VIDEO: Improve Hip Mobility & Ankle Stability — Bowler Squat

The Bowler Squat is one of my favorite exercises I’ve learned in my internship thus far at CSP
️This is a great exercise to add in your warm-ups to get some glute activation, work on ankle stability, hip mobility, and single-leg balance. I also think this is a great exercise to implement with baseball players because they’re able to work in all three planes of motion (Sagittal, Frontal, Transverse). This is important because as we know baseball is a sport that’s played predominantly in the frontal and transverse plane. Something like a supine bridge will only allow you to work in one plane (Sagittal Plane).
If you look closely at the picture I included below Aroldis Chapman shows a similar finish position after he throws a pitch.

Programming Advice:
1 set x 8 reps each leg programmed towards the end of your warm-up
Coaching Advice:
Pick a target on the wall and sit back in your hips and reach across (the target I chose for this video was the white line on the padded wall). If you want to progress the first exercise in this video try the Knee Hug to Bowler Squat which is the second clip in this video.
Hopefully this was able to help you guys! If you have any more questions drop them below! -Alex
