Muscles and Management

Episode #142 Joint Specific Training and Differing Demands of Each Leg for Rotational Athletes with Rob Hill and Steffan Jones

March 03, 2021 Gerry DeFilippo Season 3 Episode 142
Muscles and Management
Episode #142 Joint Specific Training and Differing Demands of Each Leg for Rotational Athletes with Rob Hill and Steffan Jones
Show Notes

*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*

In this episode Gerry welcomes Rob Hill and Steffan Jones back on the show for another introspective episode aimed at building rotational athletes and throwers.

To start the conversation, Gerry has Rob and Steffan discuss anything that has changed for them in terms of their training philosophies over the past year while also shedding some light on things that interest them going into the future.

From there, things shift over to isolating particular ranges of motion that relate to the mechanics of pitching and throwing and how strength coaches and pitching coaches can collaborate to target needed areas in the delivery of a pitcher to improve performance.

To finish up, Rob and Steffan discuss the differing demands of the legs in pitching and how we might be seeing a shift in our thought process because of this when it comes to training advanced pitchers.

All that and more with two of the best throwing coaches in the world today!

Episode Timestamps

0:20 - Check-in with Gerry

7:20 - A Shift in Baseball & Its Similarities to Cricket

13:40 - Changes in Rob & Steffan’s Training

22:00 - In-Season Vs Out

32:30 - Technique Vs Force

42:00 - Conflicting Info in the Industry

51:20 - Learning New Things

55:50 - Isometrics

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