Bart Hanegraaf

Smooth Is Fast? Not So Fast

2024-03-05T15:18:03-05:00

Smooth is fast. Smooth is powerful. But smooth is not floppy. Smooth is actually the result of well-timed and synchronized co-contractions that remove muscle slack, eliminate shear forces (jerk), and amplify power, coordination and control, and protection (PCP).

Smooth Is Fast? Not So Fast2024-03-05T15:18:03-05:00

Anatomy Of A Pitcher’s Hip Hinge: First Move Nuance

2021-04-16T17:40:54-04:00

A well-executed one-legged hinge is vital to increasing impulse and improving velocity. But, not all hinges are the same. The single-leg hinge must be nuanced to link the athlete’s hardware to his software. This requires an in-depth investigation and appreciation of each athlete’s unique physical characteristics and movement preferences.

Anatomy Of A Pitcher’s Hip Hinge: First Move Nuance2021-04-16T17:40:54-04:00

Find Your Dog

2021-04-16T17:42:13-04:00

Everyone, and I mean everyone has a dog in ‘em. You wanna throw hard, you gotta find your dog. Over the past 3 summers we’ve worked with more than 450 players from all over the world in our Summer Training Program. If they stayed 4 weeks, the average guy gained over 4 mph on his fastball. For most of them, it wasn’t about adding anything. It was about using what we call SAVAGE Training to reveal the dog they already had inside them.

Find Your Dog2021-04-16T17:42:13-04:00

Anatomy Of Hip-To-Shoulder Separation

2021-11-03T05:32:04-04:00

Unless you’ve been living in the baseball equivalent of a Himalayan monastery, you’ve heard pitching and hitting coaches avowing the importance of “hip-to-shoulder separation.” I’m not exactly sure when it began, but sometime in the last several years, someone coined the term, and it spread like wildfire. According to advocates of this tenet, pitchers and hitters should rotate the pelvis while the torso remains closed for as long as possible. The resultant diagonal stretch through the trunk allows the athlete to take advantage of the elastic properties of the abdominals, and chest muscles to store and then unload energy to be transferred from the lower half to the arm or bat.

Anatomy Of Hip-To-Shoulder Separation2021-11-03T05:32:04-04:00

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