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Grinder Mentality Meets ArmCare: A Deep Dive with The Bullpen Pitching & Performance

Watch Listen Show Notes The latest MoreThanVelocity podcast covers Zach Dials and John Ghyzel from Bullpen Pitching & Performance Training, a top-tier training facility in Northern Virginia. From guiding high school players to the big leagues, Bullpen is redefining player development with a "grinder mentality" and a focus on building self-reliant, resilient athletes.  Zach and…
October 30, 2024Share Post

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The Ongoing Discussion of Risk Versus Rewards with Olympic Lifting – Part 1

Strength in Numbers #172 Olympic lifting, encompassing exercises like the snatch and clean-and-jerk, is often utilized in sports for its benefits in developing explosive strength, coordination, and power. In baseball, where performance depends on speed and power, Olympic lifting can contribute to improved athleticism, but the FEAR (False Evidence Appearing is Real) clouds the benefits…
October 27, 2024Share Post

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Flipping the Script on Tommy John Surgery: Focus on Prevention (Part II)

Strength in Numbers #171 We are building off Part 1 in this two-part series, starting with the word "survivorship" regarding Tommy John Surgery (TJS).  We are referring to the length of time a player can expect their reconstructed UCL to remain functional without re-injury. It's a strange word as it makes you think of death…
October 20, 2024Share Post

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Flipping the Script on Tommy John Surgery: Focus on Prevention (Part I)

Strength in Numbers #170 I used to be squeamish at the sign of blood until I was present in the OR room for my teammate's shoulder surgery at Penn Medicine.   My teammate was a 29-year-old pitcher who came in and out of sedation to talk to me while being operated on for a slap tear. …
October 13, 2024Share Post

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A Training Transformation

Strength in Numbers #169 You have learned a great deal about inverted closed-chain training from the previous two parts of this three-part series (Part 1 and Part 2) Pitchers and position players throw with more speed, raising the joint loading for most players. The highest single force to the shoulder happens almost at the instant…
October 5, 2024Share Post

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How Inversions Could Be The Key To Getting Past Shoulder Pain

Strength in Numbers #168 I am going to set the record straight.  When a player throws a ball maximally, especially over 90 mph, the force on the shoulder to keep it in its socket is above their body weight.  In other words, when the ball is let go, the force trying to pull your arm…
September 29, 2024Share Post

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Real Players, Real Data, Real Decisions with Coach Erik Wagle

Watch Listen Show Notes In this episode of More Than Velocity, the ArmCare team sits down with Erik Wagle, the CEO of Kinetic Performance Institute (KPI), a premier baseball training facility in Silicon Valley. Erik shares his insights on leveraging real-time data and technology to improve player performance, especially focusing on how KPI uses the…
September 26, 2024Share Post

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A Story About Returning Beyond Performance

Strength in Numbers #167 Return-to-Performance (RTP) is my forte, and I enjoy it.  I work with athletes of all ages, positions, competitive levels, multi-sport, and sport-specialized varieties. Still, the part that requires the most creativity, adaptability, and dynamic adjustments is when athletes have gone through hell with their arm and picked up the ball for…
September 22, 2024Share Post

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Some Points on Hydration to Enhance Baseball Performance

Strength in Numbers #166 Our time at Northeastern Junior College in Colorado has spurned so many thoughts and ideas.   What we think our collegiate athletes know is taking for granted time to fully educate on the basics – SLEEP, HYDRATION, AND NUTRITION.  The young men of today are more engaged with technology than ever…
September 15, 2024Share Post

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An Inside Look at Cutting Edge Research on Pitching Arm Health

Strength in Numbers #165 The past three days were a whirlwind.  We educated coaches on various techniques, applied understanding and decision-making to their processes, and worked with all 56 players on the roster.  We filmed nearly 60 training exercises and drills for their pitching and strength coaches, connected dots for their medical staff, and brought…
September 8, 2024Share Post

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