Youth

Five Tips for Improving Speed in Young Athletes By Loren Landow and Agyei Augustine First:  Have kids skip for rhythm for 10-20 yards (a skip is a step and a hop) Skipping reinforces the coordinated actions between the lower and upper body so, watch and tell them how to move their arms better Don’t worry about...

Increasing Number of Shoulder and Elbow Injuries Among Adolescent Baseball Players Seen in US Emergency Rooms  Purpose: To analyze national injury trends of youth baseball players. Hypotheses: 1) While the total number of baseball injuries diagnosed over the past decade would decrease, there would be an increase in...

Requisitos de Rendimiento para el  Béisbol 14U Gene Coleman, Ed. D., RSSC*E y José Vázquez, PT, RSCC Un post anterior discutió algunos de los principales ajustes que los jugadores de béisbol juvenil tienen que hacer a medida que avanzan de 12U a 13U 1. Este post, examinará los ajustes necesarios para tener...

How Important are the First 10-Yards When Stealing Second Base? By Gene Coleman, Ed. D., RSCC-E, FACSM The average MLB pitcher takes approximately 1.30 sec to throw the ball from pitcher’s mound to home, and the average catcher takes another 2.0 sec to catch the ball and throw it to second base. Average total time...

Requisitos de rendimiento en el béisbol 12U frente al 13U Gene Coleman, Ed. D., RSSC*E y José Vázquez, PT, RSCC Translated by Jhoan Perez, PT, RSCC En un intento por servir mejor a los entrenadores, jugadores y padres involucrados en el béisbol juvenil y de secundaria, el PBSCCS publica periódicamente...

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8-Week Interval Throwing Program Texas Metroplex Institute for Sports Medicine and Orthopedics This throwing program was developed for TMI Sports Medicine by Regan Wong, Major League Physical Therapist at Texas Rangers Baseball Club and Daniel Evans, Director of Physical Therapy at TMI Sports Medicine. It is intended...

SAVE YOUR ARM By Gene Coleman, Ed.D., RSCC*E Most Injuries Are Due to Overuse! USA Baseball Guidelines Warm-up to pitch, don’t pitch to warm-up Play for no more than 1 team at a time Pitch in only 1 game/day Observe pitch counts STOP when tired Pitch no more than 100 innings/year Pitch no more than 8...

Youth Sports Train to Be an Athlete, Not a Position Player By: JC Cole CSCS*D RSCC*D In an attempt to better serve the coaches, players and parents involved in youth and high school baseball and softball, the PBSCCS periodically publishes information on factors that can affect conditioning and performance at these...

Box Stepdown for Single-Leg Strength, Stability and Balance By Gene Coleman, Ed. D., RSCC*E This is a simple, single-leg, ground-based exercise that requires minimal equipment. It can be used before and after practice and strength training workouts by baseball and softball players of all ages and levels of play to...