David Wright
Path to the Pros: Focused Goals and Hard Work Keyed David Wright's Success
Major League Baseball was not in the plan for Mets 3B and five-time All-Star David Wright. From an early age, he had his heart set on playing baseball in the [...]
Three Steps For Better Practice Performance
For the storied San Francisco 49er teams of the mid-1980s and early '90s, games weren’t just won on Sundays, but during the week’s worth of practice sessions leading up to [...]
David Wright's Bounce Back From Injury: Part II
In Part I of our two-part series on how to recover from an injury, Jeff Cavaliere, founder of the AthLEAN-X training system and trainer for New York Mets third baseman David [...]
David Wright's Bounce Back From Injury: Part I
It's easy for young athletes to get discouraged when they're forced to sit and watch from the bench after an injury. The risks of coming back too soon are well [...]
Develop Soft Hands for Fielding With David Wright and the New York Mets
Nothing irritates a team more than defensive lapses. Especially when a fielding error caused by brick-like hands makes the difference between a win and a loss. Gold Glove winner and [...]
Improve Sport-Specific Muscle Memory By “Chunking”
Chunking: an odd word to associate with sports. According to the “athletic brain” researchers at AxonPotential.com, it's the process athletes use to mentally organize information so they can make good [...]
David Wright’s Complete On-Field Skill Development
David Wright doesn't fear failure, he despises it. In fact, almost everything he has accomplished in baseball and in life has been driven by his hatred of coming up short. [...]
David Wright’s Weight Room Training
STACK’s 2009 Summer Training Guide gives you David Wright’s on-field spring training routine, which he performs during his Grapefruit League sojourn in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Following Wright’s no-nonsense pre-game [...]