Sport Specific Training

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Performance Training: The Squat

Proper Squatting Technique is Crucial to Preventing Injury The sport of football requires the athlete to incorporate all aspects of fitness from speed and power to flexibility and coordination. In the off-season, football players must train for the demands the sports puts on their body. The most popular part of fitness football player’s focus on…

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Pre-season Training for Basketball

Improve your Basketball Game with Off-season Training During the basketball off-season implement these 4 important tips into your basketball performance training program to improve your game and crush the competition. Do This to Increase Vertical Leap Every basketball player that comes in to see us at Athlete’s Arena lists “improving vertical leap” as their #1…

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Tommy John: Not Just a Pro Baseball Injury

 25% to 30% of kids who have Tommy John surgery aren’t playing baseball two years later. The original article came from www.AthleticBusiness.com.  Here are some other statistics from the article that you may be interested in: In 2007, the Little League International board of directors unanimously approved pitch count limits based on research conducted by Andrews…

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Baseball: Throw Harder and Hit Farther

Baseball: Throw Harder and Hit Farther Who doesn’t want to throw harder and hit farther?  Those are two concepts that everyone is striving for. One thing I’ve realized about baseball people is they almost always know exactly what areas they need improvement in. The problem is they almost never know how to get there or…

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“Cross Country Tragedy” by Shane Miller

Over the last several years I have been asked by athletes and parents of athletes on multiple occasions if I thought cross country would be a good off season conditioning sport. It’s a very simple answer that I do not have to think twice about.  I need only to paint this picture for them and case…

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Combine Preparation

Have you ever asked yourself any of these questions: “How do I get noticed?” or “How do I get recruited and get to the next level?” In the past, there were not many avenues you could take to get to the college level, just play hard and hope you get noticed. Nowadays, there are many avenues from combines…