Built for Baseball Program
I want to tell you about something I've been working on that I'm genuinely fired up about — because I think it's one of the most important things we can do for our players.
We're teaming up with Catalyst Performance to launch Built for Baseball — a program built around one goal: keeping our kids healthy, durable, and on the field.
Here's why this matters to me. You all know the game has changed. Kids are throwing harder, playing more, and specializing younger than ever — and arm injuries have gone right along with it. Elbow (UCL / "Tommy John") and shoulder injuries in youth baseball are climbing fast, and the hard truth is that most of them are overuse and fatigue — which means most of them are preventable. The warning signs — a weak or imbalanced arm, one leg doing more work than the other, tight hips, a core that can't stabilize — show up in the body long before they ever show up as pain. I'm not willing to wait for the pain. I want us catching this early, for every kid in our program.
The screen. Each athlete goes on pro force plates (the same tech used by MLB orgs) plus arm-strength testing. We measure the three systems baseball breaks down: the throwing arm (the shoulder "brakes" that protect the elbow), the core & back, and the legs & power the whole delivery is built on.
Real body care — this is the part I love. It's not just data. Driven by what each kid's screen shows, our coaches take them through mobility, flexibility, arm care, and corrective work — the exact routines that keep pros healthy across a long season. Most of our guys have never been taught how to actually take care of their bodies. Now they will be, every week.
A personalized report. Every athlete goes home with a simple red / yellow / green result for arm, core, and legs, plus the drills to work on. As their coaches, we get a live dashboard to see who needs attention, who's cleared, and who's improving.
And why weekly matters: these kids are growing and their bodies are changing constantly. One screen is a snapshot — the value is in tracking it over time, watching the imbalances close, the arm get stronger and more balanced, and the mobility improve week over week. That's how we actually keep them healthy through a season, and it's documented so you can see it as a parent.
Get your guys signed up. Let's take care of these arms. This is open to all players regardless of club affiliation. This is too important to keep exclusively to our program and baseball families.
Coach Mark
I want to tell you about something I've been working on that I'm genuinely fired up about — because I think it's one of the most important things we can do for our players.
We're teaming up with Catalyst Performance to launch Built for Baseball — a program built around one goal: keeping our kids healthy, durable, and on the field.
Here's why this matters to me. You all know the game has changed. Kids are throwing harder, playing more, and specializing younger than ever — and arm injuries have gone right along with it. Elbow (UCL / "Tommy John") and shoulder injuries in youth baseball are climbing fast, and the hard truth is that most of them are overuse and fatigue — which means most of them are preventable. The warning signs — a weak or imbalanced arm, one leg doing more work than the other, tight hips, a core that can't stabilize — show up in the body long before they ever show up as pain. I'm not willing to wait for the pain. I want us catching this early, for every kid in our program.
The screen. Each athlete goes on pro force plates (the same tech used by MLB orgs) plus arm-strength testing. We measure the three systems baseball breaks down: the throwing arm (the shoulder "brakes" that protect the elbow), the core & back, and the legs & power the whole delivery is built on.
Real body care — this is the part I love. It's not just data. Driven by what each kid's screen shows, our coaches take them through mobility, flexibility, arm care, and corrective work — the exact routines that keep pros healthy across a long season. Most of our guys have never been taught how to actually take care of their bodies. Now they will be, every week.
A personalized report. Every athlete goes home with a simple red / yellow / green result for arm, core, and legs, plus the drills to work on. As their coaches, we get a live dashboard to see who needs attention, who's cleared, and who's improving.
And why weekly matters: these kids are growing and their bodies are changing constantly. One screen is a snapshot — the value is in tracking it over time, watching the imbalances close, the arm get stronger and more balanced, and the mobility improve week over week. That's how we actually keep them healthy through a season, and it's documented so you can see it as a parent.
Get your guys signed up. Let's take care of these arms. This is open to all players regardless of club affiliation. This is too important to keep exclusively to our program and baseball families.
Coach Mark