Explosive Power The importance of speed, quickness and explosive power are critical to the sport of baseball.  The ability to power your body laterally and linearly in a quick and explosive manner, will give you a big edge over your competition.  Our training programs stress the importance of speed and lateral quickness to help you excel above your competition.  We train our athletes to be efficient and mechanically sound in movements required in baseball.  We want to master the movements so the skill can be performed at a faster rate.  Developing your skills is a big part of the success you’ll have on the field.  Explosive Power must be stressed just as much as fielding, batting and pitching skills.  Becoming a well-rounded athlete only enhances your chances of success.       DIAMOND SPORT EXPLOSIVE POWER Diamond sport athletes are involved primarily in quick explosive movements.  Lateral speed, agility and quickness is often more important than strength and speed.  The sport of baseball requires an athlete to be placed in various angles ranging from straight up to bent over.  The ability to possess quickness, strength and explosion in any angle is a must.  Explosion out of the box, the thrust when stealing a base and fielding a bunted ball off the mound after a pitch are all examples of explosion with your body in an opposite direction.  When working to build explosion and agility we must work with a systematic training approach that is specific to individual sport needs.  With proper development through various phases we aim and succeed in enhancing our athletes ability to move quickly and explosively in any direction.  Our workouts aim to condition the body, be enjoyable and different, and incorporate fun and variety to obtain maximum gains Power is essential in order to move faster in baseball.  The more powerful the muscle fiber activated at the time of explosion, the more force is exerted on the ground the faster you go.  The concept of power is important, it describes the rate at which work is being performed.  Given enough time any healthy person could perform a forty yard dash.  However we want our athletes to perform this sprint with power and speed.  An elephant is very powerful and also very slow moving, while a cheetah creates tremendous power from extraordinary speed.  You must activate large muscles in an explosive and quick manner in order to transfer power to competitive speed and quickness for baseball. Muscular strength is defined as the maximum force that can be generated by a muscle or muscle group.  Strength gains must be specific to your needs.  Power work must focus on your power zone.  The leg muscles, midsection, and glutials do the majority of work.  Our training programs target the power zone where the major focus of muscle strength should be placed: