JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================kK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?MB[7ް$ks=xK=`f \wr{gjנY^;uƒ+yҒF ] (ӇĬD[Rcw\j1"k'@$biK0Vb9,\F X7vV.C*,@S:胺rjFM=MCkʮ3]ڭb8۱ {¼wz|3Of3ۙ ~U~4^z*ۓhJvV5 H?q㶨VRLteM&mQݘuHYG:*XskOw*,俨Mܖ 9&KSŒr1UJ6 ҼIm5!sF 3 e1G5jXF2A׎H#Kh,4npO9=k'psl$Oktt:Hy.YekSe6TKSo-nUhÎ`?QIp0wq"R <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 ki