Adam Noel enters his third year as a minor league strength and conditioning coach for the Texas Rangers. He currently serves as the Rangers Class-A strength coach for the Hickory Crawdads. He joined the Rangers organization in September 2015 after spending the previous two years as a graduate assistant athletic...

This episode of The PBSCCS Podcast is part two of a group discussion on speed training.   Speakers: Logan Byman (Pittsburgh Pirates organization) Adam Noel (Texas Rangers organization) Jordan Brown (Tampa Bay Rays organization)   Questions/topics covered in the episode: Continuing education resources Acceleration...

This episode of The PBSCCS Podcast is part one of a group discussion on speed training.   Speakers: Logan Byman (Pittsburgh Pirates organization) Adam Noel (Texas Rangers organization) Jordan Brown (Tampa Bay Rays organization)   Questions/topics covered in the episode: General discussion on speed training...

Speed Squats, Alternate Lunges, Eagles and Squat Jumps Finisher exercises are designed to kick your butt at the end of the workout. A goal for the off-season, spring training and in-season is to “finish strong”. You want a strong finish for each workout, every practice session, every game and the season. Finishers...

A previous post, Jump Rope in Baseball – Back to the Future, outlined the benefits and procedures of jumping rope. But what if you don’t have a rope or if you are working with a relatively large group and don’t have enough ropes to go around? Use line jumps and hops. Line jumps (two feet) and line hops (one...

Practical Self-Stretch to Enhance Hip Flexor ROM and Function By Gene Coleman, Chandler Geller and Adan Noel Professional and collegiate baseball players spend a lot of time before, during, after and between games with their hip flexors in a shortened position which has been shown to inhibit the actions of the hip...

Accelleration Drill Progressions with Adam Noel, Texas Rangers MiLB Strength and Conditioning Coach.

The primary objective of the sled push is to improve lower-body strength and power so athletes can increase ground reaction force, i.e., the amount of force that they can put into and recover from the ground. Large ground reaction forces are essential for effective performance in activities that require acceleration,...

The kneeling rotational start is an effective exercise for teaching proper body alignment and force production when accelerating from a stationary start in the frontal plane. It’s also a natural progression from kneeling starts in a sagittal plane to kneeling starts in the frontal plane. The exercise starts with the...

Improving Speed in Youth Baseball and Softball By Gene Coleman and Jose Vazquez – Texas Rangers In an attempt to better serve the coaches, players, and parents involved in youth and high school baseball, the PBSCCS periodically publishes information on factors that can affect conditioning and performance at these...