UNCOMMITTED 2026 PLAYERS AND TRANSFERS! Cochise College is still looking for Pitchers, Catchers, and Infielders for this coming fall! Let’s get connected! #CochiseBaseball#ApacheWay 👊🏼💪🏼
Benton Hickman (@ArizonaBaseball) quick arm from a low release height out of the bullpen. Worked 2 scoreless innings. FB at 90-93, low 80’s SL w/ horizontal break & a low 80’s CH. True FR ‘28 Elig.
TOP 5 ARM CARE MISTAKES 👇 DOING THE SAME STALE PROGRAM EVERY TIME YOU PITCH Your body adapts fast. If you’re doing the same exact arm care routine over and over, you’re not building anything new. You’re just maintaining at best. Real development requires progression. Load has to increase, movements have to evolve, and your arm needs new stimulus to keep getting stronger, more mobile, and more resilient. Stale program equals stale results.
THINKING ARM CARE IS JUST BANDS Most guys treat arm care like a quick band routine and call it a day. That’s incomplete. A real arm care system has three pillars: strength, mobility, and recovery. Strength builds capacity. Mobility allows you to move efficiently. Recovery keeps you fresh and consistent. Miss one of those and you’re leaving a massive gap in your development and increasing your injury risk.
NOT ALIGNING YOUR ARM CARE WITH YOUR THROWING WORKLOAD Your arm doesn’t need the same thing every day. If it’s a lighter day, we NEED to focus on recovery. If it’s a high output day, you need a full system to support it. Doing the same routine regardless of workload is one of the fastest ways to either burn out or stall out. Your arm care should match your throwing, not ignore it.
ONLY DOING ARM CARE IN SEASON OR OFF SEASON A lot of players treat arm care like it’s optional depending on the time of year. That’s a mistake. If you stop in season, you lose the strength and capacity you built. If you stop in the off season, you never build it in the first place. The best arms stay consistent year round. That’s how durability is built and maintained.
HAVING A GREAT PROGRAM BUT NOT DOING IT CONSISTENTLY This is the biggest one. You can have the most perfectly designed program in the world, but if you’re not consistent with it, it doesn’t matter. Results come from stacking reps over time. Strength, mobility, and durability are all earned through consistency. No shortcuts, no hacks. Just showing up and doing the work over and over again. GO CRUSH IT👊👊
🚨 Nick Saban destroying the biggest athlete excuse:
“The illusion of choice.”
“These guys think they have this illusion of choice… like I can do whatever I want.”
Wrong.
You want to be elite?
It takes what it takes.
No half-assing basics.
No skipping the grind.
No “my way” BS.
Lock in on the process… or stay average.
Athletes & coaches — stop buying the illusion…
Great story from Coach K on running into a former camper and the lesson this man carried with him.
Coach K asked all the kids at the camp...
"Who do you talk to the most?"
“Yourself… so when you talk to yourself, why not be yourself's best friend?”
A lot of performers are entertaining an internal voice that’s critical, impatient, and unforgiving.
We say things to ourselves we’d never say to a teammate and then we expect confidence, consistency, and composure to follow.
You're in a lifelong conversation with yourself. Make it one worth having.
📹: Sons and Daughters Podcast
Wyatt Langford breaks down three of his biggest keys when hitting:
1. Have confidence at the plate
2. Work up the middle of the field
3. Compete in every count
Bobby Witt Jr.
Example:
• Behind the ball
• Posture at contact
Don't overlook the posture (line)
The more you lean back or lean forward, the path will do the same. (Lean back = more up. Lean forward = down down)
I played for this man for 3 years. He came to my wedding and traveled to watch me play in the big leagues many times. He gave me a D1 scholarship when no one else wanted a 5-11 175lb catcher from Florida. He meant more to me than any other coach I’ve ever played for, and that is saying a lot.
If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have had the mental toughness, mentality, or grit this game demands of you in order to play at this baseballs highest level.
I have a quote I like to tell my players.
“If you don’t like it, play better.”
The game of baseball is strictly merit based. You have to earn it. Even at the youth level.
Ages 12 and below, I’m good with everyone playing and learning the game. Above that age, then you have to earn your spot. There is a point where the player has to choice to work for it, or not. Puberty is the time that it generally happens in my opinion.
As a side note, if your kid isn’t the best player when he’s 12, don’t panic. Development takes time, and once puberty hits, the physical change happens quick.
RIP Coach Robe.