START WITH PAIN Addressing Pain Will Make You a Better Pitcher
What separates the Ranch from other training programs? We begin with a different kind of paradigm altogether. We are holistic in our approach, the foundation of which is stability, mobility, asymmetries, alignment, and strength balances. With pain at the center of that foundation, pitchers who have pain, tightness, tenderness, or fatigue will go no further until their issue is addressed. Our attention to pain is one of seven big differences that separate the Ranch from other schools, training facilities, or academies.
we solve this issue, it will be far more difficult or impossible for our athletes to reach the rest of their pitching goals and objectives (including velocity, command, movement, changing speed, or recovery). By addressing and eliminating pain, our athletes can throw harder and more often and recover more quickly. Before we become the best pitchers that we can be, we must first become the best throwers. If we fail to address pain, we will feel the effects in the body, which morphs in response or organize itself differently; otherwise, it will break. Our goal is to quickly identify what’s contributing to an athlete’s pain, or in other words, find out what is keeping them from currently having a healthy, durable, electric arm. Identifying and addressing the current constraints on the body and correcting them is essential. Most parents and athletes simply never have that conversation or make that evaluation. Instead, they keep doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.
Regardless of whether a pitcher is 8 or 38 years old, we begin with an assessment of their pain. We give our athletes a questionnaire that asks about the pain and where it’s coming from, whether it be the elbow, shoulder, or back. This assessment gives us insight into the individual’s weakest link. Unless and until
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When it comes to actual game play, January may not be the liveliest time of year for professional baseball, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still exciting things happening with the league. Trades, contracts, and training are aplenty, and every once in a while, amidst surprises and switch-ups, great news blossoms. On Jan. 17, 1970, Willie Mays was named the Player of the Decade for the 1960s by the then-undisputed MLB
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