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Are You Ready for a Velocity Program? Take This Assessment to Find Out.

Baseball velocity programs (Velo programs) are among the most common training protocols utilized by coaches across the country. These programs often use weighted balls to optimize throwing efficiency, train arm speed, and increase external rotation during layback. Collectively these changes increase throwing velocity, but intense throwing methods do increase the risk of injury. How do you…
June 3, 2020Share Post

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How The Arm Care App Will End the Injury Epidemic in Baseball

Summary: The ArmCare App now provides the best arm care for youth pitchers.  This technology will keep baseball players healthy using technology that tracks changes in a player's strength and range of motion and then delivers custom arm care training and recovery. Arm care has become commonplace in baseball.  Players and coaches at all levels now…
May 28, 2020Share Post

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Why Your Arm Care Program Needs Lower Body Training

The concept of arm care was born from players coming back from rehab. Players and coaches thought...if these were the exercises players needed to do to rehab their arms, then why don’t we incorporate them as a preventative measure. Alas...PreHab was born. The classic form of arm care is band work for the scap and…
April 20, 2020Share Post

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4 Proven Ways Arm Care Increases Velocity

Summary: If you're after gains in your pitching velocity, then start by dialing in your arm care routine.  This article will reveal how an arm care program can strengthen weak links, improve throwing mechanics, and maximize energy transfer to yield baseball velocity gains. Smart players at all levels use an arm care routine to help…
April 15, 2020Share Post

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Maximize Your Arm Care By Using Your Grip

A recent article went around pumping up the advantages of wrist cuffs when doing arm care. Although the advice was well-intended, an even better option presents itself when you look deeper at the evidence. You can read the article here: Why You Should Be Using The Wrist Cuffs On Your J-Bands, but the main point…
April 1, 2020Share Post

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Get Tommy John Velo Gains Without Surgery

30% of coaches, 51% of players, and 37% of parents believe Tommy John surgery should be performed in the absence of elbow injury to enhance performance. -Ahmad, et al., Baseball players will do some crazy stuff for performance gains, but I was especially shocked by the statement. This article is about ten years old, so…
March 20, 2020Share Post

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