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“Your arm is your life line as a player — it can either be an asset or liability. Be proactive — it is one of your five major tools, so treat it that way” Thrive on [...]

Jaeger Sports Founder Alan Jaeger has released his Year Round Throwing Manual October 26th One of the primary goals of every athlete is to optimize their skills and abilities. In baseball, there [...]

(Editor’s Note: This in-depth report took more than eight weeks to research after contacting hundreds of high profile baseball players and coaches on the high school and college levels. To our [...]

Source: Collegiate Baseball Magazine Published: February 2014 By: Alan Jaeger   (Part 2 of a 2 Part Series) Introduction The Swing follows the mind, not the other way around Hitting is not [...]

(Part 1 of a 2 Part Series) Mound Management: In Game Strategies for Pitchers and Hitters Process Oriented: To be consumed by your current action independent of the consequences of your action [...]

Introduction For years, we have been asked a number of questions about the frequency and intensity of throwing for pitchers and position players, both for the Off-Season and In-Season.  Questions [...]

Source: mlb.com Published: September 2013 By: Anthony Castrovince   Matt Harvey will get a second opinion on his injured right elbow from renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews on [...]

Why arms regressed when “rehab” programs became the protocol for healthy arms “Despite the value of the golden age of orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists, rehabilitation programs and [...]

Source: Wall Street Journal Published: April 2012 By: Matthew Futterman   Meet Dylan Bundy, the Great Hope of Baltimore and the most fascinating pitching prospect since The Freak, Tim [...]

Source: Wall Street Journal Published: April 2012 By: Matthew Futterman   As Its Young Devotees Prosper, Long Toss’ Gets Another Look; Injury Concerns Pitchers come in all sizes and [...]

How adding 10 minutes to your daily practice can turn a good season into a great one This is not Football, Basketball or Hockey — it is Baseball. And of the four “major” sports in the [...]

Source: Sports Illustrated Published: August 2011 By: Lee Jenkins   Drivers on Texas Loop 336 head east to the town of Cut and Shoot, west to the land of Rock and Fire. The gunslingers of [...]

Source: Arizona Republic Published: June 2011 By: Nick Piecoro   Less than an hour before he would start games for UCLA, right-hander Trevor Bauer would be deep in the outfield gap, heaving [...]

Source: Pinetarpress.com Published: May 2011 By: Greg Schaum   This is an article about how the cutting edge training programs available to amateur players (via schools like Vanderbilt, [...]

Source: ESPN The Magazine Published: February 2011 By: Tim Keown   Out of answers, Tim Alderson chose questions. Where do you go when there’s nowhere to go? What do you try when [...]

Source: JonahKeri.com Published: September 2010 By: Jonah Keri   SURPRISE, Az. — The early-morning sun beamed down on Neftali Feliz as he toed the pitching rubber. A smattering of Texas [...]

Source: Sports Illustrated Published: May 2010 By: Albert Chen   Half an hour to first pitch at the Ballpark in Arlington, and here is Nolan Ryan, the most irascible and feared pitcher in [...]

Source: Fullcountpitch.com Published: May 2010 By: Gary Armida   Major League Baseball is more or less a standardized industry. Everything a player does can be quantified in some manner. [...]

Over the past 15 years or so, for various reasons, many of today’s pitching coaches and trainers at the highest levels (and influential levels) have adopted a 120 foot throwing program that [...]

Source: Collegiate Baseball Published: October 2009 By: Alan Jaeger   If Mental Practice is not part of your daily routine then don’t expect your players to be mentally prepared in [...]

Source: MLB.com Published: August 2009 By: Mychael Urban   Among nature’s mightiest, most majestic creations are the Great Redwoods, which stretch skyward to heights of 350 feet and [...]

Source: BaseballAmerica.com Published: April 2009 By: Kary Booher   The message came in loud and clear at an offseason conditioning camp set aside for pitchers: The old ways of doing [...]

Source: Collegiate Baseball Magazine Published: February 2009 By: Alan Jaeger   For many years I’ve been asked a number of questions about “when” and “how” [...]

Source: Performance Conditioning Published: February 2009 By: Alan Jaeger   “In Season” Arm Conditioning and Maintenance Throwing Program:Integrating Long Toss into Bull-pens and In-season [...]

Source: Performance Conditioning Published: August 2008 By: Alan Jaeger   Born and raised in sunny, southern California, you might wonder why I feel a need to write an article about a [...]

Source: MLB.com Published: April 2007 By: Thomas Harding   ENCINO, Calif., Feb. 11 – A dozen of the best pitching prospects in baseball lay side by side in the dark, their eyes closed, [...]

Source: San Diego Tribune Published: April 2007 By: Bill Center, Union-Tribune Staff Writer   In nature, some trees are short, while others, like the Great Redwoods, can grow above 350 feet [...]

Source: Collegiate Baseball Magazine Published: April 2007 By: Alan Jaeger   In nature, some trees are short, while others, like the Great Redwoods, can grow above 350 feet Nature knows [...]

Source: Perfect Game USA Published: April 2007 By: Jim McDonald, Staff Writer   In a different time, in the same place, Alan Jaeger could have been a Beach Boy. He has the just the right [...]

Source: The New York Times Published: February 2007 By: Lee Jenkins   ENCINO, Calif., Feb. 11 – A dozen of the best pitching prospects in baseball lay side by side in the dark, their [...]

“Our BP pitcher would tell us that a change-up was coming and he would still dominate us” – Jim Vatcher, former major league outfielder When was the last time you heard a hitter [...]

Source: Orange County Metro Published: March 2006 By: Christopher Trela   Baseball legend Yogi Berra once said, “Baseball is 90 percent mental; the other half is physical.” Berra [...]

Source: Collegiate Baseball Magazine Published: March 2006 By: Alan Jaeger   “If this game was only about physical skills and ability than every first round pick would end up in the [...]

Source: Los Angeles Times Published: September 2005 By: Joe Roderick, Times Staff Writer   SAN FRANCISCO – Should the Giants win the National League West or wild card, they might have [...]

Source: Daily News-Los Angeles Published: February 2005 By: Kevin Modesti, Staff Writer   In Woodland Hills one afternoon last week, the man Oakland Athletics left-hander Barry Zito trusts [...]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle Published: September 2002 By: Bruce Jenkins, Chronicle Staff Writer   AS THEY lean heavily toward a three-man pitching rotation for the postseason, the [...]

Source: Collegiate Baseball Magazine Published: May 1999 By: Alan Jaeger   “I’ll start playing long toss in January. If I can throw it 200 feet, I try to throw it 300 feet. I [...]