Fall Ball 2021 Highlights
We just concluded our 9 week fall baseball program at the 16U and 18U levels and it was a great success! The goal of the program was not to simply practice and play a few games, but to train and improve baseball skills, throwing velocity, and overall strength and speed. Our throwing program was the primary focus, as it consisted of 3 days/week of progressive long toss with increasing intensity. Pair that with extra strength training and that’s the magic formula for not only velocity but arm health as well.
The coaches and I tried to explain this from day 1, but it’s hard for players to understand something that they’ve never expericence before - so we simply had to hold them accountable to follow the program and we knew the results would show.
After 8 weeks of intense throwing, the velocity improvements we saw were amazing. Even better than we expected going in. We tested everyone’s throwing velocity from a crow hop throw in the first week, and then again last week - and the average increase was +5mph! We had 1 player increase 10mph and 4 others were +8 😲😱.
The only way you get these kind of results is by following the tried and true formula of agressive throwing, arm care and strength and bodyweight increases. Needless to say - we’ll be following the same blueprint next fall. And we will have another opportunity to run a similar program over the winter as players prepare for the spring season.
Campo 2023 Grad Adrian Blumberg
While games weren’t the focus of the program, we understand that reps on the field against other teams is important (and fun), so we wanted to have a endpoint of the fall program for players to look forward to. We concluded the program this past weekend with a tournament at Mistlin Sports Park. Both of our teams put their training into action and many players had great performances. Our 18U team outscored the opponents 15-3 over 3 games 🔥
