Complete Conditioning for Baseball - Softcover

Murphy, Pat; Forney, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873228863 ISBN 13: 9780873228862

Publisher: Human Kinetics, 1997

Synopsis

Explains how to develop strength, power, speed, agility, and flexibility, with eighty-five drills and exercises

About this title

From the Publisher:

“This book is a must read for coaches a well as players who want complete conditioning.”

Rod Delmonico Head Baseball Coach University of Tennessee 1995 National Coach of the Year

“Speed and power are difference-makers when players of equal skill compete on the ball diamond. Coaches Murphy and Forney provide a baseball-specific training program that will give you the edge at the plate, on the base paths and in the field.”

Steve Traylor Head Baseball Coach Duke University 1992 ACC Coach of the Year

“Pat Murphy and Jeff Forney present a tough program that requires extreme discipline. I love challenges and this program does that. The combination of strength, speed, quickness and the program specifies the importance of consistency. Pat Murphy does it again; this time in a book.”

Bob Welch 1990 Cy Young Award Winner

About the Author:

Patrick T. Murphy, who brought Notre Dame’s baseball program from the bottom to the top during the seven seasons he served as head coach, is now piloting one of the country’s premier college baseball programs at Arizona State. He is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the NCAA Collegiate Baseball organization.

Jeff Forney is the strength and conditioning coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The author of several manuals, videos, and articles on strength and conditioning for baseball, he is a recognized leader in the study of explosive movements and their specific applications for baseball. He is a member of National Strength and Conditioning Association and American College of Sports Medicine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0873228863
• ISBN 13: 9780873228862
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208