🎓 M.S. Kinesiology | PhD Sport Science 🕵️♂️ MLB Consultant ⚾️ Retired Pro Pitcher 🧨Most Disruptive Coach in the Game | Lawsuits to Prove it
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How hard SHOULD you throw? 🤔
We ran 223 TopVelocity athletes through one formula:
23.6 + 0.14 × weight (lb) + 0.30 × broad jump (in)
Those two numbers explained 77% of their velocity.
📉 Below your line → your body has the velo, your delivery is leaking it. Fix the mechanics.
📈 Above your line → your delivery is efficient. Build strength and power.
1 in 3 athletes sat more than 2 mph below their line.
👉 Get your number free with the Velo Calculator at topvelocity.org (link in bio). No credit card.
#pitching #pitchingvelocity #baseballtraining #broadjump #throwharder #TopVelocity
More carry. No sticky stuff. 📈
We pulled 804 TrackMan fastballs from 121 TopVelocity pitchers to see what actually makes a fastball ride.
Carry is backspin. Three things set it:
1️⃣ Spin rate, which mostly comes from velocity
2️⃣ Spin efficiency: how much of the spin is true backspin
3️⃣ Axis: how close it sits to 12:00
Spin rate alone explained only 16% of carry.
At the same velocity and the same spin, clean backspin carried 20.1". Leaky spin carried 13.1". That's 7 inches from the hand.
Shortcuts to skip:
❌ Leaning sideways to climb your slot raises elbow and shoulder force
❌ Max-distance long toss changes your mechanics and adds elbow torque
What did go with more carry in our MechanicsDNA 3D data: getting the chest out over the front leg at release.
PitchDNA grades your fastball. MechanicsDNA shows you why.
👉 Start your 7-day free trial at topvelocity.org (link in bio)
#pitching #fastball #baseballtraining #pitchingvelocity #spinrate #TopVelocity
Pitchers: you can read a hitter's hot zone before you throw pitch one. 👀
Watch his hips the moment his front foot lands.
🔴 Hips already OPEN → his swing is built to meet the ball out front → usually an inside hitter.
Plan: work away, change speeds.
🟡 Hips still CLOSED, chest loaded → he lets the ball travel → usually a middle-away hitter.
Plan: hard, in, up.
Why it works: in 3D motion-capture research, inside pitches get hit farther out front, and outside pitches get hit deeper, about 10 milliseconds later.
We pulled 42 swings from MechanicsDNA. Hips at foot strike ranged from 22° closed to 29° open. Same strike zone, completely different hot zones.
Hitters 👇 the best swings have both: hips open, chest still closed. That's separation. In almost 4,000 D1 game swings, more separation went with more bat speed.
What's YOUR hot zone? Get your swing analyzed in MechanicsDNA.
👉 Start your 7-day free trial at topvelocity.org (link in bio)
#baseball #hitting #pitching #baseballtraining #hittingtips #TopVelocity
Steal these 4 grips. ⚾🔥
1️⃣ 4-Seam
2️⃣ Cutter
3️⃣ Slider
4️⃣ Splitter
See the grip. Watch it move. Then watch it hit the glove.
Which one is your best pitch? Grade it free with PitchDNA:
👉 topvelocity.org/grade-my-pit…
💾 Save this for your next bullpen. Send it to the pitcher who needs a new pitch.
#pitchinggrips #pitching #baseball #pitchingtips #slider #splitter #TopVelocity
Why is your arm hurting? It could be early trunk rotation. 👇
A new 2026 study tracked 339 pro pitchers with 3D motion capture. The ones whose trunk turned BEFORE the front foot landed:
⚾ threw no harder
💥 put about 8% of their bodyweight more force on the elbow, and nearly 10% more on the shoulder
Every pitch. All season.
The 2-second check: film from the side and pause when the front foot lands.
✅ Glove up, chest still closed = on time
❌ Glove down, chest facing the target = early
That's why I invented the Trunk Excelerator. It locks the arm with the shoulders so early rotation can't hide, and you learn to hold the trunk and let the hips lead.
Text TRUNK to (985) 400-7054 to learn how it works.
#pitching #pitchingmechanics #armcare #baseballtraining #pitchingvelocity #TopVelocity
Parents: can your kid throw 90? 🔥
Two numbers predict it, and neither one is his arm.
1️⃣ Body weight
2️⃣ Broad jump
Find his weight on the left, slide across to his broad jump, and that's the fastball his body *should* throw.
Then the important part: compare it to what he *actually* throws.
⬆️ ABOVE the line → his delivery is efficient. Train the body: jump, sprint, lift.
⬇️ BELOW the line → mechanics are leaking velo. Fix the delivery first.
Same body. Same chart. Opposite training plan.
Weight + broad jump explain 66% of the difference in fastball velocity. The other 34% is how he moves.
👇 Comment LINE with weight, broad jump + velo. We'll DM you where he stands, what to train first, and a free 7-day TopVelocity player portal pass.
🔖 Save the chart. ➤ Send it to a teammate.
Data: TopVelocity.org player portal user data. Predicted velo = 23.6 + 0.14 × weight (lb) + 0.30 × broad jump (in), R² = 0.66. Estimates for an average delivery, not guarantees.
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Parents: his season starts in 16 weeks. ⏳
You've watched him work. You've driven him to every practice. And you're still not sure if what he's doing is making him better, or just making him tired.
