Book Description
Train like the pros and top college players! This comprehensive, sport-specific training program will help you hit, throw, and run like an all-star. It features 85 exercises and drills, 10 training workouts, and 4 sample 12-week training programs. Arizona State University’s baseball coach, Pat Murphy, and the Arizona Diamondbacks’ strength and conditioning coach, Jeff Forney, share the game’s most effective training secrets. Complete Conditioning for Baseball is the training guide you need for more power and speed.


From the Publisher
“This book is a must read for coaches a well as players who want complete conditioning.” Rod Delmonico Head Baseball Coach University of Tennessee 1995 National Coach of the Year “Speed and power are difference-makers when players of equal skill compete on the ball diamond. Coaches Murphy and Forney provide a baseball-specific training program that will give you the edge at the plate, on the base paths and in the field.” Steve Traylor Head Baseball Coach Duke University 1992 ACC Coach of the Year “Pat Murphy and Jeff Forney present a tough program that requires extreme discipline. I love challenges and this program does that. The combination of strength, speed, quickness and the program specifies the importance of consistency. Pat Murphy does it again; this time in a book.” Bob Welch 1990 Cy Young Award Winner


About the Author
Patrick T. Murphy, who brought Notre Dame’s baseball program from the bottom to the top during the seven seasons he served as head coach, is now piloting one of the country’s premier college baseball programs at Arizona State. He is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the NCAA Collegiate Baseball organization. Jeff Forney is the strength and conditioning coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The author of several manuals, videos, and articles on strength and conditioning for baseball, he is a recognized leader in the study of explosive movements and their specific applications for baseball. He is a member of National Strength and Conditioning Association and American College of Sports Medicine.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

In Complete Conditioning for Baseball, one of the premier college coaches and a major league strength and conditioning coach explain how to develop strength, power, speed, agility, and flexibility--the components of conditioning. Highlights of the book include drills and exercises players can do on the field and in the weight room, photos showing correct exercise techniques, and conditioning workouts. 111 illustrations.

SYNOPSIS

Train like the pros and top college players! This comprehensive, sport-specific training program will help you hit, throw, and run like an all-star. It features 85 exercises and drills, 10 training workouts, and 4 sample 12-week training programs.
Arizona State University's baseball coach, Pat Murphy, and the Arizona Diamondbacks' strength and conditioning coach, Jeff Forney, share the game's most effective training secrets. Complete Conditioning for Baseball is the training guide you need for more power and speed.

About the Author

Patrick T. Murphy, who brought Notre Dame's baseball program from the bottom to the top during the seven seasons he served as head coach, is now piloting one of the country's premier college baseball programs at Arizona State. He is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the NCAA Collegiate Baseball organization.

Jeff Forney is the strength and conditioning coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The author of several manuals, videos, and articles on strength and conditioning for baseball, he is a recognized leader in the study of explosive movements and their specific applications for baseball. He is a member of National Strength and Conditioning Association and American College of Sports Medicine.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Pat Murphy and Jeff Forney present a tough program that requires extreme discipline. I love challenges and this program does that. The combination of strength, speed, quickness and the program specifies the importance of consistency. Pat Murphy does it again; this time in a book.  — Bob Welch, 1990 Cy Young Award Winner

This book is a must read for coaches a well as players who want complete conditioning.  — Rod Delmonico, Head Baseball Coach, University of Tennessee 1995 National Coach of the Year