As softball coaches, we sometimes experience difficulty in finding practice sites and times. Would you believe that there is a facility on most campuses and in most communities that can be used in lieu of a field, and goes virtually unused by most softball teams? That facility is the swimming pool, where there is usually ample free time to give you convenient practice scheduling for hydro-resistance softball training.
Not just for swimming, the pool has long provided a valuable facility for sports injury rehabilitation. When used in conjunction with your training program, it can allow injured athletes to rehabilitate and still participate in practice and they can feel like a part of the team.
To date, the benefit of the hydro-resistance training is largely overlooked for non-injured athletes. This type of softball training increases the players’ range of motion and flexibility, bat speed, leg power, and endurance. Plus, athletes suffer fewer injuries in the pool and can experience more fun at regular practices because of the variety in the training program.
In addition, hydro-resistance training provides:
Resistance by water which provides the conditions for work out with little or no risk of injury. Athletes will push themselves harder and harder in each practice session
Slow-motion evaluation of the players’ fielding and batting habits. Coaches can immediately critique and correct bad habits.
Whole body conditioning, including increasing lung capacity, stamina and overall endurance.
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