More Than Velocity

How this Small College is Changing the Game Using ArmCare

How to Deal with Injuries

In this episode of More Than Velocity, we walk through the mental and physical approach for helping athletes who are injured.

Show Notes: 2:20- The athlete mindset when dealing with an injury

5:15- The phases of rehab

15:00- What is Kinesiophobia?

22:00- How to best support an athlete going through rehab

25:20- Goals and benchmarks for rehab

44:00- The explosive rise in injuries and the issues that it brings.

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Measuring the Physical Impacts of a Pitcher‘s Outing

Take a look at some of the data that we're pulling from the ArmCare App and learn how to personalized programs using data.

Show Notes:

3:30: Changes that happen from pitching and heavy workloads

11:11: 50% of players aren't getting the right dosage

20:00: 80 pitches isn't always 80 pitches

26:38: How testing works in the real world

35:00: Notes on High School Pitchers

41:40: What causes the loss of strength and range of motion

50:00: Strength matters most

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How to Build a Baseball Player Development Plan

In this episode of More Than Velocity, we'll cover all the essentials for building a training plan to develop high-performance baseball players.

Show Notes:

1:35 - Dialing in the Player First Approach

6:30 - Answer the: What, Why, and How

9:45- When do you intervene in a player's program?

15:15- How to communicate with your players

19:19- A practical example

"The great coach is able to affect change in a positive manner as fast as possible."

The Traits of Good & Bad Coaching

Ryan and Jordan pull from their lifetime of baseball experiences to describe what makes a good coach and a bad one - how success is measured and exactly what to do to evaluate a great coach.

 

9:48   Individual Approach

16:30 Definition of a Good Coach

28:25 Success as a Coach

31:58 How to Identify A Good Coach

 

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What Pro & College Scouts Look For in a Player

Pro scouts and college scouts are evaluating more than velocity when it comes to who gets offers and who does not.

Ryan and Jordan go into detail about what they look for and why.

Show Notes:

3:10 What besides velocity matters?

8:30 The importance of sustainable velo/biomechanics

15:25 Peaked vs Potential

21:30 Rotational Speed

23:45 Drafting High School Players vs College Players

28:50 Professional Player Development

32:45 Self Evaluation and Data

38:45. College Scouts look for this.

 

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How COVID Changed MLB Training

Covid wreaked havoc on professional baseball. But it also opened our eyes to how much better training, coaching, and competing could be.

Show Notes:

6:30 Taking care of minor leaguers and staff

11:40 Revamping communication

21:42 What to keep as we return to normal

28:10 Remote Coaching

32:10 Humility Leads to Gold

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Ben Brewster with Tread Athletics

This week we get deep into baseball training with a man who is building strong arms by the masses. Ben Brewster is the co-founder and president of Tread Athletics, the author of Building the 95mph Body, and still putting in work himself to get past injury and make another run at professional baseball.

This week we get deep into baseball training with a man who is building strong arms by the masses. Ben Brewster is the co-founder and president of Tread Athletics, the author of Building the 95mph Body, and still putting in work himself to get past injury and make another run at professional baseball.

You can learn more about Ben Brewster and Tread Athletics here: https://treadathletics.com/

Show Notes:

12:37 Importance of Daily Logs

17:37 Hydration & Carbs 22:32 Body Mass link to Velocity

24:59 In-Season Training: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjbxp2kwpiU)

32:07 Not Competing Year-Round

40:47 Stride Length

49:10 Trunk Rotation & Inverted W

51:17 Variability & Injury Risk

52:20 Chasing Metrics

1:00:13 Developing around Individuality

1:04:07 Hip Movement / Rotation

1:17:27 Good Coaching

1:25:27 Ground Reaction Forces

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What 600+ Coaches Really Think About Arm Care Training

In this episode of More Than Velocity, we bring Kyle Matsel onto the show to discuss important findings when it comes to Arm Care Training.

Kyle is a Physical Therapist, researcher, and professor at the University of Evansville, and has spent a great deal of time working on how to reduce injuries in the sport of baseball. He recently published an article on the findings of a nationwide survey on high school baseball coaches and their perceptions of arm care training.

(Link to Research: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8169022/)

 

Tom House, The Mustard App, & Pitching Development

In this episode of More Than Velocity, we are honored to share this wide-reaching conversation with Tom House and Dean Doxakis from The National Pitching Association. In this episode, we talk about the long history of pitching development to discuss their Mustard App along with tons of insights on pitching development.

To learn more about The Mustard App at https://teammstrd.com/

Plus, check out the National Pitching Association at https://www.nationalpitching.com/

Show Notes & Highlights:

4:05- Get to Know the Mustard App

13:00- The evolution & acceptance of Tom House

14:15- "Key's to the Big League Kingdom," as told by Warren Spahn

16:45- The integration of using technology and vision

20:20- 85% of coaching pitching happens before foot strike

23:26- The simple teach for coaching delivery: GFF, Eyes Level, Firm Frontside, Drag Your Backfoot

24:50- "You're better off getting no information than getting bad information when it comes to efficient mechanics."

(*Our Ben Brewster/Tread Athletics Podcast is coming soon)

29:20- Absolute vs. Functional Strength

34:44- A unique way to get players motivated to hit the gym

36:00- How does NPA use weighted balls to increase velocity https://teammstrd.com/the-squeeze/weighted-balls-why-we-do-holds/

41:50- ArmCare IQ on run and gun throwing: https://youtu.be/SbxbPBDcL-E

42:00- Insight on developing strength and balance with various training tools

51:35- "Arm speed without functional arm strength is a recipe for disaster."

55:50- The reason why you need to be holding onto or gripping something with band work

56:40- Balancing stress going out and stress going in

1:00:00- Eccentric, Isometric, and "Shake & Bake" Exercises

1:07:00- Turning rehab into prehab

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