Training

Beware Of The Cult Of Average

2021-04-16T17:35:12-04:00

At the ARMory we study OUTLIERS so my players can become THAT GUY! While science seeks to find common denominators among the normal, it propagates “The Cult of Average.” Average is a code word for mediocre, and that is not our goal at The Florida Baseball ARMory.

Beware Of The Cult Of Average2021-04-16T17:35:12-04:00

How We Individualize Workload To Decrease Injury Risk And Maximize Performance Gains

2021-04-16T17:37:35-04:00

Common sense: To become an elite throwing athlete, you need to throw … a lot. BUT don't throw too much or you will get hurt. It stems from flawed assumption — that all throwing injuries are due to OVERUSE. Limit pitch counts. Control innings pitched. Take 3 months off every year. Coaches and organizations complied. Yet injury rates kept climbing. Why?

How We Individualize Workload To Decrease Injury Risk And Maximize Performance Gains2021-04-16T17:37:35-04:00

Anatomy Of A Pitcher’s Hip Hinge: First Move Nuance

2021-04-16T17:40:54-04:00

A well-executed one-legged hinge is vital to increasing impulse and improving velocity. But, not all hinges are the same. The single-leg hinge must be nuanced to link the athlete’s hardware to his software. This requires an in-depth investigation and appreciation of each athlete’s unique physical characteristics and movement preferences.

Anatomy Of A Pitcher’s Hip Hinge: First Move Nuance2021-04-16T17:40:54-04:00

Find Your Dog

2021-04-16T17:42:13-04:00

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.

Find Your Dog2021-04-16T17:42:13-04:00

Anatomy Of Hip-To-Shoulder Separation

2021-11-03T05:32:04-04:00

Unless you’ve been living in the baseball equivalent of a Himalayan monastery, you’ve heard pitching and hitting coaches avowing the importance of “hip-to-shoulder separation.” I’m not exactly sure when it began, but sometime in the last several years, someone coined the term, and it spread like wildfire. According to advocates of this tenet, pitchers and hitters should rotate the pelvis while the torso remains closed for as long as possible. The resultant diagonal stretch through the trunk allows the athlete to take advantage of the elastic properties of the abdominals, and chest muscles to store and then unload energy to be transferred from the lower half to the arm or bat.

Anatomy Of Hip-To-Shoulder Separation2021-11-03T05:32:04-04:00

It Will Be Hard

2021-04-16T17:55:38-04:00

Commit yourself to the relentless pursuit of excellence. Find your “Why.” We’ll take care of the rest. We’ll design an individualized plan that will cover every aspect of your training: your warmup, your throwing program, your mobility/movement plan, your strengthening and coordination, your recovery, and your nutrition. We’ll cover it all, and we’ll be right there to guide you every step of the way.

It Will Be Hard2021-04-16T17:55:38-04:00

My Shoulder “Itised”

2021-04-16T17:57:14-04:00

Nearly every other day, we get a call from a player or a parent or coach of a player with arm pain that has bee diagnosed as tendonitis. The player feels a little pain in their shoulder or elbow after throwing. It’s nothing major -just a pinch or a dull ache. They ice it, take some Motrin, Advil, or Tylenol, grease it up with Icy Hot and try to “throw through it.” The pain persists and eventually gets worse. They take a few days off, but when they start throwing, it hurts again.

My Shoulder “Itised”2021-04-16T17:57:14-04:00

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