Please bear with me, just a quick story:

“Two years ago a young man showed up at Gamespeed. He had been cut from his high school team his senior year. Now he was entering his first year of Junior college but still had the desire to play. I asked him how good he was and he said he didn’t “throw very hard but I know I can play”.  I said let’s get you evaluated. I sent him to a very knowledgable and respected pitching coach in the area. After throwing for the coach , he was told pretty much “he didn’t have it”, his velocity was 72-74mph and he was 18 years old, just too far behind. He was undersized and his body unathletic and weak. I asked him what did he want to do, he said I know I can play, so I said let’s get to work. For the next two years this young man put his head down and got to it, he worked out 3-4 days a week a Gamespeed and did the homework I gave him. He rarely missed a workout and followed through on any request I had for him. He didn’t play for his JC at the time but played on some travel ball teams when he could. Fast forward two years,  he’s throwing in a game and gets approached by the ST Mary’s College coach a DII school. His velocity had improved to 85 mph. Now that may not set the world on fire but it was good enough to get a DII scholarship!”

 

My point is this, with the right attitude,work and PATIENCE, you can turn things around. It’s a conscious decision to say: “hey I want this” and have the fortitude and dedication to stay with it. All any program can do is provide you with the proper environment, information and support. That is what the Top Gun program is about. Regardless of your beginnings you have control over where you end up. Ready to get Started?

 

Robert Stephenson Cincinnati Reds

Gamespeed has a rich history in working with pitchers. Since its inception in 1995 it was one of if not the first in the area to have developed a pitchers conditioning program. We were in the middle of and influenced the development of the areas most popular throwing programs at the onset, our imprint is still on those programs to this day. For a facility that doesn’t tout itself as a “baseball training center” but an “athlete training center” our track record rivals any other program.  We have quietly helped numerous hurlers reach 90 mph and beyond. Improvement in velocity has spanned from as little as 4mph to a high of 12 mph over varying periods of time. We have had one pitcher hit 101 officially just peek at the photo above. More importantly during their tenure with Gamespeed athletes improve their overall health, endurance  and durability.  Here are some of our most notable athletes drafted in the top six rounds to Major league baseball .

Gamespeed athletes have also moved onto some of the most storied baseball programs in the nation:

Stanford, Cal, USC, UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, Santa Clara, Washington, Duke, Oregon, Oregon State to name a few.

So it begs the question, how can a facility that does not teach pitching have so much success in the development of pitching velocity? The answer is were one of the first to recognize pitchers as ATHLETES! So we develop them as such.

How about our infielder’s? Well you can debate about arm slot and arm action but the ability to throw with force from a stable position or off-balance requires athleticism. Total body development!!! Some of Gamespeed’s most notable Major leaguers include:

World Champion Brandon Crawford 2013

TRAINING PHILOSOPHY

My philosophy is that pitching is a total body action and should be developed as thus. While many tout this as a recent development in pitching circles I have held this view from the onset since 1995. My earliest students Chris Gruler No. 2 in 2002 draft/ 94 mph and Adam Elliott 6th round both threw over 92mph in high school without ever doing a formal “throwing” program like the ones advertised all over the place today. I didn’t even have a facility back then. We worked on the “whole-body” as a throwing unit.

Am I against “Isolated Arm” throwing programs like weighted balls, banding, and medicine ball throwing? no. They all bring something to the development of a pitcher or infielder. However used alone they neglect the overarching importance of total body development.

Some Overlying Themes to The Program

1. First this is not a pitchers only class it’s for anyone who has to throw a ball. It’s a class for athletes whose positions require high velocity throwing and durability. “Head to toe”, “inside out” are how athletes are trained. You isolate or leave other areas out and you neglect or create weak links which will manifest themselves at some point in your career. Specificity is only as sound as the foundation it’s created upon.

2. We do not start and finish with the same exercises through the span of the program. The program is designed to stack one development phase onto another so that each phase is a progression of training. This results in a healthier and longer lasting performance result.

3. Throwing and throwing hard from a physiological standpoint is neurologically based. Of course mechanics and delivery matter but velocity is more dependent on the “BANG” the bodies system can produce. That takes the proper management of strength, flexibility, endurance and recovery. Something I’ve been acquainted with for over thirty years as a former world-class sprinter and coach, fast twitch, torque, leverage, and force production is where I’m at home.

Is this the Right Program for you?

If you are looking for more of the same then you are not ready for this program. Following the pack is just that following. Will it be cutting edge? who’s to say, what only matters is that it will be EFFECTIVE.

It will be effective if you:

Have perfect or near perfect attendance.

Embrace and learn the concepts put forth in the training.

Complete any and all homework assignments at the required level of intensity and volume.

Follow proper recovery and nutrition practices as outlined.

Don’t try to add or double up with others programs that may be in contrary to the program.

Take complete ownership in your development as an athlete and do not excuse any shortcomings.

Robin Hu Cleveland Indians Top Pitching Prospect, 97mph (2016 Minor League All Star)

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Time: 6:30- 7:45pm Elite

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