ALL STAR BASEBALL ACADEMY TIP OF THE WEEK

Today’s All Star Baseball Academy Tip of the Week comes to us courtesy of Mick Bigwood, a business manager and instructor for ASBA Broomall. Mick, a 4 year starter at Delaware Valley College, stressed the importance of warming up properly.



For Mick, warming up properly means Dynamic Stretching. Dynamic Stretching is defined as “a type of sports fitness routine in which momentum and active muscular effort are used to stretch and the end position is not held.”



A brief example of a dynamic stretching routine might look like this:

(note: each stretch goes down and back, 60 feet each way)

• Light jog

• High knees

• Butt kickers

• Walking lunge and twist

• Monster walks

• Walking knee hugs

• Quad Walk

• Power skips

• Shuffles

• Carioca

• Sprints (stealing a base)



Along with this routine, players can do ladder and cone drills to improve their agility.



When asked what advantage this gives players, Mick said “The more your body is warmed up, the better your arm and body will feel. Also, there is less risk of injury while playing.”



Please keep a look out for our next tip of the week. If you have any questions about a proper warm up please contact your local ASBA facility for advice.