Joey Myers

⚾ Founder @HitPerformLab | D1 Baseball Alum | ABCA, IYCA & SABR Member | 📚 Bestselling Author | Debunking hitting myths with science & movement principles

[Joey Myers @hitperformlab]

Most youth pitchers don’t break down because they’re weak.

They break down when workload and recovery stop lining up.

@VeloRESET was built to give parents clear, science-backed guidance, so decisions feel calmer, not rushed.

[Brayden Chiarito @ChiaritoBrayden]

6’1 205lbs True Freshman LHH OF
All CVC Second Team OF
CVC Gold Glove
42 GP 149 AB
.295 BA
.389 OB
.436 SLG
44 H
18 BB
30 R
23 RBI
10 2B
1 3B
3 HR
@FCCRAMSBASEBALL

[Drake Davis @DrakeDavis85]

6’1 195 True Freshman RHH 1B/OF
CVC Freshman of the Year
Open to all opportunities
43 GP 168 AB
.381 BA
.443 OBP
.690 SLG
64 H
53 RBI
18 BB
16 2B
12 HR

[Drake Davis @DrakeDavis85]

Hr #10, first game of playoffs

@FCCRAMSBASEBALL

[Joey Myers @hitperformlab]

Drake Davis, someone to watch 👀 great mechanics, but that aside, ready out of the box operating system (swing adjustments, strategy, pitch recognition). Everything automatic. Super coachable, great student, great family!

[Drake Davis @DrakeDavis85]

True freshman
CVC Freshman of the Year
All CVC First team
(150 AB)
.387 BA
.438 OBP
.667 SLG
1.105 OPS
58 H
48 RB
15 2B
14 BB
9 HR
@FCCRAMSBASEBALL

(Pull side and Back side HR)

[Joey Myers @hitperformlab]

A lot of gold pitching nuggets in this... 👇

[Jonathan Lucroy @JLucroy20]

The hitter’s swings, foul balls, and takes give you a good idea of his approach. What do I mean?

Fastballs:

Is he late on the FB? Where are his foul balls? Pulled foul? Or over the opposite dugout? Or, is he taking them?

So, if late, this means that we pitch FB in, up, and expand down. If he’s taking them, he might be sitting strike offspeed.

Also, if he’s late on FB, be careful throwing a get me over strike offspeed pitch. You will be doing him a favor.

A good question to ask is, where can we go where his barrel can’t square the ball up?

Offspeed: is he pulling them foul? Are his takes good or bad? Does his swing look comfortable on the offspeed? Where does he chase?

A good tidbit to follow is that we should chase bad swings.

The best hitters in the world can make the adjustment pitch to pitch.

Most players, especially at the HS and below level, can’t do that. So if he takes a bad swing on a pitch, throw it again. If he takes it, throw a different pitch, then go back to bad swing pitch.

Another tidbit is that if the hitter fouls a ball straight back to the backstop, be very careful repeating that, because he just missed it.

Many more nuances to this but this is basic food for thought.

[Drake Davis @DrakeDavis85]

True Freshman Halfway Through Season
70AB .400AVG 1.026OPS 9XBH 2HR
@FCCRAMSBASEBALL

OF/1B

Looking for summer ball opportunity

DMs are open

[Joey Myers @hitperformlab]

Just an FYI that my good friend Perry Husband’s X account @EvPerryHusband, was hacked. PLEASE be sure NOT to respond to any messages from that account. I’m excited to share that Perry has started a new account, @PerryHusbandEv 👍 Follow Perry for his GROUND BREAKING teachings

[Joey Myers @hitperformlab]

@Brent_Rooker25 It would make me feel better just to SEE you do it BR!

[Joey Myers @hitperformlab]

This 👇

[Trent Mongero @CoachMongero]

Ding… 🛎️ Ding 🛎️ Ding 🛎️ !!!

The Tigers struck out the least as a team in June (of all season) and they had the best offense in baseball that month.

