Prepare for the next season with structured off-season plans to improve your game.
Offseason Workouts Baseball
18 carefully designed 66-minute baseball workouts.
- A minute-by-minute breakdown of activities.
- Activities rotate from one to the next quickly to keep players interested and for the aerobic benefit.
- It is designed for either 6 weeks with three sessions or 9 weeks with two sessions each week. Players who play another sport in the offseason frequently find the 9 weeks best.
- It’s in e-book format. Print off the sheets you need and follow along for each workout, or you can follow along on your smartphone.
A baseball inspirational story and quote for each workout.
- Before each workout, we recommend that players read the stories and quotes.
- Life lessons like overcoming obstacles, treating people with respect, and the power of having a positive attitude are reinforced.
Information young baseball players should know.
Featured content includes:
- How to interact with coaches
- How to eat smart on game days and before and after practice
- The benefits of goal setting and more
Who are these workout plans designed for?
Baseball players ages 10 – 17. It’s recommended that players have played organized baseball before. If the 66-minute time period is too long or the activities are too challenging for younger players, we suggest shortening the sessions to 30 or 45 minutes in length.
Pick and choose from the middle activities while maintaining the warm-up and ending activities to reduce the time.
How the workouts were designed
The thinking behind the overall workout plan and each plan includes:
• A focus on fundamentals. We emphasized the building blocks of what makes up a good baseball player because that easily transfers from one team to the next.
• Strong emphasis on throwing, fielding, and hitting. These are three critical areas that can be practiced individually or with another person in an effective manner and the offseason is a great period to work on these skills.
• Multiple position development. Youth baseball players shouldn’t just learn the skills for just one position. The best players are well-rounded. They know how to play many positions. This makes them a valuable asset to any team.
• Shift activities quickly. Moving from one activity to the next quickly keeps players interested and enables them to work on many different skill sets.
• Increase the level of difficulty over time. Some of the fitness drills will get progressively more difficult. Initially, we want players to grow accustom to using different muscles and then as the plan progresses, we’ll ask for more repetitions or longer time periods.
More Considerations
• A fitness focus. Players play their best when they’re in shape. It’s hard to execute at the highest level if you’re tired, lack strength, or are just out of shape. To address these needs, a part of each workout session includes general fitness exercises.
• Designed for individual use or with a workout partner (a friend or parent is perfect), these off-season workouts can be completed by one player alone. However, workouts can be more fun with a partner, and throwing and catching activities are better with a person than a rebound net. Players should try to find a friend to complete the workouts with or have a parent assist.
• This program is designed for healthy kids who have played baseball before. If you have concerns about having your child participate in this program from a health perspective, consult your physician. Kids should have a water bottle and drink water as needed.
Why offseason workouts in baseball are important?
• Repetition of an exercise builds muscle memory. Focusing on individual skills during an off-season workout gives a player plenty of opportunities to fine-tune those skills and improve upon them.
• Your team’s coaches don’t have enough time to devote to every individual skill. Regular season games usually present too few opportunities to hone a skill. Practices during the regular season provide more opportunities, but typically, a coach has many other topics to cover.
Let’s say a player wants to work on hitting pitches on the outer half of the plate to the opposite field. A player may have only seen a few of these pitches during a practice or a game. However, an offseason workout might include dozens of opportunities weekly to work on hitting this type of pitch. Lots of reps lead to improvement.
• Breaking down the bigger game into its individual components makes it easier. If a player goes to practice and plays games, that player will likely get better at baseball. Suppose the same player takes a different approach, concentrating on improving some fundamental baseball skills. In that case, the player will likely improve at a much more rapid pace.
More Advantages
• It provides a platform to strengthen weaknesses and build on strengths. Individual workouts can be tailored to work on areas specific to a player’s strengths and weaknesses.
• There is plenty of time until the next game. Experimenting with your batting stance, stride & swing during the season can be difficult. Corrections can be made by working on this during the offseason, and lots of repetition can occur before a game situation. It’s the ideal time to develop your hitting.
• It’s a relaxed environment where no one is watching. Individual workouts enable players to take lots of risks without fear of evaluation or criticism. Sometimes, it’s by taking chances and some risks, that players improve their game.
MVP Offseason Workouts for Youth Baseball
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About the Author
John Blissenbach has coached all levels of youth baseball from kindergarten through high school. He has coached and managed championship youth and American Legion baseball teams.
He began coaching baseball in 1979 at the age of 20. John started as a high school assistant varsity/JV head coach working with varsity head coach Hank Mauer (great uncle of Minnesota Twins All-Star Catcher: Joe Mauer).
In addition to coaching baseball, John has also been a coach for his four children’s softball, football, basketball, track, and soccer teams. During the past 20 years, he has had the great pleasure of coaching more than 50 youth (boys & girls) teams.
MVP Offseason Workouts for Youth Baseball
Price: $23.99
Visit The Shop
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