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Bio-Mechanical Instruction
Baseball mechanics are subconscious for the major league player they
are burned into their brains like a computer program on a hard
drive. The professional player isn't really conscious of all the
individual motions that are occurring. The motion is learned and
refined as well as written and rewritten through drills. This
neuro-pathway programming is the key to skill work. Remember
practice doesn't make perfect it makes permanent so we have to have
perfect practice.
Functional Strength Training
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will address the neuro-muscular system as a unit. The integration of
this system rather than the isolation of individual muscles is
critical during strength training. We will increase the ability to
produce force, reduce force, and stabilize the kinetic chain. You
will develop the optimum levels of strength, speed, and power.
Functional strength training will be an off-season, pre-season, and
in-season activity.
Mental/Emotional Preparation
Thinking versus feeling or the connection of mind and body, a
kinesthetic awareness. Physical tasks of the body are driven by
mental/emotional state of the individual. You can't do two things at
once. When trying to do something we can only perform one task at a
time with conscious effort. When we want to improve our mechanics,
we must decide which part of the brain program needs to be rewritten
at what particular time. Effective management of emotions and mental
focus are critical to the health and performance of the player. This
will be a very important part of our process in training and games.
Nutrition Counseling
Nutrition includes all of the materials needed to both supply energy
and maintain good health in a very complex athlete with very
specific and complex needs. What we want to accomplish is to provide
the information necessary for the elite player to understand these
needs well enough that, they can confidently make the appropriate
decisions to meet their specific nutritional needs.
Recovery
Closing the loop is a pre-habilitation and rehabilitation process of
the human body. Athletes prepare to compete, they compete, then
(ideally) they repair from their competition before starting to
prepare again. This routine must be managed game-to-game and
week-to-week in micro cycles, as well as month-to-month and year-to-year in macro cycles if players are to have a chance at successful and healthy careers.
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Advisors / Sources
- Dave Johnson
- Mark Harris
- Tom House Ph.D
- AJ Johnson
- Don Slaught
- Dr. Greg Rose
- Steve Johnson
- Jim Lefebvre
- Dr. Fran O'Conner
- Orel Hershiser
- Randy Johnson
- Dr. James Andrews
- Dr. Richard Heitsch
- Robert Yang
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