Episode 25 of the podcast features a collaborative effort between Cressey Sports Performance – Massachusetts Director of Performance John O’Neil and me. We go in-depth on the topic of planning out an effective baseball offseason for high school, college, and professional players. This week’s episode is brought to you by Joovv Red Light Therapy. The research on the wide-ranging health benefits of red light therapy are compelling, and Joovv is at the forefront of delivering this technology to improve your health and performance. Head to www.Joovv.com/eric and enter coupon code CRESSEY to get a special gift with your purchase.

Show Outline

• How John and Eric model their training programs to optimize an individual’s off-season
• What John’s off-season training priorities are when working with high school, college, and professional athletes
• How having a single sport high school athlete impacts off-season training
• What factors high school ball players should consider when deciding to play fall ball
• Why consistency is the most important aspect of a training program and how John emphasizes this message to his youth athletes
• Why health and performance are not mutually exclusive in the world of performance enhancement
• How coaches can find success with athletes by identifying the duration of time they have them, honing in on low-hanging fruit in their development, and working backward to drive favorable changes in their abilities
• What training qualities John focuses on developing early in an individual’s offseason and how these strategies are progressed as an athlete transitions to being in-season
• Why building a robust aerobic base is of high priority early in the off-season and how this idea transforms into more power related development as the off-season progresses
• How John conceptualizes his sprint progressions for athletes
• Why off-season training slowly builds athletes to move more explosively as they approach the season and how John specifically translates general motor potential into skill specific activity
• What a typical professional off-season training program looks like
• How John and Eric model off-season training programs around throwing programs to make sure their baseball players are prepared for all facets of their sport

You can follow John on Instagram at @oneilstrength and Twitter at @oneilstrength, and reach out to us at cspmass@gmail.com for offseason training inquiries.

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