How to Increase Baseball Running Speed

Increase Running Speed by Patrick Beith In this article, we’ll address what I consider to be the critical training components that are a part of every successful speed development program to increase running speed of your athletes. After all, the fastest athletes on any team and in any sport are almost always the quickest and [...]

Baseball Speed Training Tips

Speed Training Tips by Patrick Beith CSCS, PES, USATF Lv. II When training speed, I advocate a short to long program. That is, begin with short acceleration work (10-30m) and as technique is perfected begin to extend the distance of each repetition. An athlete can’t be expected to run well for 100m or more when [...]

Baseball Speed Training for Maximum Velocity Running

Speed Training – Maximum Velocity Running by Patrick Beith CSCS, PES, USATF Lv. II Training speed is more then just working on acceleration and trying to sprint as fast as possible. You must actually coach your athletes how to run and stay relaxed, especially when they are running at top speed. Maximum Velocity is another [...]

Baseball Speed and Power Workout

Speed & Power Workout Speed and Power are the bread and butter of most sports. There are so many get quick ‘quick’ schemes out there for speed training it gets harder to tell what really works. Here is Athletes’ Acceleration’s very own structured Speed/Power day workout. I. Dynamic Warm-up 5-10 minute warm-up Loose skip Hurdle [...]

Baseball Speed and Power Sample Workout

Sprinters Speed & Power Day Sample Workout By Patrick Beith, CSCS, PES, USATF II Here is a structured Speed/Power day workout that you can apply to your sprinters. I. Dynamic Warm-up * 5-10 minute warm-up * Loose skip * Hurdle pushup * Backwards loose skip * Double leg plow * Side shuffle * Leg circles [...]