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Comment by Larry Cicchiello on March 16, 2011 at 6:14pm

Kip...I had to read your comment three times. That's how much I enjoyed it.

Comment by Louis Couto on March 16, 2011 at 5:52pm

Nice comments Kip.

Money comes and goes.

Comment by Kip Gross on March 16, 2011 at 5:34pm

Everything I ever did was because of hard work. No assistance from anything. I was a big believer in the weight room though. I remember in 1993 the Dodgers used to have to kick me out of the weight room because I enjoyed it so much. But, it was hard to compete with guys that were throwing 83 one year and 95+ the next. I get asked all of the time why I didn't partake and it's easy, I have kids and a family and they are much more important to me than a big pay day.

Comment by Dion Chamar Owens on March 16, 2011 at 1:46pm

A, as big as some of these players are now days, maybe you ought to give it a shot. 

Comment by Kip Gross on March 7, 2011 at 5:33pm

Is this a trick question Dion?

Comment by Dion Chamar Owens on March 7, 2011 at 5:04pm

Kip, I dare you to try to bench 500lbs 

Comment by Sheila M. on March 6, 2011 at 3:40pm

Any advice for a female baseball players who's closer to 60?

Comment by Louis Couto on March 5, 2011 at 9:18am

Michael, thanks for the input. Your right Players need to be well rounded. These are just for Speed, Agility and Balance.  Just so you know he is a Great Athelete.

Comment by Kip Gross on March 4, 2011 at 5:48pm

I love the agility drills at the bottom of the page. Our 11 year old team does these once a week and they are awesome for anyone that wants to play any sport. 

 

As for shoulders and rotator cuffs, when I went to college I was given exercises with small 3 lb weights that were for strengthening the cuff. The problem was that not until I met up with Stan Johnston, who was the Dodgers trainer for about 10 years, did I finally find out that in order to do the Jobe weights properly that you had to actually use your cuff muscles. In fact I was using about 8 lb weights before I was shown the proper form and quickly I went from 8 lb weights to no weights at all. The rest of my career I never used any more than 3 lbs and never did I have a cuff problem after learning the proper form. 

 

http://www.rbjc.com/Includes/Documents/Jobe_1-13%20Shoulder%20Exerc...

 

OK, now if I can describe the proper form. When doing #1, #4 and #5 you should have someone standing behind the player doing the exercise watching and helping. Make sure that the person exercising does not allow his shoulders to raise at all. If they do, and they will, you need to hold down on the area between his shoulder and his neck. Then have him concentrate on his cuff muscles as he raises up his arms and hands slowly and back down the same way. It is hard to do but well worth the time at least 2-3 times a week. The one that isn't shown here is when you turn your thumbs down and bring your arms up at a 45 degree angle until your arms are at shoulder height. Trust me, if it's not hard to do then you are not using your cuff muscles but rather your larger shoulder and back muscles. I always found that if I concentrated on my muscles I got much more out of the exercises. If this doesn't make sense let me know.

Comment by Michael on March 4, 2011 at 5:10pm

That is great, but remeber you need to develop him to be a better athlete.  This drill is very common for speed and agility work.  But there is a limited time frames for certain development aspects of every youth.

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