Posted by: rql () on Tue Jan 12 15:55:54 2010

> Thanks rql. It is refreshing to have your input. I commend you for your research on weights and cables. What made you think of doing this research? We do some band work similar to what you describe. We do range of motion in the off season and isometrics to keep the strength and muscle memory.
> I was told in LL that he would not hit A league pitching with high hands - then I was told he won't hit middle school pitching with that swing. He led our LL in hitting 2 of 4 years - in MS had 56 RBIs in 14 games. My ideas on weight training and hitting are not commonly accepted around here. I base my conclusions on analysis of what happens in BP and adjust what we do as we learn. I had never hit a ball 400 feet in my life, but after learning from my son and showing him I could practice what I was teaching, I hit one 411' into the top of a tree and the ball was still going up. I was 54 years old at the time.


Ronnie,I had heard and seen for years how pitchers used these bands for warmup and stretching in college and proball,and what I had learned over the years told me being able to apply force over a longer range of motion[rotation]was how power was created,so I wanted to see two drastic types of training and how they were different,In college we did weights and nautilus that is all we knew,but I added swimming every week in the off season while training to help the flexibility,and believe this had a major help to my static training regimen.