Every 1 inch the head is off from neutral affects release point by 2 inches; which has a negative impact on both accuracy AND velocity, as anatomy dictates that nearly all pitchers will throw harder from a 3/4 or lower arm slot versus “over the top” All skill has to progress from unconscious incompetence (doing it wrong and not even knowing you are) to conscious incompetence (aware of it but still doing it wrong) to conscious competence (doing it right but having to think abo

Principle of Atrophy: with disuse we don’t stay the same; we actually get WORSE Muscles begin to weaken in as little as 48-72 hours, the residual effect of speed work is only 3-5 days, and maximal strength significantly reduces in around 25 days This is why consistency is the number one factor in results; if you’re not willing to be consistent, you will never grow into what you were capable of becoming It will always be one step forward, one step back “Despite their desires,

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

A former MLB pitcher was talking about when he was in high school he gained 16 mph in just 16 months, rocketing him from 78 mph to 94 mph He noted that in this time frame he didn’t have a growth spurt, rather he “simply threw” and it “just happened” He went on to have an MLB career, and averaged 93.8 mph, just shy of the MLB average What was uncanny to me is that when he described his throwing, it was almost IDENTICAL to what I did in high school The problem for me is that I

From 78-80 this spring to shuffling 99 🔥🔥🔥 this August: getting forgotten IS the blessing! After experiencing years of no progress culminating this spring with barely making his HS team and then getting no innings, Jadan finally decided to take action, joined the facility, and is seeing his velo explode Just like Jadan so many guys are behind because they’re stuck doing the same one size fits all copy/paste team stuff as everyone else. Training/diet/throwing plan all has t

Question from the other day: I see on social media guys training in sand, is that good for speed? Training in sand destroys the elastic-reactive response and dissipates forces. The ground is a force plate. What you put in you get back out. You play beach volleyball? Great, go train in the sand. Otherwise, training in sand kills your speed by causing you to take short choppy steps. Just like the foot ladder, which somehow still persists with unknowledgeable trainers, anything

The number one rule to throw hard? THROW HARD. Many guys are stuck because of what’s going on psychologically 🧠: they’ve often internalized “slow it down and just throw strikes”, they’re scared they “might get hurt”, they overthink their arm slot, they overthink their mechanics, they worry if they spray a ball Dad will yell at them It all adds up to babying the ball Versus letting it RIP So they lack accelerative strength specific to throwing, and they’re stuck in the no sch

David Cone’s biography “The Evolution of a Pitcher” is a book many of our pitchers read this last year Cone pitched for 17 MLB seasons, won 5 World Series titles, won 20 games twice, led the league in K’s for 3 straight seasons, and was a 5x All Star. His book has good insights into pitching, as well as several interesting stories in his journey to success in MLB One of the stories that stands out in particular is the clashes he had in his early years with his Royals pitching

I was like every baseball kid out there: I dreamed about MLB, and I thought that’s where I was going But I had the same problem most young athletes have: I didn’t have any idea what it would ACTUALLY TAKE to get there I didn’t realize because I was comparing myself to my high school teammates, and my high school competition. And because I was winning high school awards, I thought I must be doing everything correctly But if I would have objectively compared myself to the MLB l