Preface: It matters for all athletes! The same principles I outline can be applied to all athletic populations, not just throwers. For some reason, assessing resting posture has started to be overlooked a little in our industry. Now, it's certainly true that the best posture is one that's constantly changing.
This post comes from AHP's Director of Hitting Development, Connor Burns. Enjoy! Was I on time? Was that a good pitch to hit? Far too many hitters get trapped in what we like to call, the "mechanical purgatory." Simply put, after every mishit the athlete thinks it was a fault
1.Write down your to do list the night before. Take the time to actually write out what you need to get done tomorrow. I also use a 1-5 scale for each item. This ensures I don't move on to any "3's" and "4's" until I finish all the "1's"
1. "I'll start tomorrow." Do it today. 2. "I'll sleep a little more and just find the time during the day." No you won't. The time is now. When your alarm goes off. Get up. I find it helpful, right before bed to look at my schedule and make my
1. The Baseball 100, by Joe Posnanski This is not your normal: this player hit .315 and his WAR was X so he's the 17th greatest player ever. No. The author certainly talks about each player's baseball ability, career highlights and statistics, but they're interwoven beautifully into fascinating stories about