JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================`K" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?mo9%dI`1XӼ7oc$A4ĻQ֑6v¨0$ Υu58'R~۹k[ & ڻէ9,5Y\gQ_%oQ{s خ0k3x'!ST}2ir9e94gME[D{o-T^l\>뻯I=/)lzg hz@d]V\.L֝mN^-A__uqhV^'l"%?r­W޺v3% -uWvd+I?st;4j{h)Y⻝5~aFTUW=eENG|8%Z5\Ե8#yA@}qSor[fv<~x;]Z$z/J߲ӧ̐#w!\cN|b_Ċ#&5-剂vi'WZ;mhvG1\jymdkpJX(.7ZW=ys;zǮU/BҲw=*4 mx#[N]A/G+e Мz0Gz]Lȝ.4TVe>hv4]K~zY|1v +ѢZV8]aT&uxDckFR^֓9۱1SJ ׆2:gW?_;i|zwWz~"J"\iN&(X 9kl4ؚ!dwV RnlY"oN*s\Q?'Mq) !';I]<4W2ger in the lower body.</P> <P>"Training during the season has always been a part of our program.&nbsp; To say that lifting hurts baseball is simply not correct.&nbsp; I have always been a proponent of strength training.&nbsp; I was the head football coach or assistant here at Westminster Christian for 25 years.&nbsp; You know, I just laugh when I hear that weights are bad.&nbsp; Ignorance is not an excuse.&nbsp; People need an open mind to all the possibilities.&nbsp; I became convinced that a stronger player is a better player.&nbsp; A routine fly ball becomes a home run.&nbsp; A three or four hopper becomes a one hopper.&nbsp; We felt the tenacious effort in our strength and conditioning program made a big difference in our recent success.</P> <P>"The smaller guys in the majors are hitting the ball out now because they are stronger.&nbsp; Because of my coaching relationship with Alex Rodriguez, I was able to spend five days with the Mariners.&nbsp; I saw the difference in the players physically.&nbsp; Right after a Mariner ball game, Alex went in and lifted.&nbsp; The Mariners also have a strength coach.</P> <P>"We are really after our pitchers on their lower body.&nbsp; Our kids, in general, really like to workout.&nbsp; They enjoy it because they see the benefit.&nbsp; We have 60 kids in our program in grades seven through twelve; twenty on Varsity, twenty on Junior Varsity and twenty on