Vince Vannelle: Undrafted to AA Baseball In Eight Months
Vince Vannelle was no slouch. An All-American closer at [...]
Are Weighted Baseballs The Secret To Gaining Velocity?
During the past several years, weighted ball training has [...]
Fixing A Comet
When I was 13 years old, our family made a [...]
Vince Vannelle: Undrafted to AA Baseball In Eight Months
Vince Vannelle was no slouch. An All-American closer at [...]
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Did you know this? I’m a rocket scientist, and I [...]
SAVAGE And The Survivorship Bias: Overthrow The Status Quo
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Vince Vannelle: Undrafted to AA Baseball In Eight Months
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Reflections From The Dad of Seattle Mariners First Round Draft Pick, Logan Gilbert
I am touched beyond words. We cannot adequately express how happy we are for Logan, Keith, and the entire Gilbert family. It will continue to be our distinct honor to play a role in his development and his career.
Eccentric Biceps Is The Devil For A Throwing Athlete
Elimination or at least suppression of eccentric biceps activity is essential for protecting the labrum and the UCL. For this reason, safely and efficiently dissipating the energy of throwing through a rotational deceleration pattern is one of the seven attractors in pitching.
Find Your Dog
Everyone, and I mean everyone has a dog in ‘em. You wanna throw hard, you gotta find your dog. Over the past 3 summers we’ve worked with more than 450 players from all over the world in our Summer Training Program. If they stayed 4 weeks, the average guy gained over 4 mph on his fastball. For most of them, it wasn’t about adding anything. It was about using what we call SAVAGE Training to reveal the dog they already had inside them.
The Unknockoutable: Cody Martin’s Story
The preponderance of the evidence leaves me with only one possible conclusion. Cody Martin is unknockoutable! Way to go Cody! Keep getting back up kid! Keep fighting!
Arm Health: Beyond Pitch Counts… And All The Usual Suspects
At the Florida Baseball ARMory and in my physical therapy practice, not a week goes by that I don’t see an injured thrower who’s parents report that he had thrown very little prior to getting hurt. “I don’t how this happened,” they say. “He hasn’t pitched very much at all.” Does that sound like a workload problem to you?
Pitcher’s Funny Bone Ain’t So Funny
Any time a pitcher complains of pain on the inside of the elbow, you worry about damage to the UCL — the dreaded Tommy John surgery. But sometimes it’s not the Tommy John ligament at all. Here is a rudimentary field test to see if you might have damage to the UCL. It’s called “The milking test.”