Zika Virus Saves 2 Players Form Tommy John
Early last Friday morning I was conducting a Precision Strike One-On-One Evaluation and training session with a 16 year-old righty complaining of severe biceps pain. He had scheduled the appointment after pitching in his first tournament travel ball season. For the sake of confidentiality, I’ll call him Wilson (that’s not his real name). In his second outing of the weekend, the pain reached a 10/10 tipping point threshold, his coach wisely shut him down and told him to call The Florida...
7 Weeks Until the Biggest Day in ARMory History
7 weeks…
The land has been cleared.
The irrigation system is in the ground.
The utility lines are in.
The canopy of trees that used to cover our 400 ft x 70’ long toss lane has been trimmed back.
The building, a 120’ x 50’ metal quonsut arrives on tomorrow.
Workers will start erecting it on Monday.
That gives us 7 weeks…
7 weeks to finish the 4 bullpens.
7 weeks to lay the turf.
7 weeks to finish the parking area
7 weeks to construct the 15’ long...
I Do Nothing!… NOTHING!! (The Lead Leg)
When I was a kid, I used to love to watch a TV show called Hogan's Heroes.
My favorite character was a bumbling, overweight prison guard named Sgt. Schultz.
I think of him often when I consider the role of the stride leg in the pitching delivery (weird, huh?)
See, around here the only time we talk about stride is to say that we never talk about stride.
Guys manage their stride legs in different ways, and honestly, we don't care. In an efficient delivery, the only thing the...
Spring Training — Ranch Style
Big News!
The ARMory is becoming The Florida Baseball Ranch and we’re officially in the rodeo!
We're comin’ out of the shoot ridin’ the biggest, baddest buckin’ bronco in the throwing universe –
The Texas Baseball Ranch!
Coaches Ron and Jill Wolforth and an all-star cast of TBR instructors will join us on March 4-6 and March 18-20 for “Spring Trainin’ -- Ranch Style”, a Texas Sized Elite Pitchers Bootcamp that will include a group trip to a big league spring...
The Inverted Iron Pyramid
One of the key indicators of efficiency and power in a pitcher’s delivery is his use of his lower half.
At The ARMory and The Ranch, we’ve been studying this for a long time, and our understanding is constantly evolving. An efficient and powerful lower half definitely isn’t seen in the old “stay tall and fall” idea.
It’s amazing to me how many coaches I hear say something like “stay tall on the back side”, and then turn right around and tell a pitcher “you gotta use...
Desperately Seeking… Energy!
This morning I saw a 15 year-old pitcher named Mason from Weatherford, TX for a Precision Strike, One-Day, One-on-One Evaluation and Training Session.
He had previously worked with my friend at The Texas Baseball Ranch, Flint Wallace, who is in my opinion one of the best coaches and one of the most brilliant baseball minds in the business.
Mason is a great kid from a great family with a great chance to be really great.
He and his dad went ALL IN and got the head-to-toe...
No Pants Required
Check this out.
Yesterday, I got up early, grabbed my backpack, threw on some shorts and a T-shirt and headed out to the gym for a little pre-work workout.
(I know… I was just talking about going to the gym in my last e-mail.
I guess I’m a bona fide narcissistic muscle head).
Not exactly...
But something funny happened that I thought I’d share.
After the workout, I showered, shaved, applied the appropriate personal hygiene accouterments, put on my underwear, socks, and...
Escaping The Cult of Average
So this just came tumbling out of my subconscious.
One of our clients just sent me a link to a TED talk by Shawn Achor that got me thinking.
Back in January at the ABCA in Orlando was abuzz with the new catch phrase “science-based”.
“If it’s not based in science, its not true.”
“Make sure you have data to prove that.”
“If you can’t prove it works you shouldn’t do it.”
As a physical therapist, I consider myself a scientist.
I’m all about...
How Long? Yes!!
Good Morning,
Later today The ARMory will board a jet to Atlanta, GA for a two-day Road Show with 54 aspiring young rocket launchers and their families. Once we land we’ll load up 5 suitcases of equipment and 7 staff members into a rented Suburban and head off to our hotel. Tomorrow morning we’ll wake up, slam down a continental breakfast, and it then it will be...
Ty Sullivan, Matt Abramson, Josh Wagner, Amy Marsh, Lisa Church, Austin Bergner, and I will be laying down the knowledge...
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