Javi DeJesus was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico where he learned to love the game of baseball. His parents moved to Beaumont, TX where he had a lucrative high school career throwing the schools first two no-hitters, District 22-5A MVP and earned a scholarship to the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. From 1990-1992, Javi amassed a record […]
Pitching
How to get into your legs with Harold Mozingo
Watch the video: Harold Mozingo is a former pitcher in the Royals and Blue Jays organizations. He is the inventor of the TorqueScrew training device for training pitchers on how to use ground force effectively. He is the author of Young Guns Eguide, a 90 page complete guide to training youth pitchers. It includes […]
Train Hard, Recover Hard
It never fails, every college or pro player I speak to says they regret not getting into the weight room earlier in their career. I started training at age 11 at True Grind Systems in Austin, TX. At these young ages it isn’t about lifting heavy weights, it is about learning the habits, movement patterns […]
3 Ways to Naturally Increase Spin Rate without Foreign Substances
Trevor Bauer engineered his way to a Cy Young Award in 2020. Interestingly, his average spin rate went up 415 rpm. Last year, his spring rate was around 2400 rpms and this year it was over 2800 rpms without an increase in pitch velocity. He wasn’t the only one to increase their spin rate as […]