** So nice to see a MLB Team finally Make that significant connection! See video…

Striking out hurts your offense and loses games… I’ll stand on that mountain forever. Got to put the ball in play with 2 strikes. Hard preferably, yea of course, but even softer hit contact and miss hits find holes and can be tough plays for D. But Hard “right turns” and “left turns” with a K don’t do that. No pressure put on opponents.

Develop a solid 2 strike approach and fight tooth and nail to survive! Move the lineup, pass it down. Frustrate the pitcher and defense. Run up pitch counts of opponents starters. Put up crooked numbers in multiple innings. All of it… why? Because it wins.
And it’s beautiful baseball to watch!

@DirtBroUSA
@CoachTaberM

[Joey Myers @hitperformlab]

@handocarrasco

[Joey Myers @hitperformlab]

@TigersJUK @shegone03 @MLB @RVGDag @TheKineticArm @AMBS_Kernan @SalMarinello @wg22659 Have another...

[Joey Myers @hitperformlab]

@EVPerryHusband My pleasure Perry. For sure, not easy at the higher levels, but definitely easier at the lower levels. All you need is a green belt in your EV, and you can dominate. Best part is, the kids understand it and see good measurable results to get the buy in.

[Joey Myers @hitperformlab]

Absolutely correct. KIDS must learn pitch sequencing. It's not hard. Coaches, educate yourselves on @EVPerryHusband ... i may make a suggestion on a certain count but that's it, my players called 95% of their own games.

[Jonathan Lucroy @JLucroy20]

Only coaches that should be calling pitches in the dugout are former MLB catchers that have a clue. Or, at the very least, a former big league pitcher.

This isn't a video game. Doesn't work like that. It's like standing behind a surgeon 10 feet away telling him how to do his job.

The problem isn't the game calling itself, it's that the kids these days have had every pitch called for them since they were kids.

I called pitches since I was 12 years old. Did I know what I was doing? Not even close. Experience teaches, not analytic dudes that never played.

Orgs need to teach kids how to call games. Not do it for them. It's a job validation/security thing for them.

Game goes well? It's the coaches, game goes bad, and it's easy to blame the pitcher or catcher.

I'd personally love to sit behind these guys and teach them a thing or two about it.

[Michael Bier @MichaelJBier]

Clayton Kershaw closed his opening remarks at his retirement press conference with his favorite Bible verse.

"Colossians 3:23 - Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as you're working for the Lord, not for men."

[Joey Myers @hitperformlab]

And remember A LOT low back hyper extension + disc grinding happening with the 'rear leg' hitting done without proper core stability.

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

You can tell a lot about a person by how they react when someone dies.

[Jonathan Lucroy @JLucroy20]

I have a thought tonight. Many tragedies lately and things seem to be accelerating.

Some of you might disagree with this, but that’s okay. You don’t have to agree. This is your right as a human, it’s a choice. I don’t believe that anyone should be forced to believe something someone else does.

I’m a Christian, and I believe everything happens for a reason. Even bad things, or tragedies.

Shootings, murders, death, sickness etc.

My thought, in my belief, is that God is in control of ALL things.

He allows these things to happen in order to change them, or people around them. His goal is to bring people closer to Him.

Why? I’ve often wondered why he would allow a 3 year old to get cancer, or allow a fatal car wreck, etc. why?

A couple years ago, after my playing career ended and I was searching for a new version of me, I pondered this question deeply. Maybe I’m right, maybe I’m wrong. This is my hypothesis.

As humans, we are selfish, we are controlling. We want to control our lives and even others people lives around us, but, God has a purpose for us here on this planet. If we do this purpose, and then have faith with His plan while believing that Jesus died for us, we will make it home.

As Christian’s, our ultimate goal is to get to Heaven. That is where we will live eternally with our Savior. We must do His purpose for us here.

I used to believe that baseball was my purpose, and I couldn’t have been more wrong.

It is always our choice to turn to Him. He gave us free will for this purpose.

His thoughts and ways are higher than ours. We will never truly understand until we meet him face to face.

I believe that everyone has a general, Godly purpose here on this planet. That is to help others reach the Kingdom in their own way.

Have a good night everyone.

Isaiah 55, 8-9

[Joey Myers @hitperformlab]

@handocarrasco Pronating snapper 😉