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Is Your Collegiate Summer League a Waste of Time?

Earlier today I got a calls from 3 pitchers from a Top 20 Division 1 baseball program. In Lieu of summer ball these guys, upon the advice of their pitching coach, have decided to attend our Summer Rocketeer Training Program. These guys and their coach really get it! I know I'll catch a lot of flack for this, but here it is... Collegiate Summer League games for pitchers are often a waste of time. Yep... There it is. It's really the same trap that younger travel ball...

Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Two mornings ago it rained in Tampa Bay. Yeah... I can hear everyone who's ever been to Fort Myers or Disney for tournaments during the summer: “Rain in Tampa Bay? Shocker.” I agree, but to have a rainstorm in the morning, especially this time of year is unusual. In the summer, I check the forecast every day. In the spring, not so much. So this time I was totally caught off guard. I woke up at 7:30 am to the sound of raindrops on the bedroom window and suddenly...

The Island of Misfit Pitchers

When I was a kid (back when we did our homework on stone tablets) there were no DVDs or Netflix, and we only got 3 stations on TV. One of my favorite parts about the Christmas season were the holiday cartoon shows. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” was a classic, and I loved “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”. But my personal favorite was “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”. One of my favorite parts was when Clarice told Rudolph he was cute. He danced...

Shrinkage!!

So,  Valentine's day was Saturday... Went to a nice restaurant on the beach in Clearwater.  Our table had a beautiful view of the beach and a small courtyard where the resort was hosting one wedding after another. Guess it was a good day for romance.  As our meal concluded I noticed a wedding beginning. It was a small event, maybe 20 people in attendance, but it was sweet. The bride was a pleasant looking blonde in her mid 30s.She wore a beige lacy dress that matched exactly the oufit of...

Scars Live Forever!

Yesterday was one of the coolest days of my professional career. I’ve been in Physical Therapy practice for over 21 years, and I continue to learn more every day. Yesterday, I had the privilege of scrubbing in and observing a UCL reconstruction done by Tampa Rays team physician, Dr. Koko Eaton. It was a joy to watch a master at work. Over the years I’ve seen lots of surgeries (labrum repairs, rotator cuff repairs, UCLs, ACLs, Total hip and knee replacements). I can’t begin to describe...

The Island Of Misfit Pitchers

When I was a kid (back when we did our homework on stone tablets) there were no DVDs or Netflix, and we only got 3 stations on TV. One of my favorite parts about the Christmas season were the holiday cartoon shows. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” was a classic, and I loved “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”.  But my personal favorite was “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”. One of my favorite parts was when Clarice told Rudolph he was cute. He danced around shouting, “I’m cuuuute! She...

Cankles Are For The Dogs!

Happy Monday after Thanksgiving! Every year, on Thanksgiving Day I have one job… ONE JOB.  Keep Kathy happy and as stress free as possible in the kitchen. I wake up when I hear her start rustling pots and pans and quickly assume my role as kitchen steward/porter. I’m sort of the “bar back” of the process. Every time she finishes with a mixing bowl or a utensil, I scarf it up, wash it, dry it, and get it back into play as quickly as possible. I’m pretty sure I washed this one big...

Feed the Mistake!

I attended a Functional Movement Screen (FMS) Certification class yesterday. I've been using the Functional Movement Screen as a part of my pitcher evaluations for about 3 years now, and I had studied it thoroughly via books and DVDs, but I had never been to a class. We recently decided to start using the FMS in our physical therapy clinic as a template for rehab and for a new campaign we have planned called “Feel Better, Move Better. Before we launch the campaign, I'll need to train...

The Connection Ball: A Case Study

I’d like you to meet Ryan Kopenski. He gave me permission to tell his story. Ryan is a sophomore left handed pitcher at Central Florida Community College. His most recent season didn’t go as well as he would have liked. He spent the entire spring season hovering at 80-81 mph and fighting constant pain in his medial elbow that he rated at a level of 5 out of 10. When he came to The ARMory for his initial evaluation on June 18th, 2014 his elbow was still hurting every time he threw.  His...

The Hooter’s Defense

Yesterday I watched the news for the first time in a very long while. I used to be a bit of a news junkie, but now, frankly, it bores me.  The idea of listening to a bunch of Washington elitists bloviate about problems with no apparent solutions is irrepressibly mind numbing. I tell my wife and kids all the time, "If we have a problem without a solution, then we don't have a problem."   So I got back on the news yesterday. Apparently, we have ourselves a pretty big problem with these...
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