| Every youth and high school baseball player has | | | | velocity, stronger hitting, and more endurance in |
| the desire to be the best they can be. Whether it | | | | the spring. By doing this for four years, you will |
| is to become a great hitter that can hit them | | | | allow yourself to keep getting greater physical |
| deep or a pitcher with a great fastball and wicked | | | | strength gains all four years. |
| breaking stuff, all baseball players want to | | | | 4. Play in the best leagues possible. If you have |
| become better than they are. However, few | | | | the opportunity to play on all star teams and |
| know exactly what it takes to get there. Here, | | | | teams where the other players are older and |
| we will discuss ways in which you can improve | | | | better than you, be sure to take advantage. |
| your baseball training to take you to the next | | | | These allow you to become a more polished |
| level. | | | | player faster even if playing time is not as high as |
| 1. Develop a comprehensive approach to your | | | | it would be on other teams. Much can be learned |
| baseball career. Recognize your baseball career | | | | by using only your eyes and ears while watching |
| does not begin when you are in your junior or | | | | better and more experienced players play. |
| senior year of high school. Instead, develop a plan | | | | 5. Develop a daily training schedule for your skills. |
| in middle school to improve your skills year by | | | | It has been said that your efforts in practice will |
| year. In this way, you can maximize your abilities | | | | pay off in the games. By creating a daily training |
| by developing more physical strength and fine | | | | schedule, you ensure that you are consistently |
| tuning your swing and pitching over the course of | | | | getting in the appropriate amount of training each |
| 4 or 5 years as opposed to 1 or 2. | | | | day. This training should key on practicing your |
| 2. Get the best baseball instruction early in your | | | | swing and your pitching motion and finding ways |
| career. Do not wait until later in your career to | | | | to continuously fine tune and develop these skill |
| get good hitting and pitching instruction. Instead, | | | | sets. Over time, you will develop valuable muscle |
| get the best when you are in the 8th or 9th | | | | memory that will become natural movements |
| grade. This will allow you to learn how to do it | | | | while playing in games. |
| right from the start and avoid picking up bad | | | | Taking a systematic approach to your baseball |
| habits. Other more experienced people have gone | | | | training will provide you with other support for |
| down the road you will travel, take advantage of | | | | your baseball training. By taking a little time to |
| their knowledge by avoiding the missteps they | | | | step back and map out your baseball career, you |
| have made by getting good instruction early. | | | | will be able to see how all the individual pieces fit |
| 3. Strength training is now a must for all baseball | | | | into making you become a better player. This will |
| players. In the past, there was a school of | | | | be helpful when your mind will naturally wander |
| thought that stated weight lifting should be | | | | and question why you are taking that 6th round |
| avoided or minimized. However, modern science | | | | of batting practice with blisters on your hands or |
| and baseball training have categorically discarded | | | | why you need to do one more set of the incline |
| this school of thought. Make sure you maximize | | | | bench press. The answer will simply be because |
| your strength gains by using a baseball weight | | | | you know it will make you a better baseball |
| lifting schedule in each of your summers. Strength | | | | player. After all, that is why you play the game in |
| gains made in the summer translate into faster | | | | the first place: to be the best you can be. |