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Thursday, June 11, 2015

It's Baseball: Appreciate It Better?

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I was a big baseball fan back in the late 80's and early 90's. Once the steroid scandals hit, I lost major interest. The home run record battles of the late 90's brought back some of that baseball flare! Then, it disappeared again.

But, I look at baseball in a different way. Or, at least, I am trying to look at it that way. I do appreciate the strength and conditioning that is needed even if many players do not engage in it. Baseball players have to have the power to hit, jump off the ground, or jump into or over a wall. They need the stamina to run bases, the speed to steal bases, and the hand-eye coordination to hit various pitches.

That's not so bad to observe this action, right?

So, the pace of the game is, indeed, slow. But, may be there is something else to the game. The most action happens between the pitchers mound and the catcher even in a perfect game or in a no-hitter. The other action incentive occurs at first base. Looking at these areas, it is evident that speed, power, agility, flexibility, reaction, and coordination hold high standards of occurrence and repetition.

Without a doubt, the most exciting baseball aspects occur in the outfield, at 3rd base, and at shortstop. Agility, speed, flexibility, and guts dominate these areas of the game. Although they are not seen in every inning, perhaps waiting for these actions to occur is the most grueling to fans who are trying to get back in the game and to fans who are done with baseball.

Yea, this venture is going to be difficult. as a fan, most of the time is spent watching a player in position to take a dump. When the ball comes their way, the players get out of the dump stance.

Who's game for speed pitching?

With heart,
Derek

Derek Arledge, MS, CSCS        www.teempt.com           TEEM Performance Training

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