by Brent Pourciau | Jan 24, 2019 | Pitching Articles
Do you perform overhead lifting? In the study by Blache et al., 2015 they found that overhead lifting with a heavy box was most effective for strengthening the rotator cuff, deltoid and upper trapezius muscles. For throwing athletes like pitchers shoulder and elbow...
by Brent Pourciau | Jan 16, 2019 | Pitching Articles
In the study by Suzuki et al, 2019 it looks at how does thoracic extension reduce arm injury and flexion posture on scapulothoracic motion during eccentric shoulder external rotation and its range of motion. It was hypothesized that thoracic extension will increase...
by Brent Pourciau | Mar 12, 2018 | Pitcher Velocity Training Articles
Why Olympic lifting baseball? Evidence suggests the Olympic Clean and its variations are considered the best training exercises to maximize muscular power and dynamic athletic performance (Kawamori, & Haff, 2004). Olympic Lifting Baseball is great for enhancing...
by Brent Pourciau | Mar 8, 2018 | Pitching Articles
Baseball superstition exists today due to a simple form of training the skills of pitching and hitting. This simple form of training is using blocked order practice for player development. It is common at the MLB level for pitchers especially to have a very poor...
by Brent Pourciau | Mar 5, 2018 | Pitching Articles
One of my favorite opportunities is working with current or ex MLB pitchers. They usually come to me with amazing talents that have been sidelined due to injury. I enjoy the challenge to discover the source of the problem that caused their injury, removing and...
