EP91 – Safe Strength Exercises & Optimal Bullpen Length for Pitchers

In episode 91, Dan discusses what parents should look for in a strength coach via the exercises they prescribe in a training program. In the 90-second mindset, he discusses the FIRST thing every player should do this offseason. The question of the week is about bullpen length for youth pitchers – how many pitches should be in a bullpen?



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EP91 Full Transcript – EP91 – Safe Strength Exercises & Optimal Bullpen Length for Pitchers



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Welcome back. I’m Dan Blewett. This is the dear baseball gods podcast in today’s episode. We’ve got three great topics. Number one. We’re gonna talk about the safety of lifting exercises and what the standards should be for you as a parent or coach a number two, we’re going to talk about what should the first focus be when you’re approaching your next off season, which is actually rapidly coming up, even though we’ve had sort of a, a nonexistent in season this year in 2020.



And lastly, my listener question is what should be a proper bullpen length for a 14 year old? And I will cover a couple of other ages as well. Okay. First thing. So if you’ve been on, uh, Twitter recently, and of course this is July 28th ish, 2020. If you’ve been on my Twitter recently, you noticed, I re posted a, one of my videos called our front squats safe for pitchers.



And the front squat is a unique exercise in that there’s three different ways. You can do it as far as your arms go. So the, the way you hold the bar on the front of your shoulders. So if you’re not familiar with the front squat, Um, definitely look it up on, on YouTube, but basically the bar sits on the front of your shoulders and it’s butted up against your throat.