4 for 4 night

May 29th Ramon Hernandez turned in a great performance from the 8th spot. 4 for 4, two dingers, 3 RBIs, 2 runs scored and a pick-off at 3rd base.

Go hard in the yard.

Adam

Training: Old vs. New

The following is a short, and partial list of a few "out of the box", different approaches to baseball training vs. the old school, mainstream approach.

#1

Mainstream Training Approach - Limits core training by emphasizing crunches,sit ups, etc from the floor; nothing to do with throwing, hitting, or running

Out of the Box Training Approach - Incorporates core training by emphasizing the transverse plane(rotation) from standing positions; dominates throwing, hitting and running

#2

Mainstream Training Approach - trains predominately in the sagittal plane(front and back movements)

Out of the Box Training Approach - Incorporates lateral movements and diagonal patterns - opposite hip to opposite shoulder- similar to throwing, hitting, running

#3

Mainstream Training Approach - trains bilaterally - 2 legs/2 arms simultaneous movements/i.e. 2 leg squats

Out of the Box Training Approach - Incorporates unilateral training - 1 leg/1 arm movements/ i.e. 1 leg squat

#4

Mainstream Training Approach - concentrates on bodybuilding methodologies

Out of the Box Training Approach - Incorporates strength, power and functional training methodologies


As ballplayers continue to evolve so should their training.

Go hard in the yard.

Adam

Ramon Hernandez - ESPN Top 10

Click on link below. Five Tool Baseball client, Ramon Hernandez, makes an excellent play at the plate; worthy of #7 on ESPN's Top 10 plays from this past weekend (5/15/2010).

Reds right at home on game-ending play | reds.com: News

Gotta Love the Game

"We don't stop playing because we turn old,
but turn old because we stop playing"

Satchel Paige
ranked Number 19 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players,
nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

Shut up and run

If you play the game of baseball long enough you'll more than likely experience a few slumps - hitting slumps and in some cases even throwing slumps. However, one slump that you will not and should not experience, barring injury or laziness, is a running slump. Time and time again I see ball players hit a weak grounder or a little pop-up and then they just "dog-it", mumbling to themself, thinking it's a sure out. Shut up and run. Nothing in baseball is a sure out. To the younger guys: you never know who is watching. Dont come across as being lazy to potential scouts who might be watching. Where have the days of Pete "Charlie Hustle" Rose gone.

Play hard, run harder.

Go hard in the yard.

Adam

Power Up...pounds down

In November 2009 Anibal Sanchez, P - Florida Marlins, begins training with Five Tool Baseball. On our first day of training, he tipped the scale at 235lbs. 3 months later he walks into Spring Training clubhouse and weighs in at a lean 205 lbs. For 3 months(4 days a week) our strength training program enabled Anibal to drop the weight while improving his strength,power and flexibility. He's is one of the more dedicated and commited players to have trained with Five Tool Baseball. It made my job not only easier but so much fun.

Good Luck Anibal.

Go hard in the yard.

Adam

Juan Rincon

Juan Rincon-P, Colorado Rockies, has teamed up with FiveToolBaseball Performace Training to power up the final phase of his off-season training.