What is Velo-Nation? Over the past year, we’ve started to transition into offering more complete training options for those that are looking specifically for long term development strategies with our Hitting, Throwing, and Strength and Conditioning programs in an environment…
Author: ryan@johansenbaseball.com
How 12yo Keenan Oldani went from 74.7mph exit velocity to 90mph exit velocity in 5 months By this point it’s no secret that power plays. The higher the potential exit velocity the better chance mishits have to be productive. It’s…
Resting is different than stopping. One of the first and foremost rules I try to live by is “Complacency Kills.” If things are going well it’s easy to think that it will continue to go well without following the same…
HitTrax is a training tool, and an entertainment source. It has many aspects that are not only fun but beneficial. Because of the entertainment factor it can create an environment for young players, that doesn’t make them feel like they…
When I first realized that you can and SHOULD be measuring ball exit speed, the speed the ball comes off the bat. I was mostly interested in what players could do from the tee. This showed me their RAW power…
If you didn’t make the team….. Last week in IL, high school baseball tryouts took place all across the state. Coaches had players tryout based on what they valued for their program and their current belief system. Some of those…
Time + Space + X = Impact One on one private lessons have been sold and executed in the baseball industry over the past decade and a half, to families like candy. Families who want more, or who are afraid…
Backspin Tee’s: They Work As coaches we see a lot, we should know more about a players “swing” than they do, simply because if we shared everything we saw we would inundate players with too much “information” they wouldn’t know…
Blast Motion and Filling in the Gaps. Bat sensors are a great tool for a variety of reasons, not only for building the swing and movement patterns you want, but to be able to test the repeatability of that so-called…
Why I Think All Coaches should implement Plyo-Balls/Mini med balls, and Plyo-Walls Plyo wall and mini med ball work for baseball players, especially pitchers has become increasingly popular. Driveline Baseball in Seattle has produced so much content in regards to…