Baseball
Warm-Up:
• 10-15
min. Warm-Up should precede all baseball activities.
• Cardiovascular
system, muscles, & connective tissue must progressively
transition from rest to work.
• Warm-Up
comprised of movements, actively worked through full
range-of-motion, should not be confused with flexibility training.
• Prepares
body & nervous system for baseball movements.
• Improper
Warm-Up results in muscle pulls, dizziness, cramping, &
overheating.
Baseball
Flexibility:
• Baseball
Flexibility is the ability to move muscles through available
range-of-motion around joint, must be greater than baseball
movements require.
• Baseball
skills are repetitive movements that restrict joints within
restricted range-of-motion, which decreases flexibility.
• Stretching
will not prevent muscle pulls, which occur when baseball players are
fatigued, not warmed-up, or joint is forced through extreme
range-of-motion.
• The
amount of time spent on baseball flexibility should be
individualized. Some baseball player’s possess high degree of
flexibility & others don’t.
• The
goal for baseball players of all ages is to develop & maintain a
range of motion that allows for performance of baseball-specific
skills.
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