Blog Article How power ages (It might surprise you) October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 Conventional wisdom posits that power improves with age. It suggests slugging prowess is a rare skill that ages well, becoming ...read more 4 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Pitching The search for missing pitches. Are we early or late in the evolution of pitch design? September 22, 2025September 24, 2025 In each recent season we have witnessed a trendy pitch proliferate pro baseball. We saw the sweeper spread across baseball ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article In Search of A Smarter Pitch Count September 11, 2025September 11, 2025 There have been only two instances of a major league pitcher reaching 120 pitches in a game since the start ...read more 3 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article Off-Season Speed Training for Position Players – Part 4: Change of Direction September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 This is the final installment of our four-part series detailing the elements of the speed training program we implemented with ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Pitching Mechanics Momentum and Arm Action: Myths and Misunderstandings April 28, 2014April 5, 2021 Pitching mechanics is a difficult subject to talk about, and one that I don’t touch lightly on this blog. Covering ...read more 1 Like | 14 Comments
Pitching Mechanics Mechanical Improvements Through Training February 24, 2014April 5, 2021 Too often you see guys trying to “change their mechanics” through use of video and a pitching instructor who helps ...read more 0 Likes | 2 Comments
Youth Baseball Should Youth Pitchers Throw a Curveball? Probably Not. February 17, 2014August 14, 2022 The debate on whether or not youth pitchers should throw curveballs rages on, and on, and on. Studies to seem ...read more 1 Like | 4 Comments
Research Driveline Sports Science – Moving into a New Era of Sports Performance January 9, 2014 I’m pleased to announce that we will be slowly transitioning our Driveline Biomechanics Laboratory into a more general term, namely ...read more 0 Likes | 7 Comments
Pitching Mechanics How to Fix Bad Baseball Throwing Mechanics Efficiently November 15, 2013July 27, 2022 Recently someone asked me a question that I get fairly frequently, essentially asking how to fix bad baseball throwing mechanics. ...read more 0 Likes | 7 Comments
Velocity Training The Role of Intent in Increasing Pitching Velocity October 25, 2013July 21, 2021 The intent to throw hard – the phrase was coined by Paul Nyman. Simple on its face, it is routinely ...read more 2 Likes | 9 Comments
Pitching Mechanics Why We Don’t Teach Equal and Opposite (Or a Firm Front Side) October 14, 2013July 2, 2021 There are a lot of over-simplified cues when it comes to pitching mechanics in the hopes of making the frustrating ...read more 0 Likes | 4 Comments
Blog Article Pro Baseball Summit, New Underload Baseball Record, Seminar Dates, Mariners' Scout Team, and Wireless EXG Sensors – MaxVelo News September 2, 2013April 5, 2021 I’m going to try to make these posts a little more frequently since the 2013-2014 offseason is here, which means ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Pitching How Wrist Weights Reduce Your Tommy John Risk June 27, 2013June 10, 2022 Longtime readers of this blog know that I am obsessed with technical and anatomical precision – and in many cases, ...read more 0 Likes | 5 Comments
Blog Article The Stretch-Shortening Cycle Theory in Pitching Mechanics – Real or Imagined? April 23, 2013April 5, 2021 The Stretch-Shortening Cycle (SSC) is a fairly well-accepted theory in exercise science that has a boring definition of: A stretch-shortening ...read more 0 Likes | 3 Comments