Baseball’s offseason has become one of the most important and complex phases of the training year. Athletes transition out of demanding competitive schedules into long development windows that can create real change if handled well. Strength coaches, sport scientists, and private sector practitioners all play a role in shaping this process. Across conversations with practitioners […]

Load management should serve the game model, not override it. In this session, leaders from MLB and Division I basketball share how they define game demands, set KPIs, microdose training, and translate data into daily decisions that protect availability without dulling performance.

Major League Baseball is a marathon of outputs: 162 games in under 190 days, layered with cross-country travel, overnight flights, and relentless skill demands. To keep athletes healthy and performing, baseball strength and conditioning and performance staff need more than isolated drills or siloed testing. They need systems. That is the philosophy of Brad Lawson, […]

Baseball is a game of outputs. Pitchers are measured by velocity. Hitters by exit speed. Fielders by the quickness of their first step. Across every role, speed, power, and resilience are the currencies of success. That truth defines the philosophy of Hunter Lakey, Head of Baseball Strength and Conditioning at Georgia Southern University. Drawing on […]

Revisit this virtual event going in-depth on testing-to-programming best practices with Geoffrey Ebbs, Hayden Jones and Corey Petersen.