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Navigating Deloads Without Losing Your Edge

Strength in Numbers #203 In sports performance, residual training effects refer to the physiological capacities an athlete retains after ceasing training for a specified period. Understanding how strength, speed, power, and endurance decline during training breaks is crucial, especially for throwing athletes who require precise control over fatigue, capacity, and recovery to maintain their health…
May 30, 2025Share Post

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Creating a Championship Culture Through ArmCare

Strength in Numbers #202 In today’s ultra-competitive collegiate baseball landscape, the difference between winning and losing isn’t always talent — it’s team collaboration.  One of the most important areas where this synergy matters most is pitcher health. Without healthy arms, your rotation shortens, your bullpen wears out, and your season becomes a grind.  Protecting the…
May 25, 2025Share Post

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Pitch Counts Don’t Talk—But Players Do. Are You Listening?

Strength in Numbers #201 For too many elite-level pitchers, this simple statement feels impossible to say.  Not to mention, when they do communicate pain, trust your gut that their arm hurts way more than what they are letting on. We have been indoctrinated into being tough, not being a quitter, not being selfish – these…
May 16, 2025Share Post

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Hitting Injuries Part 2: Building a Stronger Lead Arm to Prevent SLAP Tears

Strength in Numbers #200 (Read Hitting Injuries Part 1) We need an integrated approach for preventing throwing arm injuries, but we must have the same level of scrutiny, care, and concern for the other arm.  For some, that lead arm is the throwing arm, and going down with a hitting injury to the throwing…
May 11, 2025Share Post

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Hitting Injuries Part 1:  Understanding SLAP Tears of the Lead Shoulder 

Strength in Numbers #199 Superior Labrum Anterior and Posterior (SLAP) tears are not exclusive to pitchers; position players, especially hitters, are also susceptible. The lead shoulder (left shoulder for right-handed batters) endures significant stress during the swing, making it vulnerable to such injuries.   While in professional baseball, one of my biggest worries was Shohei Ohtani. …
May 4, 2025Share Post

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Articles

How Smaller Schools Are Getting More With Less

I just dropped a new video breaking down how smaller college programs are using ArmCare to level the playing field against the big guys. The gist is that small schools face big challenges when it comes to player development—limited budgets, no full-time strength coach, and a high coach-to-player ratio. But that doesn’t…
April 30, 2025Share Post

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Jump Science, Part 2: Why Lateral Power Saves Arms

Strength in Numbers #198 Power. Stability. Longevity. These three words define the foundation of a high-performing, durable baseball player, particularly pitchers.   In part one, we touched on vertical jump testing and how contraction elements, particularly the loading component of the jump, are impactful for the delivery.  One thing that must be acknowledged is that although…
April 27, 2025Share Post

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Podcast

How NFL Prospects Are Using ArmCare to Throw Harder & Smarter

Watch Listen Show Notes In this episode of the More Than Velocity podcast, we sit down with Blaine Jones, performance coach at Velocity Athlete Development in Canton, Georgia, and a rising leader in quarterback training. Blaine shares how he’s integrating the ArmCare system—originally built for baseball—into his quarterback development programs with game-changing results. From NFL…
April 23, 2025Share Post

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Jump Science, Part 1: Brakes, Springs, and Arm Health

Strength in Numbers #197 Baseball players are evaluated heavily both on and off the field.   In relation to the lower body, force plate analysis has emerged as a critical tool, proving effective in evaluating the eccentric phase of the vertical jump.   If you don't understand force plate analytics, we cover it in detail within our…
April 18, 2025Share Post

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Too Young, Too Soon: The Growing Crisis of Youth Arm Injuries

Strength in Numbers #196 No doubt – my career and aim in the game couldn’t have happened without my elbow being touched by fire and as big as a softball at 11 years old.  Extreme Little Leaguer’s Elbow is an understatement.  The pediatric orthopedic surgeon looked me dead in the face and said, “I am…
April 13, 2025Share Post

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