quote:Originally posted by NelsonGord:
Along the same lines I was working with a couple kids today who said that they have early morning lifting for baseball before school three times a week, and then have to go to football lifting after school. That is one of the most counterproductive things I have ever heard.
As a fellow Academy owner, I couldn't agree more. These off-season, 6:00am, 3x/week, "voluntary" weightlifting sessions for baseball players should be just that...voluntary and optional without any repercussions whatsoever. My son works with a personal trainer twice a week and trains at his old man's facility 2 to 3 times a week. That, in my professional and parental opinion, is more than enough regardless of what his coach might suggest. There's way too much confusion between football and baseball off-season "conditioning" and until that's better defined within the schools, there will continue to be these types of philosophical differences and conflicts...JMO.