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Strength Training for Baseball with Coach Jason Jabour

Category: Health
Duration: 00:37:59
Publish Date: 2017-11-09 07:23:17
Description:

In this episode we talk to Jason Jabour, an up and coming strength coach at Cressey Sports Performance. He shares how his own personal struggles helped him find his "Why", common myths amongst training baseball players, as well as his own experience as a young strength coach. Jason has phenomenal insights and experiences many in the baseball community can relate to. If you are a parent, coach, or athlete involved in baseball definitely give this a listen!

 

 

Podcast Notes:

  • Role
    • 0:54 Boot camp coordinator & athlete coach at CSP
  • “Why” you chose Strength & Conditioning
    • 1:54-4:00
      • Found Crossfit after athletic career
      • Box needed a SC coach and general fitness coach
        • Became L1 certified, added Exercise Science degree
      • Wanted to continue working with athletes
  • How baseball impacted what you are doing right now as an athlete and a coach
    • 4:11-9:00
      • Believed getting big and strong would help become a better player
        • Created mistakes which allowed learning opportunities
        • Established importance of guidance in a weight room setting
      • Importance of creating function in positions
      • Discovered “why”
  • Myths you have and come across when developing baseball players
    • 10:03-15:40
    • Lifting overhead - should or should they?
      • Baseball players are overhead
      • Use variations (carries, presses, yoga push ups, etc.)
    • Baseball players should or should not run distance
      • Develop aerobic system?
        • Will it make them slow or weak?
      • Find middle ground
      • Importance of recovery
  • Olympic Movements
    • 20:55-27:15
      • They have a time and place and under certain conditions are acceptable
        • Dependent on population
        • Cost-reward function
        • Prep young athletes for college if they will be using the movements
  • Experience as a young strength coach
    • 27:46-
      • Importance of psychology and building relationships
      • Creating “buy-in”
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