How many swings per day

By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck I have three sons who played football, and the last one just took off his pads for the final time.

I am relieved. I have lived in fear of serious injury since the day they began playing the sport. But then I started doing research on some of the other sports my kids still play.

Maybe I'm not out of the worrying woods just yet. Keep track of your team's pitch count and your opponent's at the same time. Clock your team around the bases or your catchers' "pop time. Visit www. Email Marketing by. Issue 3 Volume December If we're tempted to take potshots, let's keep in mind that anything we write here will probably be read by the 14 yr-old we're discussing. How much is too much, hitting or otherwise? The Rodgers kid that Bolts posted about the other day waking at 4AM four mornings a week to work out because there was no other time until 10PM.

Is that too much? I bet he doesn't think so. It worked for him. When or at what age is it acceptable for a kid to bust his butt and it not be a bad thing or somehow damaging? Originally posted by JetSixty View Post. At fourteen and unproven the parents should be careful about allowing any article that could place a target on their kid in high school.

I think it is great that he is dedicated so much to Baseball and loves it so much. Good for him!! Also it would be good for him to do other activities that will help him with agility such as Basketball, Touch Football, Tennis, Soccer. I think it is wonderful, though, to see such dedication. When I was that age my game was Basketball, I used to shoot about free throws a day, 5 days a week and played in pickup games against college kids and adults for hours a day 6 days a week.

It was a lot of fun and really helped my development. So, how many swings should a hitter take a day? Most hitters should take around 50 quality swings per day. Players who are beginners can start with around 20 swings per day and progress up to 50 swings per day while players who are professionals will take around swings per day. Basically, there are two sides to the issue. Taking too many swings can lead to overuse and create problems at all levels of the sport.

Is there really a right number? Does it vary with age and experience? To answer those questions, you need to look at some of the specifics to hone in on the best recommendations. If you'd like to only work out 6 days a week and have a day of rest, I'm fine with that and if you can only give me 3 - 4 days a week with 50 swings for each of those days that's still probably - more practice swings than you would've done and that's all this hitting tip is about.

This works for baseball, fastpitch softball and slo-pitch softball. I'm even going to help you with taking 50 swings a day. So let's get started! The first step is to take an inventory of where you are and with this form you can also see where the average player is , then if you want my help fill out the latter part of the form.