Optimizing Baseball/Softball Movements to Improve Performance and Decrease Injury Risk:
How can an Elite Baseball/Softball Screen Help?
The Elite Baseball/Softball Screen is designed to take you through a series of tests to assess mobility and strength throughout the arms, core, and legs. With throwing and hitting, it is imperative that the body is strong and stable in specific segments, while remaining mobile and free to move in other locations of the body. The Elite Screen tests your abilities to move and stabilize your body as needed to improve sport performance and decrease injury risk.
Why Be Screened Now?
The off-season is the perfect time to be assessed and start implementing recommendations to make changes prior to the upcoming spring and summer seasons. These exercises, neuro-muscular activation, and mobility drills can be implemented seamlessly with off-season skill training and strengthening, and often will enhance your ability to achieve the positions and movements that your skill coaches are trying to implement.
The Process
1. Comprehensive Baseball/Softball Movement Screening
Your journey starts with the Elite Baseball/Softball Screen—a detailed assessment of how your body moves while taking into account sport-specific movements that occur during Baseball and Softball. This includes evaluating flexibility, strength, balance, and joint mobility. We will identify physical limitations that may be affecting your swing and throwing mechanics that are contributing to pain or inconsistency.
2. Injury Prevention and Recovery
Sport injuries often stem from poor movement patterns or overuse which causes muscles to either tighten or become inhibited. With this assessment, we identify early warning signs before they lead to chronic issues. If you're already dealing with an injury, we will create a baseball/softball-specific rehabilitation or home plan that targets the root causes and gets you back on the field stronger than before.
3. Customized Mobility and Stability Programs
Every athlete’s body is different. Instead of giving you a generic stretching or fitness routine, Ryan designs a personalized program aimed at unlocking key areas of your body essential for producing a powerful and efficient athlete. This could mean improving shoulder and elbow mobility and stability, enhancing core control, or improving lower extremity strength and muscle recruitment—all tailored to your unique abilities.
4. Collaboration With Coaches and Trainers
We are glad to collaborate with team and skill coaches to discuss what is observed during the screen and what will be addressed so they can implement new movement patterns, muscle recruitment, and added strength into your lessons.
5. Long-Term Performance Gains
Improving movement quality doesn’t just reduce injury risk—it can significantly enhance performance. With better mobility, stability, and control, you’ll likely gain consistency, increase power, and see improvements in performance on the field.
Come check it out! Schedule a 45 minute screen and start the process to your best season yet! Call us at (208)666-6665 to schedule or head over to our contact form at https://www.goelitept.com/contact