FROM PLYOMETRICS TO "JAILHOUSE", COLTS WORKING HARD IN THE FALL
It was a typical fall day on the rubberized black track above Cañada College's baseball field. The temperature was in the mid-80's and the focus at 100%. Perfect rows of green and gold baseball players awaited the instructions of their veteran captains, preparing for the work ahead.
"I believe in the basic 'Jailhouse Workout'," said longtime hitting Coach
Tony Gomes as the players finished their stretching. "You don't have any exercise equipment in a Jailhouse but yourself - no equipment, just yourself." With that, the push-ups, sit-ups, lunges and sprinting began. Welcome to Colts Conditioning 2008. "We're building core strength," added head Coach Tony Lucca. "Core strength for hitting, throwing, pitching - it's the key to baseball." With a successful Spring 2008 baseball season behind them, including a trip to the JC State Playoffs, this years Colts are working even harder to get in shape - and stay in shape - for the grueling season ahead. "Lunges, plyometrics, sprints - all great," said pitching Coach Steve Hoff. "We're trying to get these pitchers legs stron
g, and build stamina." The stamina building in the fall starts with the running of the infamous "Figure 8", a unforgiving route shaped exactly like its numeral namesake: one that snakes through the hills bordering the campus. "For 30 years the 'Figure 8' has been a great test of where you are at in your conditioning," adds Coach Hoff. "That's a true test of stamina and mental toughness." Plyometrics is now also a big part of the Colts conditioning regiment. Players stand in quadrants of four, jumping chest-high up on to a stationary tabletop. "Plyometrics is designed to produce fast, power movements," says the Colts roving instructor Lou "Ice" Lucca. "Plyometrics can help these guys increase their power, speed and arm st
rength." Medicine balls have also been introduced into the pitchers workouts. Agility drills were strewn all over the blacktop, with several Colts cutting, darting and sprinting through ladders and coned-off gates. "Fall is where you build the discipline, strength, and endurance of what you'll need come February," maintains conditioning Coach Jeff Bermudez. "You can't just turn it on when the season shows up." Every Tuesday this fall you'll find the Colts sweating on the blacktop - knowing their hard work will pay off in the spring of 2009.
"I believe in the basic 'Jailhouse Workout'," said longtime hitting Coach
Tony Gomes as the players finished their stretching. "You don't have any exercise equipment in a Jailhouse but yourself - no equipment, just yourself." With that, the push-ups, sit-ups, lunges and sprinting began. Welcome to Colts Conditioning 2008. "We're building core strength," added head Coach Tony Lucca. "Core strength for hitting, throwing, pitching - it's the key to baseball." With a successful Spring 2008 baseball season behind them, including a trip to the JC State Playoffs, this years Colts are working even harder to get in shape - and stay in shape - for the grueling season ahead. "Lunges, plyometrics, sprints - all great," said pitching Coach Steve Hoff. "We're trying to get these pitchers legs stron
g, and build stamina." The stamina building in the fall starts with the running of the infamous "Figure 8", a unforgiving route shaped exactly like its numeral namesake: one that snakes through the hills bordering the campus. "For 30 years the 'Figure 8' has been a great test of where you are at in your conditioning," adds Coach Hoff. "That's a true test of stamina and mental toughness." Plyometrics is now also a big part of the Colts conditioning regiment. Players stand in quadrants of four, jumping chest-high up on to a stationary tabletop. "Plyometrics is designed to produce fast, power movements," says the Colts roving instructor Lou "Ice" Lucca. "Plyometrics can help these guys increase their power, speed and arm st
rength." Medicine balls have also been introduced into the pitchers workouts. Agility drills were strewn all over the blacktop, with several Colts cutting, darting and sprinting through ladders and coned-off gates. "Fall is where you build the discipline, strength, and endurance of what you'll need come February," maintains conditioning Coach Jeff Bermudez. "You can't just turn it on when the season shows up." Every Tuesday this fall you'll find the Colts sweating on the blacktop - knowing their hard work will pay off in the spring of 2009.posted by BK at
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