Baseball Drills Outfield Footwork Speed | Increase Speed for Outfielders with Kinetic Bands
Posted by Myosource Kinetic Bands on 17th Aug 2014
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Speed and Skills training for outfielders.
These Baseball drills are utilized when an outfielder makes a bad initial read and needs to correct it to make the play. The baseball player in the above video is wearing Myosource Ultimate Kinetic Bands / resistance bands tomaximize training time by firing the muscles in the legs, hips andcore in each movement while the baseball player works on sport specific skills.
TheMyosource Ultimate Kinetic Bands / resistance bands training aid will helpBaseball players improve speed, lateral movement, change of direction and athletic performance. Myosource Kinetic Bands will enable baseball players to maximize their speed training, sprint training and sport specific training time.
Baseball Misread Correction Drill with Myosource Ultimate Kinetic Bands:
- Set your cones up at a 45-degree angle for markers so baseball players know the direction they need to go in order to complete the drill.
- First, break to the right with a good drop step and crossover. As the baseball player realizes he made a bad read, he plants his foot, opens his hips and rotates to make the play.
- Make sure that baseball players perform this drill to the right and to the left.
- Feel the resistance of Myosource Ultimate Kinetic Bands / resistance bands in each movement
Head Flip: The second part of the drill is a little more difficult due to taking the eye off the ball.Sometimes taking the eye off the ball is necessary when making a bad read in order to correct and make the play. Notice in the above video how the baseball player flips his head from one direction to the other when he realizes the misread in order to change directions and make the play.
The key to utilizing Myosource Ultimate Kinetic Bands is the ability to wear them during sport specific and training to allow baseball players to work on speed, quickness and agility during normal sport specific drills and training.
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