By Kurt Hester Last week the Assistant GM for the New Orleans Hornets called me about implementing a core strength and flexibility program for the team. My reply was not taken well by him because I laughed. After I regained my composure I explained that if you have a...
By Kurt Hester Every coach knows that speed is the most dominate factor in sport. Coaches recruit fast athletes and design their offenses and defenses with that speed in mind. If these afore mentioned assumptions are correct, then, why are strength coaches training...
Every ball player wants a chance to be evaluated as a potential Major League Baseball player. It is a chance to chase a dream and the opportunity to put yourself out there hoping for the best. The problem is the odds of becoming a Major League Baseball player is 1 out...
Alan Jaeger is upset that TopVelocity.net has not done the proper research on why extreme long toss bad for pitchers. He said in an email to me, "If you are going to be in the public domain, I would urge you to do the proper research." I am not sure if you have...
Dr. James Andrews at ASMI put together a study of low velocity pitchers vs high velocity pitchers to determine the difference in pitchers throwing hard. It was a good feeling after reading this study because the same information coming from Dr. Andrews is the same...
