Not foreveryone.
I'm enrolling pitchers 13 and older, with a parent or guardian under 18, who are ready to do the work and communicate about it. If you want to find out how good you could become, that's who I want to coach.
What I'm looking for is someone who'll work as hard in the weight room, in the kitchen, with their sleep, and with their communication as they do on the field.
Where you're stuck
Why you're not throwing harder
Most of the time it's one of two things, and both are fixable.
Either you don't produce enough force yet,
or you produce plenty of it and lose it on the way to the ball.
Plenty of coaches will assess you for this, but if they can't read the assessment correctly then whatever they build off it isn't much better than a guess.
The low hanging fruit is usually obvious inside a day of looking.
The engine
Testing can informthe training plan
A jump test is one input, not a diagnosis or a promise of pitch speed. I look at how an athlete produces force, then compare that with their throwing and training history before choosing what to work on.
If your throwing speed is close to an estimate,we still look at your throwing, training history, and physical preparation before deciding what to work on.
If you throw faster than an estimate,the gap is a reason to look more closely at how you train and recover. An estimate alone cannot tell us your injury risk or how your season will go.
If you throw slower than an estimate,we examine the mound task alongside your physical preparation and throwing history. The number does not prove why a gap exists or promise a particular gain.
The nervous system
Your training has to fit the pitcher doing it.
A single jump, strength test, or delivery clip cannot explain everything about your throwing. I use those inputs alongside your history and training response.
I start with your training history, current throwing, available equipment, and goals. Those details help me choose a starting point instead of giving every pitcher the same plan.
From there, I assign throwing and physical work, review what you record, and adjust the program when the evidence from your training calls for it.
If arm-care work has not helped, I review the exercises, amount of work, recovery, and the problem the plan was meant to address. Pain and medical clearance belong with a qualified healthcare professional.
The difference
You'll actuallyget coached
I build the program around the work you're doing now and what the next phase of your season calls for.
Plenty of coaches with small rosters have all the time in the world to individualize, and they do, but it doesn't matter how much effort goes into a program if the person writing it doesn't know what they're talking about.
Results
I coached 11 pitchers directly during a three month internship at Driveline while I was still in undergrad, and every single one of them threw harder.
What happens next
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Apply
You apply. If it's a fit, you sign up and pay.
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Your account
You finish setting up your account.
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Your assessment
You see your assessment already uploaded.
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Your program
Your coaches review your assessment, goals, training history, and current work to build your first program.
The application is long on purpose. It's how both of us find out whether this is a fit.