What's happening guys? Today were going to talk about medicine ball drills for baseball.
I'm going to show a few exercises that are great for baseball that you can do with the
medicine ball. Now medicine ball is great for rotational energy and baseball you use
a lot of rotational energy. So I'm going to show you two real quick; medicine ball drills
for baseball that are great to work on your swing, even pitching, even throwing. First
one is going to be medicine ball is going to be done by the side you can rock it back,
stride, create some separation and torque in your midsection and then you're going to
explode and throw them forward. So it's going to look a little something like this. Again
were trying to be very explosive when we’re doing these exercise and we also want to work
both sides so no matter if where a righty or a lefty we want to do it both ways. Lefty
if you're a righty lefty is going to fell a little funky but you got to get it done
you have to stay balanced. The next a medicine ball drill for baseball
or exercise is going to be up in the top. So instead of down here were going to be at
the shoulder, were going to have the back shoulder help deliver the medicine ball. We’re
going to take a stride just as we would in swinging the bat and then were going to explode
going forward with our back shoulder and extend our arm. Now I know I'm grunting but there
was actually a study shown that when you grunt when you doing exercises or even swinging
or pitching that you can get up to 17% more power, more energy. So grunting is actually
a good thing you ever see a karate people when they break the wood they go "ahhh" that's
why they do it, it’s part of it to get more power. So don't be afraid to grunt when you're
hitting that ball or throw that ball alright. Let's get back to the medicine ball drills.
Another great exercise for the medicine ball is going to be squat throws. You're going
to squat down nice and deep touch the ball to the ground and then explode up and jump
get full extension through your knees, ankles all the way jump as high as you can and throw
the ball straight up in the air. Make sure you watch it so it doesn't hit you on the
head when it comes back down. Next exercise is going to be slams. You're
going to step forward and slam this ball down in front. Now make sure when you're doing
this drill you don't go straight down because if you bring your head down the ball comes
up I've seen guys bust open their nose before okay so be careful of that. Where doing this
drill also both sides, with both legs coming forward. Really working on that.
Another drill and there is many, many, more but I'm going to share one more with you.
It's going to be throws backwards. So if I have my wall behind me I'm going to get into
a nice athletic position, I'm going to rock it back this way and then I'm going to turn
and then I'm going to throw it behind me like this and then I also want to repeat the opposite
way. Those are just a few medicine ball drills
for baseball. Some great exercises that are going to help you with your rotational energy,
your rotational power and just making you a more powerful explosive baseball player.
So try those out and guys if you like this video share it with your friends hit that
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