Greenon Knights Baseball
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Official Account of the Greenon Knights Baseball Program. OHC South Champs 2019. #571. @coachbweems
College baseball is faster. Not because the players are superheroes. Because the standard is higher. Every Top 25 practice. Every SEC infield. Every ACC bullpen. Every Big 12 BP round. It moves. No wandering. No casual flips. No standing around. Every rep has intent. Every throw has purpose. Every swing has a plan. Now here’s the uncomfortable part. Most high school practices are slower than the games. So when the game speeds up… Players panic. Because they’ve never lived at that tempo. Watch college pregame infield. Balls don’t die in gloves. Feet don’t stop moving. Communication never drops. It’s sharp. It’s urgent. It’s professional. That didn’t magically appear at 19. That was built at 15. High school players If your practice pace is casual, your future is limited. If you only move fast when coaches yell, you’re already behind. Speed isn’t a switch. It’s a habit. And habits don’t turn on when scouts show up. They show up when nobody’s watching. College baseball isn’t louder. It’s cleaner. Faster. More intentional. And the gap between high school and college? It’s tempo. Live at it now. Or get exposed later. #3LeftsBaseball #BaseballIQ
Great work @MartinRPI as usual! Thoughts on this? Is this happening in the future (near future)? Is it needed?
Pitchers: where does your arm get sore?🤔 This can reveal quite a bit about your mechanics and give clues as to underlying issues. A common example: biceps/triceps soreness Lower biceps/triceps soreness is almost always linked, anecdotally, to a pushy, climbing, throwing elbow. This could stem from -The torso flying open (causing the push) -Guarding from a prior injury -Bad habits built from chasing fastball vert -Bad cues (i.e., throw the back of the elbow) -Using excessively heavy implements (i.e., 4lb plyos or wrist weight throws) Regardless, what happens is that the tricep becomes a PRIMARY accelerator of the arm into ball release (dart throwing pattern), instead of a secondary stabilizer. Because the acceleration pattern is now an entirely elbow extension pattern (rather than a clean unwinding/whipping of the arm in plane with the torso), the lower biceps/muscle belly becomes the PRIMARY decelerator of this dart-throwing action. It's not about doing biceps eccentrics in the weight room or having a weak bicep in most cases. It's about fixing the underlying cause of why your arm is pushing, and making sure the right muscles are serving as accelerators, stabilizers, and decelerators at the right time.
Can’t get outside to Throw or Long Toss this Winter? No problem!! Here’s 1 of 2 ways to get a “great throw in” without being able to go outside!!I Part 2 to follow. #InclementWeatherArmTraining
