Conditioning and Training Strength & Conditioning
All of Butler’s athletes benefit from an extensive strength and conditioning program under the direction of strength and conditioning coordinator Jim Peal and assistant Ross Bowsher. The purpose of Butler’s program is to decrease injury potential, while increasing performance potential. The strength and conditioning program stresses flexibility, agility, jumping skills, speed and reaction time, as well as strength. The program utilizes free weights, strength machinery, manual resistance and additional innovative techniques to help maximize the chance for Butler athletes to succeed. The center of Butler’s strength and conditioning program is the 4,000 square-foot weight training room located in Hinkle Fieldhouse. The weight room, which features an entire outside wall of glass, is stocked with free weights, weight machines, stationary bikes and stairmasters.
Sports Medicine
Butler student-athletes have access to a comprehensive sports medicine program that concentrates on the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic-related injuries. Under the supervision of baseball team trainer Penny Goldberg, Butler athletes are served by an extensive team of physicians, health care professionals and certified athletic trainers. Butler’s expanded training room is located on the west end of Hinkle Fieldhouse. Renovation in the summer of 1998 effectively tripled the usable area devoted to the care and welfare of Butler’s student-athletes. Butler’s athletic staff provides care for Butler athletes at practices and games. The staff also works to educate Butler student-athletes in the areas of injury prevention, nutrition and various wellness issues. Butler’s sports medicine program utilizes the extensive medical community in Indianapolis, which boasts one of the largest and most knowledgeable groups of sports medicine professionals in the nation. Butler student-athletes have access in Indianapolis to world-renowned medical facilities, as well as many of the leading physicians in the world of sports medicine.
Health & Recreation Complex
Butler’s newly constructed Health & Recreation Complex (HRC) is located right next door to Hinkle Fieldhouse. The facility features a pool, weight room, running track and a two-court gymnasium.
Butler Bubble
During Butler’s cold weather practice period (mid-January through mid-February), the Bulldogs go indoors to train in the Butler Bubble, the university’s 32,000 square foot indoor facility. The bubble is also used for winter baseball camps.
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