Baseball puts tremendous strain on the arms, shoulders, back, hips, and legs. Hitting, fielding, catching, and pitching require flexibility, mobility, and full body strength. Baseball players must prepare their bodies by stretching thoroughly on a regular basis for the many games played during the season. Baseball players are often injured because they fail to prepare their bodies for the intense movements they endure during training and the season. The Myosource Kinetic Bands are a great tool for baseball players to increase their flexibility by warming up, stretching, and practicing with resistance. There are many simple warm up exercises baseball players can do with the Myosource Kinetic Bands to thoroughly warm up before practicing or playing in a game. 

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Baseball Training Warm Up - Fielding

Baseball infielders and outfielders move in a variety of directions and body positions, making it important that their entire body is completely warmed up prior to practicing and playing to prevent injury. This helps them move in the demanding ways that fielding requires.   

Front, Side, and back lunges: 

• The baseball player will put on the Myosource Lower Body Kinetic Bands and stand upright with their arms at their sides. 
• The baseball player will step forward with one leg, bending at the knee. At the same time their back knee will bend towards the ground.
• The baseball player will do a variety of lunges, such as forwards, backwards, and to the sides. The variety of lunge directions while wearing the Myosource Kinetic Bands will stretch the thigh, groin, back, and glute muscles.  Lunges also target the hamstrings for leg flexibility, mobility, and strength. 

Baseball Training Warm Up - Pitching 

Pitching can put a lot of strain on a baseball players arm and shoulder. Stretching is vitally important for a pitcher to stay healthy and maintain mobility in their arms. Pitching requires extreme flexibility in the arms and shoulders.

Arm Circles: 

• The baseball player will put on the Myosource Lower Body Kinetic Bands and stand upright with their arms at their sides.
• The baseball player will stand on the middle portion of the Myosource Upper Body Kinetic Band with a handle in each hand.
• The baseball player will being with small arm circles, gradually increasing their circles as they stretch.
• The baseball player will reverse the circular direction for a rotational warm up using both forwards and backwards motions.

Basic Arm Stretch: 

Baseball Training Warm Up - Catching 

A baseball catcher’s thighs, hips, glutes, and back take a great amount of abuse because they spend much of their time in a squatting position or performing vigorous up and down movements. Catchers need to warm up their entire body in order to have the mobility and flexibility they need to last through an entire game.   

Hamstring Stretch: 

The hamstrings need an extreme amount of stretching because they are the foundation for the catcher’s weight while squatting.  A cramp or pulled hamstring can immediately hinder a catcher’s ability.  

• The baseball player will put on the Myosource Lower Body Kinetic Bands.
• The baseball player will lay flat on the floor and raise the right leg straight in the air as far as they can until they feel the stretch in their hamstring. Hold this position for 15-20 seconds and then switch legs.

Baseball Training Warm Up - Hitting  

Baseball players will play both offense and defense, requiring the necessary warm ups to be performed in order to hit properly as well as field, catch, or pitch. The amount of upper body strength, hip rotation, and stability needed demands mobility and flexibility for powerful and consistent hitting. 

Hip Flexor Stretch: 

• The baseball player will stand upright while wearing the Myosource Lower Body Kinetic Bands.
• The baseball player will keep both legs straight and lift their right leg out until they feel the stretch in their hips. 
• The baseball player will slowly bring the leg down, crossing it over the front of the left leg to warm up the hip flexor both directions.
• The baseball player will then switch legs and repeat. 

The Myosource Upper Body and Lower Body Resistance Bands benefit baseball players in warming up, stretching, and practicing to develop flexibility, mobility, strength, and quick muscle reactors. The Myosource Kinetic Bands allow baseball players to copy all of their movements and skills without limiting their abilities.