SPORTS LINKS Baseball Basketball Football Golf Soccer Softball Tennis Volleyball Other Sports Enter your name and e-mail here for a sample workout of your choice. Name: E-Mail: Pick a Sport Baseball Basketball Football Golf Soccer Softball Tennis Volleyball Please add info@athletictrainingandconditioning.com to your address book. We will never share your email address BASEBALL What should a baseball player concentrate on when conducting his sport specific training and conditioning program?  According to the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2005, 19(3), 538-546 article Major League Baseball strength and conditioning coaches focus on speed development, plyometrics, power development, and flexibility.  This type of complete baseball conditioning strategy focuses on training and conditioning the baseball player as a whole.  This whole body, functional approach enables the baseball player to use his body more efficiently during the execution of his skills such as hitting for example.  Can you imagine if Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth trained this way? Baseball specific training should be your focus. Athletic Training & Conditioning, Inc. recommends utilizing exercise ball routines and medicine ball routines to assist the serious baseball player in stabilizing their core and abs.  (Click here to receive a free e-book on ab workouts – enter “ab e-book” in subject line.)  By stabilizing this area, energy can be efficiently transferred during the training of athletic movements such as agility type movements for example. Baseball players must be able to use their short-term energy system and their long-term energy system to be successful.  The combination of serious training, practice and multiple games in a short amount of time causes the baseball player to deplete their energy stores.  Eating the recommended 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables daily is the best way to replenish these energy stores.  If the serious baseball player is falling short of these daily-recommended values for the proper replenishment of the essential fatty acids, protein and other essential nutrients, the baseball player’s performance may suffer dramatically.  Supplements that comply with the NCAA guidelines should be a consideration for the serious baseball player.