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Overload, Underload, and Overspeed:

Overload, Underload, and Overspeed:

Bat speed development for baseball hitters involves three distinct training approaches — overload, underload, and overspeed — each with a different level of research support and a different claim behind...

Overload, Underload, and Overspeed:

Bat speed development for baseball hitters involves three distinct training approaches — overload, underload, and overspeed — each with a different level of research support and a different claim behind...

Rotational Power and Med-Ball Throws: From Wall to Bat

Rotational Power and Med-Ball Throws: From Wall...

A Dose-First Guide to Rotational Medicine-Ball Training for Bat Speed Executive Summary Rotational power is the layer between the weight room and the swing — the quality that converts force...

Rotational Power and Med-Ball Throws: From Wall...

A Dose-First Guide to Rotational Medicine-Ball Training for Bat Speed Executive Summary Rotational power is the layer between the weight room and the swing — the quality that converts force...

Mobility Will Not Add Bat Speed — But a Restriction Will Take It Away

Mobility Will Not Add Bat Speed — But a Restric...

Most hitting advice treats a slow swing as a mechanics problem. More cues, more reps, more coaching. But if the real problem is how the body passes power up the...

Mobility Will Not Add Bat Speed — But a Restric...

Most hitting advice treats a slow swing as a mechanics problem. More cues, more reps, more coaching. But if the real problem is how the body passes power up the...

Building the Strength Foundation for Bat Speed:

Building the Strength Foundation for Bat Speed:

Strength is the most important physical foundation a baseball hitter can build — and the research on what actually predicts bat swing velocity points consistently toward lean body mass, back...

Building the Strength Foundation for Bat Speed:

Strength is the most important physical foundation a baseball hitter can build — and the research on what actually predicts bat swing velocity points consistently toward lean body mass, back...

High school baseball hitter in a batting cage making contact off a tee, with one coach behind him using a radar gun and another coach on the right recording results on a clipboard.

What Gets Measured Gets Better:

Some baseball programs at the Legion, travel-ball, high school, and small-college level train hitters without any structured measurement — and without a baseline before a training block and a confirmation...

What Gets Measured Gets Better:

Some baseball programs at the Legion, travel-ball, high school, and small-college level train hitters without any structured measurement — and without a baseline before a training block and a confirmation...

Batter waiting for a pitch to arrive in a baseball game.

The Mechanics of a Comeback:

Most Tyler Matzek stories stop at the comeback. They tell you he lost the strike zone, found his way back, and delivered one of the most unforgettable relief appearances of...

The Mechanics of a Comeback:

Most Tyler Matzek stories stop at the comeback. They tell you he lost the strike zone, found his way back, and delivered one of the most unforgettable relief appearances of...