Chronotype and Learning/Skill Acquisition: How I’m Leveraging My Chronotype to Enhance Skill Acquisition
I should start out by saying that my knowledge on this topic comes straight from the book “The Power of When” by Micheal Breus. The premise of this book is that our bodies run on their own internal clocks, or our circadian rhythm, and by knowing which type of rhythm our body runs on we…
WWHS #4: “One Legged Hitting”: A Review of the Research
This article may or may not light the online hitting community up like a forest fire. If it does, RIP to all the good people that have been apart of it. If not, and this article is still here when you reach it, congrats, you got here before the fall and you might as well…
Weekly Wednesday Hitting Series #3: The Fake Take
Inspired by a recent conversation, I’d like to cover “the take” and why I think that, while they’re important and can tell us a lot about a hitters process, they shouldn’t be an active focus for the hitter. First things first, this is what I’m referring to in terms of a take: Credit to Bobby…
The Lymphatic System: Injuries, Performance, Potential Application, and Future Research
*Note: This is a guest post, the first from DAC intern Jarod Burton. Although well stated in the article, I would like to emphasize that there is not yet enough research done on the lymphatic system as it relates to sport, RPR, fascia, or anything relating to those topics and sport performance or injury reduction,…
Weekly Wednesday Hitting Series #2: Body Awareness, Swinging in Slow Motion, and Assessments
Swing harder. Move faster. NEVER move slow or you’ll be slow. I am not against moving fast, being explosive, etc. I understand energy systems and that training slow, training fatigued, can be a detriment to your performance if your goal is to move fast. I use stopwatches, radar guns, measuring tape, etc. to test whether…
Weekly Wednesday Hitting Series: Stance Variations
I want to preface this article series by saying there is no one athlete/hitter all of these drills are going to work for. It is going to depend on where each hitter is currently at in their hitting and athlete development. None of these drills are going to magically fix you or make you a…
Ronald Acuna, Khris Davis, and Differing Movement Solutions
Ronald Acuna Jr has taken the 2018 MLB season by storm. He’s a 20 year old rookie, has played in 100 games, and has 26 bombs while being tied with Aaron Judge in offensive WAR at 3.8. Guys that are his age aren’t supposed to be that good. As a result of his offensive success,…
Deadlifting 630: 7.5 Years Worth of Lessons
My goal with this article is not to impress you with a 630lb deadlift. Honestly, it’s not that impressive. It was with a hex bar, and people have definitely done more. However, I do want to take the time to communicate the lessons I learned over that 7 and a half year process. This picture…
13 Facilities in 30 Days Part 3: 5 Minutes With Dan Pfaff
In part one of this series, we looked at what I learned in the two days we visited University of Minnesota strength coach, Cal Dietz, and how that shifted many of the perceptions I had about training the athlete. Then, in part two, I talked about our time at Westside and what they taught me about creating a…
13 Facilities in 30 Days Part 2: Westside
In part one of this article series, I talked about our visit to Cal Dietz’ place and how it broke several of the perceptions I had when it came to training the athlete. Here, in part 2, I’m going to skip ahead to our visit to Westside and talk about our experience there and what I learned…