Archive | Warmups

24 February 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Use Bigger Bats To Improve Bat Speed?


Check out this video of baseball’s hottest prospect – Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals – using a 36-inch, 47-ounce bat during an indoor batting practice at Bat-R-Up in Las Vegas back in December. Thanks to Hardball Talk for posting this video and making it easy for me to find it. The comment chain of [...]

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11 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

R-S-T: Run, Stretch, and Throw


Too often, kids arrive at baseball practice, grab a baseball and go out and throw in the outfield to warm up.  For Little Leaguers, this may actually be ok, because rarely does a player under 12 pull a muscle. It’s important, however, that baseball players of all ages get used to warming up properly to [...]

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