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One of my son's former teammate's mother is a yogi. She would do sessions before the games during the fall tournaments. Despite the initial chuckles and goofiness that come with teenagers, there was a clear benefit to both flexibility and the improved mental relaxation that imo resulted in a better focus ti fielding and hitting. My only regret is we moved on from that team and did not continue yoga (not enough resources as weight training is the most needed now). 

A good friend of mine played at UVA with and is still close to Ryan Zimmerman of the Nats.  You may recall last year, at least at some point early in the season, he had video game like numbers and ended 2017 with offensive stats that were, across the board, well above his career averages.  Attended a game early Summer with my friend who conveyed that Zimmerman had told him at dinner the week before that he did nothing but yoga in the off season and his body and mind "never felt better."  There are stories like this all over baseball - Jake Arrietta (Pilates), Josh Bell of the Pirates (hooked on yoga), etc. At this point, I'd say it is almost a "no brainer" for athletes to work into their routine.

I do yoga and love it, especially when the room is 95 degrees (the sweat is amazing).  My RHP son does it when he can at home and loves it, too.  The great thing about yoga is that one (well, maybe not all of us, but definitely young athletes) can do it everyday or do it on days off from lifting.  It is a great "off day" or "recovery day" routine.

Last edited by BucsFan

Agree with others... yoga, good.  Well, almost always.

I've told this story before but ...

About four or five years ago, one of our asst coaches got into yoga and decided he would introduce it to the team as part of the winter conditioning.  Great.  Problem is that he was a very intense, fiery yeller by nature.  So, there was some major conflict between the concept of yoga and his normal coaching style.  

RELAX, DAMMIT !!!!                 

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