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The story of the year in 2021 was this one written on Foreign Substance use in Baseball. It started a media storm & changed the game But did you know the story was written here in Pittsburgh at PVS? A brief history of PVS is woven into the piece as well thescore.com/mlb/news/218001…

Can you help my __year old throw faster? How We answer this question @ PVS Most people have figured out that pitching velocity is a gateway to more opportunity. What hasn’t kept up with that realization - is the nuance behind answering the question. It is a case by case study or practice too many parents don’t have the patience to accept. How we answer that question is drastically different depending on age, physical maturation and a host of other variables. With younger athletes, Puberty and natural growth drive large velocity gains. Any Training should support that, not rush it! In this video is 6th grader Aaron Colf from Greentree & 2031 Aiden Astorino from South Fayette. “Astro” has been slowly rewriting our record books set by Graham Keen (Vanderbilt) and Drew Lafferty (Kentucky/ Pitt) before him. Young Aaron is primed to rewrite it again. So when he came to us and asked about working on that, we gave him an answer he wasn’t exactly looking for. You see every young person sees Social media / what the older guys are doing & thinks they’re just a couple thousand plyo throws away from throwing 90. That’s not the way it works. So we told him we would write him a program unique to what he needs now…. And we will share it here on Social media next week to illustrate how involved this processes is/ how thought out it is / and how we have to constantly retest to make sure things are going where we want them to go. We will, of course qualify what we post with the fact that this is for Aaron and not for someone else who hasn’t gone through what Erin has nor has aaron’s gifts and limitations and a host of factor such as mobility, strength and consistency. In the mean time: Here are a few things (among many) to consider when your son asks you “what can I do to throw faster?” 1/ Overuse is a bigger risk than insufficient training. Follow pitch-count and rest guidelines available (Pitch Smart) 2/ Individual assessment. Tight hips, weak glutes, or sequencing issues vary. A knowledgeable coach, strength coach, or physical therapist experienced with baseball athletes is ideal for screening and progression 3/ Long-term development beats short-term spikes. 4/ Use the young athletes desire for velocity as an opportunity to teach good habits that will not only help him throw faster, but make him a more well-adjusted adult one day. Pair the work with overall athleticism, sleep, nutrition, and recovery concepts the kid can follow and understand. This could be building systems for a life of health and fitness! 5/ Consistent, supervised practice produces better results and lower injury risk than isolated arm work. If the athlete has pain or prior issues, get a professional evaluation first. Pain is a red flag. Treat it as such. Before anybody can push for increased performance - they must first address taking pain away. Resources for Mom & Dad: @MozingoBaseball - has spent countless hours and written several e-books on this topic @NunzioSignore - 1 of the very best in the business at taking a total body approach to increasing athletic performance @DrivelineYouth / @devenmorgan - Has done a lot of the tedious, but important work of testing young athletes, warehousing the data….retesting and interpreting …..to produce valuable insight into what works best for developing young baseball players over years not weeks. @billmills - innovative performance coach with several published works @CoachBeede - a central hub of sorts… for information covering a wide range of important topics for young players as they age up.

Can you help my __year old throw faster? How We answer this question @ PVS Most people have figured out that pitching velocity is a gateway to more opportunity. What hasn’t kept up with that realization - is the nuance behind answering the question. It is a case by case study or practice too many parents don’t have the patience to accept. How we answer that question is drastically different depending on age, physical maturation and a host of other variables. With younger athletes, Puberty and natural growth drive large velocity gains. Any Training should support that, not rush it! In this video is 6th grader Aaron Colf from Greentree & 2031 Aiden Astorino from South Fayette. “Astro” has been slowly rewriting our record books set by Graham Keen (Vanderbilt) and Drew Lafferty (Kentucky/ Pitt) before him. Young Aaron is primed to rewrite it again. So when he came to us and asked about working on that, we gave him an answer he wasn’t exactly looking for. You see every young person sees Social media / what the older guys are doing & thinks they’re just a couple thousand plyo throws away from throwing 90. That’s not the way it works. So we told him we would write him a program unique to what he needs now…. And we will share it here on Social media next week to illustrate how involved this processes is/ how thought out it is / and how we have to constantly retest to make sure things are going where we want them to go. We will, of course qualify what we post with the fact that this is for Aaron and not for someone else who hasn’t gone through what Erin has nor has aaron’s gifts and limitations and a host of factor such as mobility, strength and consistency. In the mean time: Here are a few things (among many) to consider when your son asks you “what can I do to throw faster?” 1/ Overuse is a bigger risk than insufficient training. Follow pitch-count and rest guidelines available (Pitch Smart) 2/ Individual assessment. Tight hips, weak glutes, or sequencing issues vary. A knowledgeable coach, strength coach, or physical therapist experienced with baseball athletes is ideal for screening and progression 3/ Long-term development beats short-term spikes. 4/ Use the young athletes desire for velocity as an opportunity to teach good habits that will not only help him throw faster, but make him a more well-adjusted adult one day. Pair the work with overall athleticism, sleep, nutrition, and recovery concepts the kid can follow and understand. This could be building systems for a life of health and fitness! 5/ Consistent, supervised practice produces better results and lower injury risk than isolated arm work. If the athlete has pain or prior issues, get a professional evaluation first. Pain is a red flag. Treat it as such. Before anybody can push for increased performance - they must first address taking pain away. Resources for Mom & Dad: @MozingoBaseball - has spent countless hours and written several e-books on this topic @NunzioSignore - 1 of the very best in the business at taking a total body approach to increasing athletic performance @DrivelineYouth / @devenmorgan - Has done a lot of the tedious, but important work of testing young athletes, warehousing the data….retesting and interpreting …..to produce valuable insight into what works best for developing young baseball players over years not weeks. @billmills - innovative performance coach with several published works @CoachBeede - a central hub of sorts… for information covering a wide range of important topics for young players as they age up.

