Complete Conditioning for Baseball (Paperback)

~ (Author), Jeff Forney (Author) "Because of baseball's long tradition in this country, many ideas are slow to change regarding how baseball players should be trained..." (more)
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Product Description

Train like the pros and top college players! This comprehensive, sport-specific training program will help you hit, throw, and run like an all-star. It features 85 exercises and drills, 10 training workouts, and 4 sample 12-week training programs.

Arizona State University’s baseball coach, Pat Murphy, and the Arizona Diamondbacks’ strength and conditioning coach, Jeff Forney, share the game’s most effective training secrets. Complete Conditioning for Baseball is the training guide you need for more power and speed.

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“This book is a must read for coaches a well as players who want complete conditioning.”

Rod Delmonico Head Baseball Coach University of Tennessee 1995 National Coach of the Year

“Speed and power are difference-makers when players of equal skill compete on the ball diamond. Coaches Murphy and Forney provide a baseball-specific training program that will give you the edge at the plate, on the base paths and in the field.”

Steve Traylor Head Baseball Coach Duke University 1992 ACC Coach of the Year

“Pat Murphy and Jeff Forney present a tough program that requires extreme discipline. I love challenges and this program does that. The combination of strength, speed, quickness and the program specifies the importance of consistency. Pat Murphy does it again; this time in a book.”

Bob Welch 1990 Cy Young Award Winner

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873228863
• ISBN-13: 978-0873228862
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #377,702 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Commplete is definatly the word of choice., November 14, 1998

By A Customer

This book goes in depth with all areas of your game to help you reach your maximum ability and beyond in total body conditioning. I was pleased with each chapter and learned many new techniques and drills. There are many drills to chose from so you don't adapt to one training. I didn't know about this before and now I'm excited to set my futre in the right direction of conditioning. The book gives the games most effective secrets I didn't know about before and I now incorporate these secrets in preparing for the upcoming year. The book teaches the need to not just train hard, but smart. I can't tell you enough about how well thought out and written this book is. I believe this book goes beyond 5 star!

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great way to get ready for baseball season through trainin, August 23, 1998

By	[e-mail] SCOTT HOAR (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

Complete training for baseball is a great book. It can change any persons life for the better if that person follows this book. Which is difficult. It almost expects that you have a full gym right in your basement. However if you do have a reachable full free-weight gym near to you this book can deeply help you. Also I would have liked the book more if it had a goal of how much weight should be lifted and how fast you should be. If those two things were added this would be the perfect book for anyone from 7-12 grades.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars nice book, April 4, 1999

By A Customer

I bought this book even though I do not play baseball. The descriptions of basic weight training exercises are excellent. Also, there are a number of agility drills and medicine ball exercises for the upper body which would benefit athletes from other sports.