Ken Camel

Another great message from another World Series Champion and former Reb! Thanks for sharing @aaronbarrett30. #MLBReb

Motivation leads to discipline. Discipline leads to habits. Habits lead to success.

Most Pitchers only do step 1 👇 Stretching your T-spine is a great start. But if all you do is stretch, that new range usually disappears by the time you get on the mound. Here's why: range you get on a foam roller is passive. Your body hasn't learned to use it yet, and your nervous system doesn't fully trust it. So it guards against it, and you're right back to stiff. To turn stretch range into range you can actually throw with, you need all 3 steps: 1️⃣ STRETCH IT Get into range and mobilize the T-spine and the muscles around it. This is where you create the new range. ✅ Foam roller or peanut, hands behind your head, extend back over it. Work up and down the mid back. 5 to 8 slow reps per spot. 2️⃣ OWN IT Now move into that new range on your own, with no help. This tells your nervous system the range is safe, so it stops protecting against it. ✅ Lying on your stomach, hands behind your head, lift your chest by extending through your upper back. 2 sets of 8 with a 2-second hold at the top. 3️⃣ MAKE IT FAST Throwing happens in a fraction of a second. So the last step is getting into and out of T-spine extension with speed. ✅ Lying back over a ball, take a med ball overhead and throw it back fast, then return. 2 sets of 5, every rep explosive. Save this for your next throwing day and send it to a pitcher who needs it 👊

SABAN PROCESS 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 How bad do you want it? 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 It's not about what you feel like doing. 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 You get out what you put in. 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 You have to overcome hard. 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 Take pride in all you do. ~via @TheCoachJournal

2 moves every pitcher needs this offseason 👇 Your arm can only move as well as your shoulder blade moves under it. Two shoulder blade motions matter most for pitchers: 1️⃣ UPWARD ROTATION As your arm flips up, your shoulder blade needs to rotate upward with it. That opens up space in the top of the shoulder so your arm can rotate freely without your rotator cuff tendons getting pinched. 💰 How to improve it: lengthen the muscles that pull the blade the other way, your rhomboids, lats, and levator scap. 2️⃣ POSTERIOR TILT As your arm lays back, the top of your shoulder blade needs to tip backward. If it stays tipped forward, your layback gets cut short and the front of your shoulder takes the stress. 💰 How to improve it: open up your pec minor, which pulls the blade forward, and strengthen your lower trap and serratus to tip it back. Get both of these moving well and your arm has room to work. That's the foundation for throwing hard for a long time. Save this for your offseason program and send it to a pitcher who needs it.

Simple Pitching. A lot of D1 freshmen pitchers will figure it out. It's not because of velocity. Control Command Secondary Pitches Holding Runners Fielding Position Moxie Feel A lot were sold an illusion and they believed it. They thought if they threw hard enough they could pitch in D1 baseball. Someone forgot to tell them about the other things they would be required to do to get innings. Velocity will get you an opportunity but the other things will get you on the mound in games. Average velocity combined with plus control, above average command, plus secondary pitch, average third pitch, the ability to hold runners and field position gets the pitcher on the field in games at any school in the country. If he is a competitor with moxie and feel.

"If you don’t struggle in practice, you will never get better . . . The only way to get better is to push yourself past exhaustion.” (Kobe Bryant)

Sean Connery picking categories on Jeopardy will never not be funny

Being a good teammate is always something that you can control regardless of external circumstances.

The five mental challenges of sports: 1. Pushing through discomfort. 2. Blocking out distractions. 3. Staying poised under pressure. 4. Thinking critically to solve problems. 5. Managing your ego and working with others. Work hard to improve in all of these areas!

Curt Cignetti said, “First you form your habits and then your habits form you.” Love this. Your habits become your standards. Your standards drive your decisions. Your decisions shape your culture. Want better results? Start with what you do every day.

Tight lats = Bad shoulder 👇 Think of your Lat like a rope. One end is anchored low on your back. The rope runs up your back, wraps under your armpit, and ties onto the front of your upper arm. When that rope pulls, it spins your arm inward/forward. That's why the lat is one of the most powerful internal rotators you have, and why it fires hard on every pitch to help whip your arm through. Use it that hard, that often, and it gets tight fast. The problem? When your arm rotates back into layback (max external rotation), the lat has to lengthen. If it's tight, it acts like a brake and severely limits how far your arm can get back. Less layback = less runway to build arm speed. HOW WE ATTACK IT Our preference is always soft tissue FIRST, then lengthening. First we decrease tone and free up the tissue. Then we lengthen it. We just see better results in that order. 1️⃣ SMASH Barbell right up in the armpit, rolling slowly along the lat. 60 to 90 seconds. 2️⃣ PIN + STRETCH Pin the lat on a foam roller, then reach the arm overhead and rotate it back while the tissue is pinned. 5 to 8 slow reps. 3️⃣ SIDE BEND Reach up and side bend away to lengthen the whole line from your hip to your arm. Hold 30 seconds, 2 rounds. This isn't a one-time fix. The lat works hard on every throw, so it's something to maintain all season AND all offseason. Save this for your next throwing day

Here’s a look at what Arkansas Razorbacks fans are getting in #woopig ‘28 SS/C/P/CF @maddenpike223 Wow Factor The Brand 17U The defensive version ⬇️

The truth of the matter is there are now thousands and thousands of kids who are committing to D3, NAIA, and JUCO with these metrics: 6.8 sixty or below 92 EV or above 87 arm strength or better sub 1.95 pop time Kids are just better these days and there are only so many spots!

The weight room, classroom, and practice field all ask the same question: can you be trusted? Every rep tells the truth about you!

Character is Contagious. The parents who cheer for every kid. The coaches who lead with heart. The players who handle adversity the right way. These are the people who shape the culture.

At the high school level, show me an athlete’s availability and health throughout the season, alongside their postseason accolades, and I can make a pretty good assumption about the level of preparation they put in during the other months of the year. What happens during the season is often a reflection of the work done outside of it.

Trust the process. It is a journey and everyone is on their own timeline.

Too many want to be on a great team without contributing to the team. Too many want the rewards and praise that come with greatness without doing the work and making the sacrifices it takes to become great. The greats earn it. Do the work.

You may not be responsible for everything that happens to you, but you are responsible for how you respond to it. Control what you can control: - How you show up. - How hard you work. - How you treat others. - How you respond to success and adversity.

A '27 parent told me this morning, "D2 is beneath him." Here's what I explained: • D2 baseball is full of players who could start at mid-major D1 programs. • D2 coaches have scholarship money. Many D1 roster spots come with $0. • Playing time beats sitting on a D1 bench for three years and entering the portal. He told me I didn't know what I was talking about. Parents, the logo on the hat doesn't matter. Playing matters. Money matters. Fit matters. Coach Drew