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
Velocity Training Pulldowns: The What, Why, and When December 28, 2017November 20, 2023 Though controversial pulldowns are a staple of our off-season program, we see them as vital pieces to train athletes to ...read more 3 Likes | 1 Comment
Velocity Training Weighted Ball Training Gone Wrong March 23, 2017May 16, 2022 Weighted balls are a useful tool for developing velocity as part of a training program, however, as with any tool, ...read more 1 Like | 2 Comments
Pitching Mechanics Comparison of Elbow Torques Between Pulldowns and Pitching March 9, 2017May 16, 2022 When ASMI’s weighted-ball study Biomechanical Analysis of Weighted-Ball Exercises for Baseball Pitchers was released, we were excited for many reasons. ...read more 0 Likes | 2 Comments
Velocity Training Demonizing Weighted Balls – A Review of Criticisms February 1, 2016April 6, 2021 A common line of argument against training with weighted balls goes something like this: “Weighted balls only train the arm. Good ...read more 0 Likes | 1 Comment