth Pitching Injuries, But Sliders and Curveballs Still Risk Read more: http
Overuse is to blame for arm injuries among youth baseball players, but throwing curve balls at an early age still increases risk, according to a new report by researchers at the University of North Carolina.1
Read more: http://www.momsteam.com/overuse-blamed-for-youth-pitching-injuries-but-sliders-and-curveballs-still+risk#ixzz2xekLvLnN
read article... - Posted March 28, 2014
Why specializing early in one sport is a bad idea
If you want your child to become a superstar hockey player, figure skater, or other athlete, when should they specialize in that one sport?
read article... - Posted March 18, 2014
Glut of recent arm injuries highlights baseball's struggle to find answers
Four out of 1,200. Daniel Hudson sat in Dr. James Andrews' office in Bradenton, Fla., his elbow having failed him again, his baseball career in flux, his greatest nightmare choking rational thought, and amid the fear of a doctor cutting open his arm for the second time within a year, he could process only those numbers: four out of 1,200.
read article... - Posted March 9, 2014
Tobacco use still prominent among MLB players
Despite Major League Baseball's best efforts to dissuade and discourage players from using smokeless tobacco, it remains a difficult habit for many players to kick.
read article... - Posted February 27, 2014
Is CrossFit a Good 'Fit' For Baseball Players?
Seems like everyone is doing CrossFit. Athletes, regular Joes and Janes, meatheads, your old Little League coach. Everyone.
And that's a good thing. Well, sort of.
read article... - Posted February 4, 2014
Baseball showcases: a great way to waste money and get injured
To be blunt, while there are some exceptions to the rule, they rarely fit into development. In reality, they usually feed into destruction – at least in the context of pitchers. I openly discourage all our young athletes and parents from attending them almost without exception.
read article... - Posted January 16, 2014
Is it Wise to Specialize?
The greatest difference between our children’s sporting experience and our own is the rise of year round, sport specific organizations that ask – even require – season after season of participation in order to stay in the player development pipeline.
read article... - Posted January 13, 2014
Parenting a talented kid: A new approach
Quick thought experiment:
Let’s say you’re the parent of a kid who really, really loves skiing. (It could be soccer or chess or tennis or math, but let’s make it skiing.)...
read article... - Posted November 12, 2013
Injuries explode as youths specialize in a single sport
read article... - Posted November 1, 2013
Blue Jays bring in creator of Velocity Program
Weighted-ball program used to increase shoulder strength, prevent injury
read article... - Posted October 28, 2013
Miguel Cabrera: The Art of Hitting
How the game's greatest offensive player does it.
read article... - Posted September 18, 2013
BBCOR Explained
read article... - Posted September 18, 2013
Aggressive defensive plan has led to Pirates' turnaround
read article... - Posted July 24, 2013
When 772 pitches isn't enough
Tomohiro Anraku will throw as much as it takes to defend his nation's honor
read article... - Posted July 24, 2013
5 Things You Must Understand About Baseball Long Toss Programs
5 Things You Must Understand About Baseball Long Toss Programs
read article... - Posted July 8, 2013
Baseball's little gestures mean a lot
Taps, touches, tugs and tips... they carry complex messages among pitchers, batters, coaches and managers. The wordless codes can be raised to an art level, and are protected as if they are state secrets.
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