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Hamstring injuries are very common in baseball. What causes these injuries? Most seem to occur while runnning but it is not uncommon to learn of a player pulling a hamstring while swinging a bat or bending over to get to a ball. If you read enough articles on this topic, invariably you will be told […]

An interview with Darren Balsley, pitching coach for the San Diego Padres, was written up in the local newspaper. There were several important questions asked by reporters that had good answers but left much to be desired. For example, when asked what advice he would give to a boy who wants to pitch in Little

It is commonly believed that when you get an injury it is due to lack of strength. This is true in many cases, since strength is a key element involved in injury. However, the main reason for most injuries occurring is poor technique and/or a lack of coordination. This is known as neuromuscular coordination, the

Most players and teaching pros agree that you should use your hips when executing the groundstrokes. But how many players do this? In analyzing hundreds of players, I have found very few who truly use the hips to produce force in their hits. This is understandable because use of the hips is not stressed in

If you’ve been following tennis in the USA you already know that we do not have any high-level players knocking on the door of the world arena. Our best men’s and women’s players appear to be over the hill as they cannot successfully compete against the world’s best on a regular basis. For example, in