Pitching development
The Role of Throwing Velocity in Pitching Performance
Why velocity matters for pitchers, rough velocity ranges by level, and how to train for it without skipping the steps that keep an arm healthy.
Vertical Approach Angle: What It Is and How Pitchers Use It
Vertical approach angle explains why some fastballs seem to rise and others bore in. Here is what shapes it and how to pitch with it.
Strength and Conditioning for Youth Athletes: What Parents Should Know
Is strength training safe and useful for young athletes? What the research supports, what a good program looks like, and what to avoid.
What MLB's Pitching Injury Report Means for High School Pitchers
MLB's year-long study blamed velocity and max-effort throwing for rising arm injuries. Here is what a high school pitcher and his parents should take from it.
Pitch Counts and Rest Days by Age: A Parent's Guide to Pitch Smart
The Pitch Smart pitch-count limits and required rest days for youth and high school pitchers, and why tracking them falls to parents.
The 34-Man Roster: What Changed in College Baseball Recruiting
Division I baseball rosters dropped to 34 players and scholarship limits changed. What that means for a high school pitcher trying to get recruited.
Why So Many Arm Injuries Happen Early in the Season
A large share of elbow injuries show up in the first weeks of the season. The cause is usually the ramp-up. Here is how to build up properly.
Weighted Balls: Who Should Use Them and Who Shouldn't
Weighted-ball programs can add velocity and can also hurt arms. How to tell whether one is right for a pitcher, and how to use it safely.
Training After Tommy John Surgery: Where Performance Coaching Fits
What performance training can and cannot do during a return from Tommy John surgery, and how to use the recovery to come back better.
In-Season Training for Pitchers: What Changes and What Doesn't
Pitchers who stop lifting in season get weaker as the games get more important. How to keep training through the season without hurting performance.
Why Your Off-Season Needs Time Off From Throwing
Year-round throwing is one of the clearest risk factors for arm injury. How long to shut down, what to do instead and how to start back.
Reading Your Pitching Data: Trackman and Rapsodo Numbers Explained
Velocity, spin rate, induced vertical break, release height and extension explained for pitchers and parents, with how to use them.
How to Make a Recruiting Video as a Pitcher
What college coaches want to see in a pitcher's recruiting video, how to film it, how long it should be and what to send with it.
How Remote Pitching Coaching Works, Week by Week
What a remote pitching program looks like in practice: the assessment, the weekly plan, what you film and send, and what you need at home.
Hitting development
Bat Speed and Exit Velocity: What They Are and How to Train Them
Bat speed and exit velocity explained, with rough benchmarks by level and how overload and underload bat training fits in.
Bat Tracking Explained: Bat Speed, Squared-Up Rate and Blasts
MLB now measures every swing. What bat speed, fast-swing rate, squared-up rate, blasts and swing length mean, and what an amateur hitter can take from them.
Attack Angle and Swing Path: Matching the Plane of the Pitch
Attack angle is the direction the barrel is moving at contact. What it is, how it differs from launch angle, and why timing changes it.
What MLB's Ball-Strike Challenge System Teaches Young Hitters
MLB added an automated ball-strike challenge system in 2026. How it works, and why knowing your own strike zone has become a skill worth training.
High School Bat Rules Are Changing in 2028: What to Buy Now
High school baseball will allow lighter bats from 2028 and the BBCOR mark is changing hands. What it means for the bat in your bag today.
Exit Velocity and Launch Angle: What the Numbers Mean
Exit velocity and launch angle explained for hitters and parents, including barrels, hard-hit balls and why chasing launch angle backfires.
How to Increase Bat Speed: What Actually Moves the Number
Bat speed is trainable. The four things that raise it, how to order them, and the mistakes that add speed while costing contact.
Rotational Power for Hitters: Training the Engine of the Swing
The swing is a rotational movement powered from the ground up. How hitters should train the hips and trunk to produce and transfer force.
Swing Decisions: The Skill That Makes Bat Speed Count
A good swing at a bad pitch is still a bad result. How hitters build an approach, control the strike zone and train pitch recognition.
Machine Work That Transfers: Training Against Velocity and Spin
Batting practice at one comfortable speed does not prepare a hitter for games. How to use a pitching machine to train timing, velocity and breaking balls.
Tee Work With a Purpose: Drills That Carry Into Games
The tee is the most used and most wasted tool in hitting. How to set it up, what to work on and how to keep tee work from becoming empty reps.
In-Season Training for Hitters: Keeping Your Strength and Bat Speed
Hitters who stop lifting in season lose bat speed by the time the games matter most. How to train through the season and stay fresh.
Two-Way Players: How to Train as Both a Pitcher and a Hitter
Pitching and hitting both load the same body. How two-way players should plan a week so the hard days do not stack up.
Oblique and Back Trouble in Hitters: Why It Happens and How to Reduce It
Side and lower-back strains are common in hitters. Why the swing loads those areas, the training habits that help, and when to see a professional.
Recruiting for Hitters: What College Coaches Look At
The numbers and video college coaches use to evaluate hitters, how to present them honestly, and how roster changes affect position players.
How Remote Hitting Coaching Works
What remote hitting development looks like in practice: the assessment, the weekly plan, what you film and send, and what you need at home.
Golf performance
Clubhead Speed and Driving Distance: How They Connect
How clubhead speed turns into distance, and why smash factor, launch angle and spin rate decide how much of your speed you actually use.
How Driving Distance Affects Scoring, and What It Means for Your Game
Longer hitters on tour tend to score lower. Why distance turns into strokes, where the effect is biggest, and what that means for amateur golfers.
Vertical Power and Clubhead Speed: Why Golfers Should Jump
Golfers who produce more force into the ground swing faster. How vertical power connects to clubhead speed and the exercises that build it.
Is Your Body Limiting Your Golf Swing? Finding and Fixing Movement Restrictions
Swing faults often start with a physical limit. How a movement screen finds restrictions in the hips and upper back, and how training fixes them.
The Golf Ball Rollback Is on Hold. What It Means for Your Distance
Golf's governing bodies paused the ball rollback until at least 2030. What was planned, what changed in 2026 and why your own speed still matters.
New Research: Golfers Who Jump Better Swing Faster
A 2026 University of Kansas study linked jumping ability and rotational power to clubhead speed. What it found and how to apply it.
Does Strength Training Really Add Clubhead Speed?
What recent studies say about lifting and clubhead speed, including a 16-week trial in elite golfers, and what kind of training works best.
Speed Sticks and Overspeed Training: Do They Work?
What the evidence says about swing speed training tools, who benefits most, and how to use them without getting hurt.
Keeping Your Distance After 45
Losing distance with age is common but not fixed. Why it happens and how strength and power training help older golfers hold on to clubhead speed.
In-Season Training for Competitive Golfers
How to keep strength and speed through a tournament season without feeling heavy or sore on the course.
Hip and Upper-Back Mobility for Golf: Where to Start
The hips and thoracic spine do most of the rotating in a golf swing. How to check yours and what to do if they are restricted.
Strength Training for Junior Golfers: When and How to Start
Is lifting safe for junior golfers, when should they begin, and what should a program look like at each stage?
Conditioning for 72 Holes: Why Fitness Shows Up on the Back Nine
Fatigue costs speed and focus late in rounds and late in tournaments. How to build the conditioning to finish as well as you start.
Low Back Pain and Golf: How Training Helps Protect Your Back
The lower back is the most commonly reported trouble spot in golf. Why it happens and the training habits that reduce the strain.
How Remote Golf Performance Coaching Works
What a remote golf training program looks like: the assessment, the weekly plan, what you send, and how it fits with your swing coach.