A Whole Lot of BS

Barrett discusses how quickly an athlete can lose strength, power, and speed in-season and why it may be more important to continue to train with a professional in-season. 

Barrett discusses the 2 main reasons people do not train during their playing season and why each reason is invalid. 

During this time of year, we being to ramp up the throwing intensity with our athletes. In this Episode, we discuss 3 of the main benefits throwers will get from high intensity throwing.

In this episode, we discuss how to progress in the weight room when an athlete starts their on-ramping portion of their throwing program. 

In this episode, we will discus: 

1.Start slow and light 

2.Why percentages are better than using distances 

3.Using percentages as intensity 

4.Why feel is better than having a set number of throws

As we talked about in the last episode, strength is usually the bucket that overflows into the other buckets the most. But what do you do once you have filled the strength bucket? How do exercises like Med Ball throws and DB Squat Jumps fit in?  

The Strength Speed Continuum helps us understand the different aspects of strength training and how to best bridge the gap to get better results on the field instead of creating powerlifters.

For whatever reason, strength (in the traditional weight room sense) has gotten a bad name in the golf world. In youth and young professional golfers, strength is usually the bucket that, if filled, would overflow more into different areas.

One of our main concepts we talk about when programming for athletes is “Which bucket needs to be filled the most?” 

Usually filling up this bucket will overflow into the other buckets. 

With high school athletes, strength is almost always that bucket. By helping an athlete get stronger, they will be able to produce more force so they will increase in power and speed. Most of the movement limitations we see in high school athletes are also caused by lack of strength, so improving strength in certain areas should also help improve mobility.

What you do with the time that you are shut down can make or break your off season. We suggest you focus on these 4 ideas:  

1. LIFT  

2. Build Tissue Capacity Overhead  

3. No MB Overhead or Shut Put Throws  

4. 6 week program for direct shoulder/ arm strengthening

Along with many of the physical benefits mentioned in parts 1-5, we have also found there to be the mental aspect to be a huge benefit in shutting down. Athletes come back much hungrier and much more focused.