by Rick Saggese | Apr 15, 2024 | blog
I have been helping players increase their bat speed successfully for many years! Some of the concepts you need to understand is exactly how the neurological system works when you are trying to teach the body a skill or to move faster. Many times I hear “swing...
by Rick Saggese | Mar 25, 2024 | blog
When we teach infield fielding we first teach the proper footwork on fielding a baseball or softball in front of you. We talk about the triangle approach which teaches the players to keep a wide base with the tip of the triangle being their glove. This incorporates...
by Rick Saggese | Feb 22, 2024 | blog
Throughout the course of coaching athletes to be faster all coaches use the fancy drills, fancy equipment, and fancy programming. The bottom line is we need to improve a few things: Technique– we need athletes to be as efficient as possible in order to eliminate...
by Rick Saggese | Feb 4, 2024 | blog
4 Amazing Yoga Positions For Stretching Your Hips Hip flexors are muscles usually ignored by people when exercising, or not exercising. But without them, it would be impossible for you to sit down, stand up, and even move your legs forward and backward. The hip...
by Rick Saggese | Jan 19, 2024 | blog
When I train my baseball or softball specific clients it’s a much different approach than when I train non athletes or my adults clients. First baseball is a sport with a lot of change of direction and rotation so the core of my programs focus on explosive...
