I hope you all had a great weekend. My wife and I had a fun time in Chicago over the weekend at the Perform Better Summit and got a chance to catch the White Sox/Indians game. Here are a few good reads for the weekend:

2017 Cressey Sports Performance Fall Seminar – We just announced that this popular annual event will take place October 22 at our Massachusetts facility. We hope you can make it!

Mike Irr on Winning an NBA Championship – I’ve been friends with both Mike Robertson and Mike Irr for close to 15 years now, so how can I not love this podcast? There are some excellent insights from Irr, who just won a world championship with the Golden State Warriors.

Skills Capture a Niche: Relationships Help You Retain It – This was a great post from my business partner, Pete Dupuis. He discusses the concept of niche development in the fitness industry.

Teammate – I just finished David Ross’ autobiography and really enjoyed it. I’d highly recommend it to any baseball player, coach, or parent without hesitation.

Top Tweet of the Week

Top Instagram Post of the Week

Catcher @jake_clinard knocks out a set of plate-loaded slideboard lateral lunges. — This is one of my favorite exercises for enhancing hip mobility and stability in multiple planes of motion at the same time. The counterbalance in front helps the athlete to get a clean hip hinge without moving through the spine. And, the slideboard increases the eccentric challenge and makes the athlete more cognizant of not racing through reps. — Resist the urge to hold more than 10 pounds in the hands, though, as it usually makes technique worse. You’re better off going to a DB or KB in the goblet position if you want to progress the loading on this one. — Nothing better than building strength through full range-of-motion if you want to preserve that ROM over a long season (or lifetime!). This kind of work is huge for catchers for preserving mobility as the season progresses. #cspfamily #catching #mobility #centralcatholic #hudsonma #teamnb #sportsperformance #performbetter

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