Here's the hard part: start in January and half his offseason is gone.
The research cuts both ways:
✅ In a randomized study, 4 weeks of structured training raised throwing velocity. The group that didn't train went nowhere.
⚠️ Teen pitchers who needed arm surgery were far more likely to have pitched with arm fatigue. Overuse and fatigue were the biggest risk factors.
Cramming velo into February is how arms get tired. Starting now is how they get stronger.
One of our 16-year-olds went 82 → 91.7 mph in 9 weeks. Your son has 16.
That's what the 3X Velocity Camp is for:
1️⃣ Day 1: radar, MechanicsDNA 3D and testing find exactly where his velocity leaks
2️⃣ Day 2: we install the fix and give you a full 1-year plan in the TopVelocity app
Next camp: Nov 14–15 in Covington, LA. 8 athletes max.
Not happy by noon on Day 2? Full refund.
👉 Reserve his spot at topvelocity.org (link in bio)
Drop his age + current velo below 👇 and we'll tell you what a realistic offseason looks like.
#pitching #baseballparents #pitchingvelocity #baseballtraining #highschoolbaseball #TopVelocity
↓ If your elbow hurts after you throw hard, read this.
Your elbow is the last link in the chain. The forearm muscles that sit over your UCL help resist the valgus stress of every pitch, like a seatbelt for the ligament.
The catch: they fatigue. In collegiate pitchers, that muscular "seatbelt" strength dropped about 10% after 7 innings while the stress on the elbow stayed the same, so the ligament carries more of the load late in outings.
After 100 pitches, high school pitchers needed about 24 hours to fully recover that stability.
To be straight with you, the research isn't settled on how much forearm strength protects the ligament itself. What it does build is a forearm that holds up longer late in an outing.
So yes, do these:
1️⃣ Add them to your pre-throw warm-up
2️⃣ 2 x 15 reps each
3️⃣ Slow and controlled. Not fast.
But I wish it was this simple. Arm care alone isn't enough to keep you healthy.
How you throw decides how much load your elbow takes. In adult pitchers, rotating the trunk too early was linked to higher elbow valgus load. No band routine fixes timing.
Submit your video to MechanicsDNA Mini at topvelocity.org and we'll find the real problem.
If something is already sore, that calls for an assessment from a medical professional, not a warm-up.
— Dr. Brent Pourciau, TopVelocity
#pitching #baseball #armcare #elbow #ucl #pitchingvelocity #TopVelocity
ow hard should you throw for your age? 📊
We pulled the numbers from TopVelocity evaluations, real athletes on real radar guns, from 10-year-olds to pros.
Swipe to see:
📈 Velo, broad jump and vertical benchmarks by age
💪 The test that tracks velo best (it's not the squat)
🔥 How a 16-year-old went 82 → 91.7 mph in 9 weeks
Research backs it up: from youth to pro, the mechanics barely change. The engine does.
Where do you land? Drop your age + velo below 👇
Want your full ranking? Start your 7-day free trial at topvelocity.org, or comment RANK.
💾 Save this for your next evaluation.
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He touches 96. First day back: 47 on the med ball. 😤
Greyson Parker (2027 RHP, Mandeville, LA, PG All-American) just walked back into TopVelocity and picked up right where he left off.
Med ball velo is the purest test of how well your hips, trunk and arm hand off energy. No arm strength can hide a bad sequence at 47 mph.
What's your med ball PR? 👇
Comment VELO and I'll send you the program he trains on.
#pitching #baseball #pitchingvelocity #medball #throwgas #TopVelocity
April: 79 mph. Today: 90. 🔥
Bryant Ogando just hit a new flat ground PR. That's +11 mph since his first MechanicsDNA analysis in April.
No shortcuts. Better sequencing, a stronger lower half, and the 3X program, day after day.
👇 Comment VELO and I'll send you the program he used.
#pitching #baseball #pitchingvelocity #throwgas #90mph #TopVelocity
A 91 mph fastball isn't one move. It's three. 👇
1️⃣ LINEAR: drive your body down the mound
2️⃣ ROTATIONAL: hips open first, shoulders wait, trunk fires
3️⃣ LINEAR: the front leg blocks and the arm whips through
Here's the problem: in a study of 249 fastballs, only 12% hit the perfect order. When the arm fires out of order, elbow stress went up 21%.
That 3D model is Clayton Evans (91 mph) in MechanicsDNA. Every muscle, every phase, graded on the 20–80 scouting scale.
Want to see which phase is leaking YOUR velocity?
Start your 7-day free trial at topvelocity.org, or comment PHASES and we'll send you the link.
💾 Save this for your next bullpen.
#pitching #pitchingmechanics #pitchingvelocity #biomechanics #baseballtraining #TopVelocity
The GOAT is back. 🐐
Keagan Gillies just ran it up to 50 mph on the med ball… again. The facility record is 51, and he already owns that too.
Med ball velo is the purest test of how well your hips, trunk and arm work together. No arm talent hides a bad sequence at 50 mph.
Can anyone in here touch 51? 👇
Comment VELO and I'll send you the program he uses.
#medball #pitchingvelocity #throwharder #baseballtraining #TopVelocity
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The Cubs today claimed RHP Eric Orze off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
