This is a really awesome medial and lateral elbow strengthening exercise that I started incorporating into our athlete’s pre-throwing protocol. You can purchase your own Flex Bar to keep in your training bag! It was designed by Tim Tyler, a Physical Therapist in NYC using the Flex Bar, but if you don’t have one, you […]

Noontime Baseball aka @noontimegifs just giving me some awesome GIF clips to work with! Go follow him on twitter! Footwork Patterns: Left, Right / Left, Right You should start to notice (if you haven’t already) that there’s a footwork pattern that is consistent throughout baseball, no matter what level you’re at! Righty throwers use the […]

Below are some great clips of Outfielder Bryce Harper and his HLT Patterns thanks to Noontimebaseball @noontimegifs! Let’s dig deeper! Bryce Harper Long Arm Action Crow Hop Movement The footwork for this specific crow hop throw is Right/Left, Step Behind (using Right/Left technique), Throw! Notice his lead hip closes in order to re-open them before […]

This is a great clip of Outfielder Adam Jones and his HLT Patterns thanks to Noontimebaseball @noontimegifs! Let’s dig deeper! Crow Hop Movement The footwork for this specific crow hop throw is Right/Left, Step Behind (using Right/Left technique), Throw! Notice his lead hip closes in order to re-open them before throwing. During this time he […]

Here’s some fun clips of Evan Longoria’s HLT Throwing Patterns thanks to NoontimeBaseball @noontimegifs Trunk Tilt Throws This is a great clip showing the pelvis opening towards the target while the torso or trunk turns back against those hips, creating resistance or “separation” between the two structures. The elbow is driving back and initiating the […]