Ryan Pratt's Blog

    My journey to try and throw a baseball harder started in 2020 when my senior year of college baseball was canceled due to covid. The journey was long and hard with a lot of negatives and positives, but I was able to increase my velocity from the high 70's to 86 miles per hour. It took a lot of hard work in the weight room and throwing wise but overall, it gave me a greater  appreciation for how hard it is to throw harder and it's not something that magically happens overnight. Hopefully this blog can give some athletes advice about what I did right and wrong in this throwing journey.      First off, I am going to talk about what went right in this throwing journey. In the weight room I pushed my body to new levels and got stronger than I ever had before. You have to do this to throw harder as if your body doesn't have adaptations, you will just remain the same. Also, I did a lot of mobility work and I recommend you try...

      In the coaching industry there is a lot of debate over whether an old school or new school approach is better. I tend to lean towards the new school because I think if we are not constantly evolving then things can't continue to get better. One old school trait that will never go out of style is holding everyone in the program accountable for their actions. The coaches and players must be held to the same standard no matter their skill level or nothing will ever be accomplished over a long period time. The buzzword culture is used a lot these days and I think overused especially if everyone isn't being held accountable for their actions.      Accountability has to start with the head coach laying down expectations for the assistant coaches and players and tell them exactly how you want things done. If this isn't done, then accountability is immediately lost right away because the head coach has no expectations for anyone. If these ...