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Brett Cummins Strength and Conditioning Coach, writer, performance coach to 500+ youth baseball players and multiple pro baseball players.

06/06/2026

COUNTERMOVEMENT DEPTH IN OUR JUMPING CAN BE ANOTHER PIECE TO HELPING COACHES AND ATHLETES UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WANT TO MOVE ON THE MOUND

Elastic vs force/muscular driven athletes. Twitchy vs strong. Narrow vs wide. I’ve heard different types of athletes described different ways. Our more narrow/elastic/twitchy guys don’t want to drop down a lot when jumping. It’s short and sweet. These guys want to create momentum and drift down the mound.

Our wider more muscular driven athletes want to drop lower and really use as much force as possible. These guys want to sit in their hips and use the ground more.

This may help give better guidance to what the athlete is doing or what the coach is attempting to coach. See a guy who is very short in his countermove? He probably doesn’t want to sit in his back leg.

Even in “non-baseball” movement we need to pay attention. Doing so can help give a more individualized approach and avoid general advice for every pitchers like “just sit more.”

This isn’t the whole puzzle and I’m sure there are outliers, but it may just be a small piece that can help solve a problem.
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31/05/2026

I whole heartedly believe getting females, especially young female athletes in a GOOD physical development culture can be a cheat code.

When I get the chance to talk to athletes, coaches and parents there are a few glaring things that consistently stand out.
1️⃣They play damn near year around. And the seasons between travel and high school overlap during their busy time of year.
2️⃣most injuries are non contact and a combination between overuse and under prepared.
3️⃣They’ve been sold a big bag of 💩 of what they actually need. Light weight, circuit, burpees, “body sculpting” (whatever that means).

Want to get better and have training transfer to sport?
✅average 2 training sessions per week for the year
✅get strong. We as society have demonized good training for female athletes. You can be strong and still have the look you want.
✅sprint, jump, sprint, jump. Most sports are built around power. Moving as fast as possible will do incredible things to your nervous system.
✅being mobile is needed, but stability is what most young females need. Stretching feels good and is easy, but I promise for 99% of females I’ve worked with, getting into a range of motion is not the issue.
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Eat better, spend less. A good start to day makes it easier for the rest of the daily food options to fall in place.--- ...
16/05/2026

Eat better, spend less. A good start to day makes it easier for the rest of the daily food options to fall in place.
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15/05/2026

Train the 🧠 brain to absorb it so the 🧠 brain will allow you to produce it.

In my own observation when I get new athletes in, I think there has been a large overkill of “how much can you lift”, developing slow movers who don’t understand good positions, athletes who have been asked to produce what they can’t brake, and training that measures the wrong things.

Training can make you bette but it can also make you worse.
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Respectfully Challenge --
14/05/2026

Respectfully Challenge
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⛽️ for post training and for workBreakfast Bowl3 🍳 Hash browns SteakRice Cake🍌 🍯 Whey protein --- fitnesslife
13/05/2026

⛽️ for post training and for work

Breakfast Bowl
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Hash browns
Steak

Rice Cake
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Whey protein
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