Nick Dargel

Baseball at Wesleyan University
Founder of SCAP Athletics

[Scap Athletics @ScapAthletics]

When I started Scap Athletics I
had one goal in mind to help other athletes prevent the shoulder injuries that I had gone through. Starting a business however, has been a much more difficult l than I could have imagined. But the growth this company has seen in the recent months has reminded me again why I started. More and more athletes have been loving the scapstick to help prevent shoulder injuries and I could not be more excited that other players around the world use the tool I created in my dorm room.

[Scap Athletics @ScapAthletics]

12 months ago we built this because I couldn’t fix my own arm pain. Tried everything but nothing was reaching my subscap. Today it’s in D1 locker rooms, on ESPN, and in the hands of athletes I grew up watching. This is what SCAP Athletics is.

[Scap Athletics @ScapAthletics]

Most athletes treating shoulder tightness are working on the wrong thing.

Here's the exact routine I built the ScapStick around:

1️⃣ Subscapular Release.
2️⃣ Serratus Scoops
3️⃣ Chest Release
4️⃣ Lat Stretch
5️⃣ Torso Rotations

[Scap Athletics @ScapAthletics]

Most shoulder pain in overhead athletes isn't a rotator cuff problem. It's the subscapularis, a muscle sitting on the front face of your shoulder blade that almost nobody is treating. It controls internal rotation and stabilizes your arm every time you throw.
Treat the Source.

[Scap Athletics @ScapAthletics]

I couldn't throw without shoulder pain for 2 years. Did every band exercise, foam roller, lacrosse ball drill my trainer gave me. Nothing worked. Turns out I was treating the wrong muscle. Built a tool to fix it. That's SCAP

[Scap Athletics @ScapAthletics]

I didn’t plan this one.

I built the ScapStick 12 months ago because I couldn’t fix my own shoulder pain. Every tool I could find didn’t reach the subscap. So I built something that could.

Tune into an FSU game on ESPN and there it is.
This is just the beginning.

[Morris County Cubs @MC_Cubs]

Huge congrats to all our 2024
All-Conference players!

[Nick Dargel @dargel_nick]

@jackg0501 @WMCbaseball @MC_Cubs @TotalArmCare @TJHunt_PBRNJ @BUncommitted @PG_Uncommitted @PG_Scouting Big things ahead for Jack. Had an awesome time sharing the field with him this spring.

[Nick Rotundo @rotundo_nick]

Second start of the year in the books. Picked up the complete game W, to cap off a good team win. 7IP, 6H, 0BB, 9K’s, 1ER on 103 pitches and 73% strikes.
@MikeLembo33 @TotalArmCare @WMCbaseball @LIBEXPOS @Diamond_Scouts @PBR_Uncommitted

[Nick Rotundo @rotundo_nick]

Highlights from my opening day start on Friday vs. Sparta. Had good stuff and competed well, excited for this spring season. Next start tomorrow vs. Morristown.

@TotalArmCare @MikeLembo33 @LIBEXPOS @Diamond_Scouts @WMCbaseball

[Mike Gurnis @MikeGurnis]

It had been 14 years since the last time a Haas team beat a Mennen team. That all changed Sunday night, as West Morris held off a furious late rally from Morris Knolls-Hills: https://t.co/VMXwkOj7uj

[Nick Dargel @dargel_nick]

Tuning up the swing with @dukebaxter before I go up to williams this Sunday for a prospect clinic.
@Coach__JB @WMCbaseball @MC_Cubs @CoachPaulPanik @CoachMidkiff @swat_baseball

[Perfect Game Mid-Atlantic @PGMidAtlantic]

Nicholas Dargel (‘24, NJ) drives this pitch to RF for a single. Simple, calm approach w/ short & direct hands. Shows ability to use all parts of field with authority @PG_Uncommitted #17UMAElite

[Nick Dargel @dargel_nick]

@CoachCase19

[Nick Dargel @dargel_nick]

Clip from my fall game last night. 7 pitch at bat that resulted in a double.

@CoachDeckSr @WMCbaseball
@MC_Cubs @CoachBoretti @NJCollegeBSBNat @PBRNewJersey @OdenwaelderMike @GrantAchilles
@PuccioNick @AlexJurczynski @JPPyne @EdKahovec @Mr_Schlen @PaulSvagdis

[Nick Dargel @dargel_nick]

@CoachDeckSr @WMCbaseball
@CoachBoretti
@NJCollegeBSBNat @PBRNewJersey @OdenwaelderMike @GrantAchilles
@PuccioNick @AlexJurczynski @JPPyne @EdKahovec @Mr_Schlen @PaulSvagdis @CoachCase19

[Nick Dargel @dargel_nick]

Just a short highlight of my past two months getting 3b work in with @dukebaxter and @S_Nikorak over at Zoned Baseball. Third Base is starting to feel like home.

[Nick Dargel @dargel_nick]

@SebHoll12 @nextlevelbb @MikeFerry2024 Love you brotha

[Nick Dargel @dargel_nick]

@Coach_DeckSr @WMCbaseball
@CoachBoretti @PPolizzano
@NJCollegeBSBNat @PBRNewJersey
@OdenwaelderMike @GrantAchilles
@PuccioNick @AlexJurczynski
@JPPyne @inthedenrecruit
@coachduran10 @CoachBoretti

[Nick Dargel @dargel_nick]

With the conclusion of my sophomore year, I received my report card and I earned a 3.67 unweighted GPA and a 4.45 weighted GPA. These GPA’s are cumulative across my first two years at West Morris Central.