Monday, January 9, 2023

Training Methods Using Various Weighted Bats and the Effects on Bat Velocity

If you’ve never read a research study on baseball training, start with this one.  It’s just 3 pages long and gets right to the point.  College players trained to increase bat speed 3x/week for 6 weeks by taking 100 swings (20 sets of 5) with various weighted bats.  The players were split into 3 groups (regular bat, heavy bat only, and heavy bat plus fungo bat).  Each group improved bat speed similarly - they gained an average of 8% bat speed.

It’s also notable, to me, that this 6 week training block coincides with typical pre-season practice and my interpretation of the article is that the authors implemented the bat speed training in addition to regular practice. 




Link to study

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