Baseball

Lloyd67 · Post by **Lloyd67** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:13 pm

Hi everybody I am new here and I have a question I am a baseball player and team wants me to move from 1st base to short stop. This is fine but I need to increase range from side to side. What kind of execercise should I do to increase range? Any advice would be great thanks.

TheAmazingOti · Post by **TheAmazingOti** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:02 pm

Range from side to side?

HoustonTexan · Post by **HoustonTexan** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:13 pm

Do a lot of sprints and squats. You need that explosiveness at short stop.

TheAmazingOti · Post by **TheAmazingOti** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:42 pm

Did he mean explosiveness and agility?

HoustonTexan · Post by **HoustonTexan** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:56 pm

TheAmazingOti wrote:Did he mean explosiveness and agility?

Kind of, you need a lot of agility and just overall explosiveness at short stop. I played the position myself throughout High School.

TheAmazingOti · Post by **TheAmazingOti** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:24 pm

I recommend heavy squats for strength, plyometrics and sprinting for explosiveness.

Some agility drills probably wouldn't hurt.

Bingley69 · Post by **Bingley69** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:10 pm

What you need to do is good solid forearm exercises, and keep your arms strong. Shoulders and forearms will be the main focus but dont neglect if you are going to bulk those type of muscles. Up your agility by doing sprints and using pylons weaving and stuff.