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👏 We have been invited to several of these events and they are always top notch and loaded with NCAA coaches Congrats Emma for the recognition… and yep- She’s a #PVSmom 💪 @d1fastpitch1 extrainningsoftball.com/emma…

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🚨 #Club70 has a new member 2028 @Sydney_Krukar28 from @_ArmstrongSD & @teampafastpitch joins the club tonight. 3 others (already in) also fired at least 1 70 tonight: Left to Right: @KendallN_2030 @MillieWright29 @Giuliana_F2028 Later we hit 💣

Highlighting some of the good in the world tonight when our part of the world really needs it: On a day full of explosiveness and records being broken left and right- this video was different. There wasn’t anything about the clip that most outside of PVS would find extraordinary….. but if you knew the context— maybe you would !!! This is Anthony. He comes from a school district (@southallegheny) Many of the boys @ PVS have never heard of. He joined about two months ago and he has come a long way! He has spent the last 8 weeks learning from pretty much everybody in the Gym. Learning what everything means/ how to do it/ and where it all fits into the program. Monday -for the first time ever- he was tasked with helping a brand new player learn some of the very same things he had to learn months ago. After…..we asked him if he had ever done anything like that before? And he said no. We asked him if it felt good to be able to help another player Get better at what they’re doing?……and he responded with an emphatic “yes” Giving somebody the responsibility of teaching another individual is a great way to make them focus on what they’re doing and care enough about it to be able to teach it to someone else. This is one of the unique things about our culture at PVS. It doesn’t matter where you’re from, how good you are, or how strong you are…..If you can help somebody next to you- you do it. We see ya working Anthony!!!

📢 PVS Will be in 📍Richmond VA area December 4-6. Details are being finalized but expect to have something soon on dates, times & locations. Super pumped to get back to The Old Dominion State and get to work with everyone!!!!!

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Just like Always- there was a big moment in Day 1.. but today we had 2 Big Numbers from 2028 @RhysWerksman (S. Fayetteville) & 2030 Dylan Bauer (North Allegheny) High Ebergy that would have made the old Guard Proud Loud & Full Send as we kickoff Winter Training 2026-2027

📢 PVS is headed back to: 📍 Cincinnati - the Weekend of December 12 Details announced Soon We will be back With Coach Shep at one of his area facilities. December & January Dates for: 📍 Columbus, Ohio 📍 Richmond, Virginia Will be announced by Sunday, Nov 8 @FieldofDreamsOH @BattersBoxRVA @StarzGold_Bunn @UnityCoachJosh @UnityJohnsonVB @UnityAttard @CoachJeffHill @OhioOutlaws @OutlawsShep

“What this Place Means” By Tyler Garbee @quakervalley Grad @HurstBaseball Alum 2019 Draft Pick Cincinnati @Reds As we kick off our 12th year of winter training tomorrow. A message from one of our Wall of Famers 👂 🎧🆙 The Raider Group has waited a long time to take the Reins… No group has spent more time together @ PVS. No group has witnessed more of what it means to train here. And tomorrow - they continue the legacy inherited by so many trailblazers. @BrendenGray7 @JosephPilewski @drew_lafferty26 @CzajkowskiNoah @brrandonc @marcoq14 @JoshuaZambito @TGarbs3 @mockaflocka16 @sayhomies @laylortehman @BREAL412 @RichieWalsh @KylerFedko4 @Cfed377 @ThatDude_BMONT @KingFish626 @M_Hughes33 @TylerFaust17

In to the PVS Lab early on Halloween 🎃 From Cleveland Ohio Came 2029 Niklas The Catcher added considerable total Velocity while improving his Position Velocity as well! Great Job Niklas! Before & Afters plus some of his work Safe travels home & we hope your Cleveland Browns don’t do as well in Pittsburgh this weekend as you did 😉 #HereWeGo

It’s always fun to meet a new NCAA Program and install our systems Here is part 2 of our trip to @SoftballCMU last week Tartans 🤖 transformed 😊 themselves into some rotational dynamos!!!! Stay tuned for Part 3 later next week! Thank you @CoachHarrison21! We can’t wait to see you guys play!

👀 Go see @Kai_Byars11 & @alyssajones2024 … 2 PVS arms 💪 📝 Clinic in Late December 📍 Midlothian, Virginia 📆 Dec 28-30