Coaching Baseball - Power Hitting

Description

Players need strength, agility, and the savviness to know what pitch to take in order to become true power hitters. In Power Hitting, Coaches Paul Reddick, Jeff Cavaliere and Tom Clark demonstrate how to warm up safely and swing with the correct stance, positioning and technique.

As a bonus, this program also includes strength and conditioning exercises to maximize your young hitters’ potential. Let the experts show you how to start knocking it out the park.

Lessons

Warm-Ups

1 Introduction to Warm-Ups 2 Dynamic Warm-Up (Upper Body) 3 Dynamic Warm-Up (Lower Body)

The Swing

4 Introduction to The Swing 5 Swing Overview 6 Stance 7 Stance with Demo 8 Load Stride 9 Load Stride with Demo 10 Hips Separate 11 Hips Separate with Demo 12 Bat Lag 13 Bat Lag with Demo 14 Contact 15 Contact with Demo 16 Finish 17 Finish with Team 18 Pitch Selection

Strength and Conditioning

19 Introduction to Strength and Conditioning 20 Paul Reddick Strength Intro 21 Jeff Cavaliere Strength Overview 22 Deceleration 23 Brake Deceleration Exercise 24 Bat Stance Squat 25 Ball Toss 26 Hip Rotation Resistance 27 Hurdle Under Explosions 28 Load, Stay Back, Resistance 29 Single Leg Rotating Squat 30 Standing Rotary Twist 31 Reverse Overload 32 Step Over with a Squat 33 Half Burpee 34 Elbow Ups 35 Thrusters 36 Structure Your Circuit 37 Circuit One 38 Circuit Two

The Coach

Paul Reddick

Director of the Yogi Berra Musem Baseball Camp

Paul Reddick is the director of The Yogi Berra Baseball School and has served as a coach, scout or consultant to over a dozen Major League Baseball organizations, most recently with the Pittsburgh Pirates. An accomplished baseball writer, he has served as a state delegate for USA Baseball. His training work brings power and speed to baseball players.

Jeff Cavaliere MSPT, CSCS worked for the New York Mets from 2006-08 as both their head physical therapist and assistant strength coach. Named in 2008 by Men’s Fitness as one of America’s Top 50 Greatest Trainers, he is known for his unique and cutting edge approaches to functional conditioning for baseball. He strives to make both professional and amateur athletes reach their peak performance.

Tom Clark has been coaching youth sports for more than 20 years. Tom has worked with Paul and Jeff for several years, developing strength and conditioning techniques and structuring high quality training to help young baseball players reach their full potential.