Baseball Speed and Power Workout

Speed and Power are the bread and butter of most sports. There are so many get quick ‘quick’ schemes out there for speed training it gets harder to tell what really works. Here is Athletes’ Acceleration’s very own structured Speed/Power day workout.

I. Dynamic Warm-up

* 5-10 minute warm-up
* Loose skip
* Hurdle pushup
* Backwards loose skip
* Double leg plow
* Side shuffle
* Leg circles
* Side shuffle
* Lunge w/ twist
* Leg swings (front & lateral)
* Skips for height

II. Speed Drills

* A-skip
* A-run
* Backwards run
* Fast leg
* Accelerations 4x30m

III. Speed Workout

* Acceleration Workout
* 3x 25 meters – push up (down position) start
* 3x 25 meters – push up (up position) start
* 3x 25 meters – seated (facing) ‘forward’ start
* 3x 25 meters – seated (facing) ‘backwards’ start

IV. Plyometrics

* 5 Double leg hops 4×6
* Single leg bounds 3×6 each
* Running alternating bounds 3×8

V. Weight Training

* Hang Cleans 5×3
* Deadlifts 4×4
* Step-ups 4×4
* Dumbbell Snatch 5×3

VI. Core Training

* Stabilization – static (hold each position 45 seconds – repeat 3 times)
* Swedish Abs:
* Plank position
* Side plank (on right side)
* Side plank (on left side)
* Bridge position

VII. Active Warm-down

* All 2x 20 meters
* High knee walk
* Lunge w/ hamstring
* Lateral lunge
* Spiderman
* Inch worm

Exercises can be added or subtracted depending on what the goal of the workout is, but all of our speed/power days will be in this outlined form. If we were doing a maximum velocity day (pure speed) our plyos would change because we would want to perform vertical plyos. Our core workouts change daily depending on what types of exercises we used the day before.

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Athletes’ Acceleration, founded by Latif Thomas and Patrick Beith, combines over 25 years of athletic and coaching experience to bring you the very best in speed development, strength and conditioning programs for coaches and athletes.

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