A problem a lot of athletes have as the levels go up is they’ve never been allowed to grow up They’ve never matured beyond the parent being their mentor/coach/psychologist/decision maker That might’ve been fine in 8th grade, but naturally as a man you want to establish independence-a sense of autonomy So as you grow up your parents making all the decisions causes lower application and resentment Because it’s not YOURS It’s THEIRS You correctly perceive you’re still operating

I wanted to be great I’d dream of MLB and being the next Pedro Martinez And looking back I did have a good work ethic The problem was I didn’t know WHAT to work at So I did physical therapy “workouts” that wouldn’t challenge an 82 year old, ran endless poles, and did all the latest greatest mechanical “fixes” and “special drills” I got exactly what I trained for: I was weak, slow twitch dominant, painfully skinny at 135lbs, and throwing 78 poo with CONSTANT arm pain It wasn’t

According to the Science and Practice of Strength Training, “Lifting maximal loads (at or above 90%) is considered superior for improving both intramuscular and intermuscular coordination; the muscles and CNS adapt only to the load placed upon them. This method should be used to bring forth the greatest strength increments. CNS inhibition, if it exists, is reduced with this approach; thus, the maximal number of motor units is activated with optimal discharge frequency and the

I still occasionally hear low level kids say the old fear of “I don’t want to get too big” Usually they’re simply scared of the unknown of how to go about weight training, eating properly, and developing their body physically Which is understandable What they SHOULD be worried about though is what happens if they DON’T get “too big” Because I’ve seen countless kids get stuck not because they lacked skill, but because as they got older and the game got faster, they lacked the

If any of us were going to make it out of D2 and do something it was Andy Andy was 22 years old our freshman year coming off doing a 4 year stretch 6’4” 220 strong and athletic, and 6 months into our Fr year he was 92-94mph (on the old juggs gun, so 94-96 now) Looking back I don’t know how organizations would’ve viewed a guy that’d done a 4 year stretch But sadly we never got to find out Because weenie hut Jr Baseball culture got to him first He started saying things li

With all pitching mechanics: You can tweak this, adjust that, copy him, I saw this one thing on IG reels: It’s all just words if you can’t PHYSICALLY perform it Many guys would benefit from mechanical improvements, but they lack what they need to actually improve: 1) Strength 2) Athleticism What often looks like “poor mechanics” typically isn’t because of lack of understanding, or lack of “working hard”: but rather, physical shortcomings that don’t allow for the correct move

There’s only two ways to get faster: Increase stride length Increase stride frequency Everything else is just social media marketing Increasing stride length, and increasing stride frequency however, are both BYPRODUCTS of sprinting faster. Meaning for example you can’t just TELL an athlete to take bigger strides, because if they’re not physically capable of increasing their stride length, they’ll end up overstriding and actually be slower. In order to improve speed then, i

The Tommy John epidemic in baseball has skyrocketed from 1 in 7 pitchers 15 years ago, to now 1 in 3 Many things have been blamed: the overall emphasis on velocity; greater horizontal ball movement (sweeper/splinker popularity); even the pitch clock While some of those may have validity, the research pins two major catalysts: ➡️ Pitching more than 100 innings in a year increases injury risk 3x ➡️ Pitching more than 8 months out of the year increases injury risk 5x The key wor

Unless you understand periodization and how to correctly combine means and methods, most programs look pretty good on paper But even many programs that are actually good often fail The reason is many times they’re being performed in a lackluster environment Training to the brain is sympathetic: fight or flight So if you place an athlete in an environment that’s aggressive, where the music is loud, you’re slamming weights, and your training partners are pushing you with posit