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365 Athletics Opens in Bellport: What It Means for Long Island Baseball
Long Island’s newest baseball and softball facility has opened up in Bellport and it could have a big impact on the local baseball scene. 365 Athletics is a 15,000 square foot facility at the former location of All Pro Sports, and they have an A+ list of instructors. “Our vision is to provide a high level of instruction, training and skill acquisition services throughout the calendar year. Periodization for an athlete, in both skills and conditioning means cycling through a well-conceived progression of training to assure that the athlete is in peak performance mode at the most important time of their competitive seasons. Simply put…what we do with an athlete in November is not what we will be doing with them in February, or in June, etc..” said owner Ray Babinsky. ...
5 Things I Learned This Year as a Young Coach
I have had time to reflect upon my coaching, training, and relationships. I’ve had a lot to overcome after turning 23 this year, and I’ve learned quite a few new things. Learn to Play and Create Your Own Movement I’ve come to love movement even more now than ever. Something that I am noticing is that the talent level of baseball on Long Island may be growing exponentially, but there are not a lot of true studs. In the year of 2013, when I graduated high school, Long Island Baseball was probably at it’s best, or one of the best. We had Joe Palumbo, Mike O’Reilly, Matt Vogel, Anthony Kay, and a others (just to name a few) who were all drafted out of that class. The kids nowadays are more worried about their “clan” or whatever they call it on fortnight, and it really is a shame. In the gym, i...
What Research Says About Weighted Baseballs
WEIGHTED BASEBALLS: DO’s and DON’T’s BASED ON THE RESEARCH Jarad Vollkommer, CSCS Assistant Director of Training, Infiniti Sports Performance Oh boy, here we go again with all the weighted baseball stuff… But, seriously, are you educated yet? Probably not. There is so much more research needed to fully understand everything there is about weighted baseballs. So far, here is some of what we do know in a quick summary: Throwing Velocity Using an array of weighted baseballs (4-12oz.) can lead to an increase in throwing velocity, we know that. One study [1] found that using over-weighted baseballs as a warm up greatly improved both throwing velocity and accuracy. These results are great, but they lack ecological validity (carry-over effect). Will a pitcher ever warm-up with a non-regulation ba...
Lower Body Mobility Training
LOWER BODY MOBILITY TRAINING: What Will a Baseball Player Lose Over the Season? Jarad Vollkommer, CSCS In last week’s article, I discussed what you should be focusing on in your off-season program. This week’s article is dedicated on mobility training, and knowing the WHY behind your program decisions. I think it’s important to constantly re-assess before entering an offseason program: where are you stiff, where are you hypermobile, and where do you have pain (if there is any present). Over the course of a long season, baseball players (pitcher’s in particular) will lose some shoulder internal rotation and elbow extension due to the violent nature of throwing a baseball. You will most likely see a decrease of overhead mobility due to some shortened tissues of the upper torso. Attacking the...
Who Is Jack Gonzalez?
Sachem North made a surprise playoff run in a difficult League 2 this season thanks to a strong pitching staff led by Chris Lollo, Kevin Kochen and Jack Gonzalez. Lollo is at Washington College, Kochen is at Queens College and Gonzalez announced yesterday that he has committed to St. Thomas Aquinas. They are coming off an appearance in the Div-II College World Series, where they won the first two games before falling just short of the ultimate goal. Gonzalez is a crafty left-handed pitcher that works in the 78-79 MPH range, but has tremendous command of his pitches. He had a very good summer with Motus Academy, where he was named to the All-Tournament team of the WWBA in Georgia. He will be leading the Arrows’ rotation in 2018 as they look to build on this year’s 11-win season....
WATCH: Infiniti Performance Rx Recovery Room
Infiniti Performance has developed a reputation for training the best athletes on Long Island. Check out the below YouTube video on their new Rx Recovery Room for athletes after their games. Athletes from all over are making their way over to Infiniti knowing that they are committed to keeping athletes on the field.
Will You Finish This Season As Strong As You Started It?
(Disclaimer: Infiniti Performance is a sponsor of aXcess Baseball) By: Derek Squires, CSCS –Performance Coach/Infiniti Performance Main Points: in just three months, while playing a sport, you can lose more than 50% of your off-season strength and power gains in-season strength training prevents this loss of strength and power the volume of intense training reduces and recovery time increases during in-season training sessions more focus is placed on rebalancing the muscular imbalances created by the unilateral movements of baseball during an in-season training program professional and college athletes train throughout their seasons, why are you any different? As the high school baseball season comes marching in, we receive many questions from parents, players, and coaches with a large deg...
