I am Second ✝️, Doctor,ASU/SHSU- DM for training - coach to 2 MLB Opening Day SPs 6 WS Champs & 560+ NCAA/Pros IG:@velo_doc -age 15+ for safety DM for Training
I want to be very clear here
I don’t teach velocity gains over everything
In the Veloclass -
I teach guys how to move and maximize that
In doing so - spin rates go up, consistency is main focus, velos climb
I don’t tell guys sacrifice strikes for velo
I would rather they throw 88 with 18” of run than a flat 90 that gets barreled
So we get 90 with 18” of run and great things happen
We also looked at offspeed and see what we can do there and with @TrackManBB we were able to help some guys develop a pitch that we can now map and locate, and still spin it at 3k for a strike
Repeatability is the key - if it looks like you are having a stroke when you pitch you are probably doing it wrong
- direction and repeating the same release is the key to throwing strikes (way more to throwing strikes with all the new data we can collect but this still applies)
You have to find the mindset that you are going to fight like a madman (without redlining too hard and getting an adrenaline dump)
You can’t doubt yourself if you prepared -if you didn’t prepare it is now your fault you lost 100% - if you did prepare then you compete to the max and let the cards fall where they may
This is just a little bit of it
My Great Pyrenees has now ripped up 41 of my hats
Many of which were signed / game worn
So now I gotta rebuild that collection and keep it at the office vs the man cave 6 feet off the ground because apparently giant bear dogs can reach those
Young pitchers
Leave no stone unturned
Do everything you can to keep the window open for your career
I’ve seen guys go from 88 at age 20 to 96 at age 24 and play professionally when they never imagined that happening
Once the window closes you can’t re-open it
Train to add 2-4 mph a year and see where it takes you
If you can do that and pitch a lil bit you’ll go farther than you would’ve otherwise
When the 2 seam / slider combo is clicking this guy can get anyone out
Velo has climbed since an arm injury before I met him
Lot to like and raising his ceiling each month
JUCO Sophomore RHP
Currently looking for a 4-year opportunity. Here are some recent pitches from the mound. Sitting 85–88, T89. Open to connecting with college coaches and programs.
DM me for more info, stats, and full video.
@RCCcougarBB@TrentTrox@Velo_doc@leftysticks11
"We try to avoid the indoor warriors as much as we can."
⚾️ @GraysonBaseball head coach @CalHernandez1 on why compete-outside guys stand out.
🎙️ Ep. 124 | https://t.co/NDRMjZ0jjK
Beyond blessed to announce my commitment to the University of Nebraska!
The Lord has blessed me in ways that I couldn’t even imagine and I am so grateful for this opportunity. Thank you to my parents and coaches who have poured into my career and made me the person that I am today. Let’s work! #committed #gbr 🌽 @HuskerBaseball
Barry Bonds: “I gotta tell a story, because George Steinbrenner isn’t here anymore, so I can tell the truth. I would’ve signed with the Yankees, but Steinbrenner called me and said: ‘Barry we're gonna give you the money, make you the highest paid player ever, but you've gotta sign by 2pm.’ I said ‘Excuse me?’ And I hung the phone up.”
In 2022, a Houston mattress salesman collected $75 million from sportsbooks. It was the biggest payout in the history of legal sports betting.
His name is Jim McIngvale, better known as “Mattress Mack.” In the video below, he explains how it worked. Buy $3,000 or more of furniture at his store, and if the Astros win the World Series, you get your money back.
Then he covered himself with $10 million in bets on the Astros, at odds from 5-to-1 to 12-to-1. “Blended average is 7.5 to 1. So if the Astros win the World Series, we get back $75 million.”
The Astros won. The sportsbooks paid. His customers got their furniture for free.
It started in 2002, the first time the Houston Texans ever played the Dallas Cowboys. The Texans had no chance, so he promised refunds if they won. The store sold $2 million of furniture in three days, its best three days ever. The Cowboys won.
Then came 2014. Two of his employees were huge Peyton Manning fans and swore Denver could not lose the Super Bowl. So he ran the opposite promotion: refunds if Seattle won.
By Saturday night the store was empty, with 500 deliveries to make. He expected about $1 million in liability. It was $9 million, and he hadn’t hedged any of it.
He spent three hours on a treadmill waiting for the score. Then his wife called: “Seattle won, dummy. We’re out $9 million bucks.”
His answer: “A setback’s just a setup for a comeback.”
Is Mattress Mack the smartest marketer in America, or just a gambler who found a way to get his customers to cheer for his bets?
VeloClass spots are filling up quick
2 weeks out from the start
If your arm hurts when you throw, can’t repeat your delivery or you are stuck/plateaud
DM me to get an evaluation and see how we do things differently from Day 1
Once it’s filled it’s filled don’t wait til the weekend before (battle this every year)
My favorite part of what I get to do is taking a guy who wasn’t even part of the conversation for best pitcher
Then them becoming a monster and winning big games / awards etc
There’s a mental hurdle usually to overcome, as well as physical, then they go kill it
Gotta another update of a story like that today and it just refuels the passion to keep at it