What Makes You Different? | The Mental Game | TopVelocity Baseball Forum

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Great questions! You could also take it from a different perspective. What makes the people HERE different, is that they are HERE. In other words- the players, parents, and coaches that are following this program are in a very small minority compared to the traditional pitching instruction that is out there. What you get here is very different that what you see in LL, HS, College, and even the pros. So the people in the 3x program are in a select group. And the people who stick it out are in an even smaller group.

Coach Robo made a great point to me one time that applies to anyone here:   

“Scott, you and Brad are going through a process of improvement that not one coach in a hundred would understand or could help you do.  And it’s still a long, hard process.  But, imagine how many pitchers are out there completely wasting their time trying to get better doing things that don’t make any sense at all.”

THIS is what gives everyone here an edge. And I can confirm that most of the prominent coaches in my area have no idea what hip and shoulder separation is, never mind how to teach it. Current instruction in my area is:

1-Stay tall and balanced

2- Long distance running (poles)/cardio

3- Band Work

4- No weight training (maybe some light high rep shoulder routines)

And Brent, please bear with me: 

5- Long Toss (and even more destructive version than Alan Jaegars program). Yep the only thing the traditional community seems to be embracing is long toss. And they even get that wrong. So lets see how many more arm injuries occur over the next 5 years or how many more pitchers see their velocity decline like barry zito.