Florida Baseball ARMory

Our summer training program is a training environment like no other 🔥 But what is it? See this thread to find out 👇

These ARMory guys are putting up NUMBERS 🔥 Through 36 innings this year Parker Messick has been a lockdown arm every time he touches the rubber. Nick Riedel has not let his foot off the gas for the entire season at Newberry going 10-0 over 86.1 innings. Aidan Knaak has cemented himself in the history books with 300 career K’s at Clemson. Tate McKee has been on an absolute tear since arriving at Georgia Tech in the fall of 2023. Now he’s in the history books with 200 career strikeouts.

1/ YEARS ago Wes Johnson called me. He was interviewing for big league pitching coach jobs and asked what I thought his biggest selling point was. I told him the truth. "Wes. You're the missing link. You're the best guy I know who can connect the nerds and the Neanderthals." He got the job.

This guy is RELENTLESS 🔥

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1/ Baseball's data revolution has a dirty little secret. Most of the analysts comparing a pitcher to "the average big leaguer" have never actually met him. Because he doesn't exist. He's a ghost. 🧵

TRANSFORM YOUR CAREER! Summer is fast approaching which means it’s time to get serious about where you want to take your game. The summer offseason is where real transformations are made! Where will you be this summer? 866-787-4533

1/ FOR two days I've said the data crowd is chasing ghosts Today I'll show you what to chase instead

Let’s gooooo 🔥

You can't think your way out of lousy movement, and you can't move your way out of lousy thoughts. Motor control is mental control. And vice versa

UCF’s Kris Sosnowski has been shutting it down out of the pen this year 💪 Across 23.2 IP he’s posted a 2.28 ERA, 16 SO, with 4 saves. The work he has put in is paying off 🔥

THE Air Force taught me one principle that changed how I see baseball Responsibility without authority is a recipe for failure And the reverse is just as bad If you hold a soldier accountable for taking a hill, you give him the authority to decide how If you give a commander authority, he accepts responsibility for the outcome Skin in the game. Both sides Now look at baseball The analyst in the front office has the authority to pull the pitcher. The manager has the responsibility for facing the press when it blows up The analyst has no skin in the game Nassim Taleb wrote five books about this. Baseball still hasn't read them Here's the deeper problem When decision-making authority lives with people who don't pay the cost of being wrong, the decisions get worse Not better More confident, but worse The data is seductive because it feels objective It feels scientific The numbers don't lie, they say That's true But the numbers also don't play. They don't pitch. They don't face the lineup in the seventh inning of a one-run game Data without skin in the game is a ghost giving orders More on how we fix this tomorrow

Should you be taking the next day off after a heavy outing? The @Oatesspecialty throwing sock is a great tool to use on these recovery days 🔥

THIS ENVIRONMENT 🔥 Summer is where real changes are made. Not just because of the training, but because of the environment you put yourself in every day. When you’re surrounded by athletes who are serious about getting better, it pushes you to a whole new level. If you’re ready to take the next step in your career. Get here this summer 🔥 866-787-4533

Last night I hit a new personal best! Sat a guy down hitting 98.4 on the TrackMan, then backed it up with multiple 97s to the same batter. Felt locked in. #KAP @ArmoryFlorida

Work never stops ⚙️ Athletes are about to enter into that time period where they start to get lost without any real plan. Don’t train blind, let us build you a roadmap to become the player you know you can be. Make the most of your offseason this summer! If you’re ready to take the next step in your career give us a call at 866-787-4533

LET’S GOO 🔥

GIVEAWAY! We’re giving away a FREE Warmup + Recovery Guide! So many athletes don’t realize that a poor warmup paired with poor recovery hinders their performance. This complete guide covers every piece of that! How to get it? Follow us Comment RECOVERY and we’ll send it straight to your DM’s! Must be following!

I used to think velocity was just a gift from God Then I helped a string of 86 mph guys reach 96 Turns out the gift was learning how to develop it God doesn't make junk Human tissue doesn't have free will

1986 Senior year I was hitting around .385 with 3 weeks left in the season We're playing against Jack Leggett's Western Carolina team They were good 1st inning, men on 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs I hit a weak pop up to second base I'm fuming mad as I put my catcher's gear on Coach Port barks "@#%$ Sullivan! You lead the league in insignificant hits.! The rest of the year, I'm fighting for every pitch to prove him wrong Two weeks later we're playing the South Carolina Gamecocks 9th inning, tie game I lead off the inning As I dig in he shouts, "Come on Randy! You can do it!!" It's the only time I can remember him saying my first name My heart swells with pride and confidence I hit a homer to win the game Memory of a lifetime Sometimes you gotta coach 'em hard Sometimes you gotta encourage 'em That's just good coaching

Athletes, try the RDL Impulse Drill!  The RDL movement before the throw teaches the athlete to initiate a proximal to distal move, eliciting a co-contraction of all the muscles around the hip. This provides the athlete stability as they move down the slope of the mound. Keep in mind, once you establish the RDL, nothing moves but the lead leg!  Give this exercise a try!