Should I lift in season?

Should I lift in season?

The answer is a resounding “yes.” We can lift during the season, but there are considerations we need to make. The first, and most important, is fatigue. We need to be cognizant about the amount of fatigue placed upon our athletes and how that fatigue is actually accumulated in the weight room. With the amount of competition innings that athletes are playing, we have to account for the toll that takes on them and program their lifts accordingly. The next thing we need to consider is the Volume vs. Intensity of the work done in the weight room. This article In-Season Lifting: Managing Volume, Intensity, and Fatigue contains more in sight on how to handle in-season lifting.

    • Related Articles

    • How Should I Use the Free 8 Week Program?

      Our Free 8 Week Ballistic Training Program is a get-started guide for training with weighted balls.  While it can be tailored to fit into practice plans and as a basic guide to maintaining arm fitness during the season, the primary purpose of the ...

    • Where Can I Learn More About Command Balls?

      Welcome to the Command Ball FAQ, where we provide answers to a wide variety of popular questions pertaining to our new command balls. Please email support@drivelinebaseball.com if you think we missed any!  Why should I use Command Balls and how can ...

    • What do the Numbers in the App Mean?

      We have all this great info consolidated into the first tab of the app for you (access metric descriptions by clicking on the metric you want to learn more about), but you might still be wondering - what do these numbers even mean? 1 Day Workload - ...

    • Roster Overview

      On the home tab of your DASH account, you will see a table detailing the current status of each athlete on your roster. The flag on the far left turns green when the athlete has transferred data for today. The Diagnostic columns show the athlete's ...

    • Should my youth athletes throw a curveball, or any secondary pitch for that matter?

      It is commonly said that introducing secondary pitches too early can be detrimental to the long-term health of youth athletes.  However, biomechanical analysis has been relatively straightforward in finding that there is little to no evidence that ...