Alan will be interviewed live on SiriusXM’s MLB Network Radio (channel 175) with Jeff Nelson on Home Plate at 6:35 PT.
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Longtime Jaeger Sports student and former Cy Young Award winner Barry Zito of the Giants made an impromptu visit and talked to the kids!
Jaeger Sports to appear at The inaugural West Coast Baseball Coaches Convention at Pechanga Convention this Friday/Saturday, Jan 14/15….
hope you can make it!!!
LEARN FROM BASEBALL’S BRIGHTEST MINDS
At the 2011 West Coast
Baseball Coaches’ Convention
The inaugural West Coast Baseball Coaches Convention will be held on January 13 – 15, 2011 at the renowned Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, CA.
Featuring inside information from some of baseball’s brightest minds, including coaches Ty Waller of the Oakland Athletics, Rick Renteria of the San Diego Padres, Steve Yeager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Dennis Rogers of Riverside Community College, Rich Hill of the University of San Diego and many more, you are certain to become a better baseball coach!
The West Coast Baseball Coaches Convention offers you numerous national presenters and dozens of exhibitors from national and local companies…all of whom are there to provide YOU with leading-edge knowledge, equipment and apparel. And, this is all delivered to you at the state-of-the-art Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula.
Our main goal is simple, to provide an unrivaled presenter line-up never seen before at any convention on the west coast. Our individuals consist of coaches from Major League Baseball, top collegiate coaches, successful high school programs and nationally acclaimed youth level baseball. In addition, we offer insight from Major League players and top performance specialists who will cover both the physical and mental side of the game.
We are committed to presenting sessions that will not only help you improve your coaching skills, but allow you and your entire baseball community to benefit and enjoy this unique atmosphere created.
Register today and join us January 13 – 15, 2011 to learn from some of the game’s top minds, visit our Exhibitor Zone, and catch up with your fellow coaches for three days of baseball talk at the one-of-a-kind Pechanga Resort and Casino.
Registration is only $75 (includes a reception on Friday). To register now, please call the Lake Elsinore Storm at 951.245.4487.
Alan was interview on MLB.com by By Doug Miller
Going long to help keep pitchers healthy
Distance throwing gains proponents, remains controversial
Click here to read the entire online article
Alan Jaeger turned on the television every night throughout October and had to smile, but by the time the World Series was in full swing, he admits that he had other outward displays of emotion. “I’m not going to lie to you,” Jaeger says. “There were some tears.“
Jonah Keri (ESPN, Baseball Prospectus, The Extra 2%, an upcoming book on The Tampa Bay Rays) has a tremendous article on his site about pitcher injuries, Nolan Ryan’s resurgent Texas Rangers and Jaeger Sports. Check out A Not-So-Brief History of Pitching Injuries, Starring Nolan Ryan and the Texas Rangers.
From the article…
The Rangers sent Jaeger to the Dominican Republic to work with Dominican Summer League Manager Jayce Tingler and other coaches on teaching young pitchers the new long-toss regime. The plan worked like a charm. The team raced to the best record in the league, with no major pitching injuries all season. But the Rangers didn’t merely challenge the 120-foot long-toss convention at the rookie ball level. Last spring, when Jaeger flew to the team’s spring training complex in Surprise on his own dime to see what else the Rangers had done, he couldn’t believe his eyes.
“They were crow-hopping like we were crow-hopping,” Jaeger beamed. “They were throwing the ball with arc, using our principles. I watched guys pushing 300 feet, which is practically unheard of in other places. I almost cried.”
With that, the Rangers became one of the first teams to actively promote the use of long-toss. The Oakland A’s, St. Louis Cardinals, Minnesota Twins, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees also promote the use of long-toss either at the major league level, the minor league level, or both. A few major league clubs recently lifted their restrictions on long-toss use. The gospel is spreading.
It’s an amazing article and definitely worth reading in its entirety.
