We’re halfway through our top ten list of reasons to sign up for Throwzone’s Summer Velocity Enhancement and Arm Health Camp! Ready for reason #5? Here you go: Because as my mentor, Ron Wolforth, always says, “Hope is not a plan.”

When you train with us here at Throwzone Academy, we have a plan in place for you to develop your strength, stay healthy, and recover better.  There is a specific plan for everyone who trains here, with their goals and needs getting met from day one of training. Most players hope that a college will see them. Players hope they can throw the ball at 90 mph. But as Ron Wolforth says, “Hope is not a plan.” Training with us gives you a plan—a plan put into action every day during summer camp.

Start putting that plan into action today by clicking the following link to sign up and hold your spot for the Throwzone Academy Summer Training Camp: https://throwzone.com/2023-summer-velocity-enhancement-and-arm-health-camp/.

Throwzone Academy is a full-service throwing and pitching academy specializing in building arm strength, arm health, and recovery for the thousands of players who have walked through our doors. Through April 2023, over 212 players have reached 90 mph, 83 players have reached 94 mph, and 24 have reached 100 mph.

As another exciting Summer Training Camp draws near here at Throwzone Academy, I wanted to give you some myths, facts, and solutions on the common perceptions of players who are looking to be recruited or even just make their high school teams.

Over the years—and I’m going on over 30+ years of coaching, so my experience and insights into families are strong—I often talk to families about their return on investment (ROI) regarding their son and his quest for a baseball scholarship. Like investing money in the stock market, a mutual fund, or property, you want to get the most “bang for your buck.” Many times there is what I call “fool’s gold” told to families by showcase companies (Perfect Games is the biggest one) with very slick marketing pieces about being seen by their specific company and their vast array of college and professional scouts who will see their son if they attend their showcase.

And many times, you will be charged $500–$700 for the showcase, then afterward, you’re left wondering what happened. There’s no real follow-up, no phone calls, nothing. This happens to 97% of the players who attend these showcases.

The ROI for these events is simply awful.

This is also the case when going to Arizona for USA Baseball Junior Olympics tournaments. Many players participate in this tournament and are, afterward, only left with a sunburn and parents asking themselves why they spent a week’s worth of money on a hotel, food, entertainment, tournament fee, and the coaches who need to be paid, too. Again, the ROI is not even remotely logical.

Here are just a few of the topics I get asked about:

Myth #1: I must play a lot of baseball games during the summer to get noticed by colleges.

Fact: If you do not possess a skill set, such as high velocity on your pitches, running faster than anyone else around you, or can hit like Mike Trout, then it’s a waste of time to go to showcases.

Solution: Training during the summer to prepare yourself for scout ball or your high school fall season is an ABSOLUTE must. Here at Throwzone Academy, we can train you to improve your throwing and pitching skill set by adding velocity to your pitches, creating better movement on other pitches, such as a breaking ball or changeup, and providing a roadmap to continue on your quest to pitch at the collegiate level and above.

Myth #2: If I go to a college camp that has multiple college coaches, then I will get more attention than if I don’t go to that camp.

Fact: College showcases are very expensive, usually anywhere from $500 to $2500. One of the biggest camps is the Stanford University camp, which has as many as 30 different university and college coaches in attendance. That camp is close to $2200. A good portion of the camp goes to paying volunteer assistants some stipend money. The coaches there usually get paid to attend the camp, too, as long as they wear their college polo shirt and sun visor and have a clipboard. College camps are 99% a waste of valuable resources that could be put into training with a coach or by investing in a weight training program.

Solution: Development and training are the most important things for a player to focus on to move onto the next level. By raising the bar on your own development, you are investing in yourself to throw the ball harder, get more consistent strikes, and gain the ability to recover from your outing and throw the next day. Our Throwzone summer training will ensure you improve enough to showcase yourself to coaches when the time is right.

Myth #3: If I throw a baseball at 85 mph, then I’ll get to pitch in college!

Fact: This is true if you want to pitch at a small D3 college in the middle of the country or farther east. However, if your goal is to pitch at a big university, then the magic velocity number is 92 mph for right-handed pitchers and 90 mph for left-handers.

Solution: Throwzone Academy guarantees that players will get stronger arms and add velocity if they are driven to improve and throw with the intent of a madman whose goal is achieving 90 mph and above.

Many of those desires to be seen by coaches can be addressed by what is always the top priority for baseball players: training and development. Training and development ALWAYS trump playing in games, especially after a long fall, winter, and spring season, where players practice every day and play 2–3 games per week. A baseball player’s body needs to get some rest, but then it needs to train. The body needs to get back in shape, and strength needs to be built. Throwzone Academy can and has always gotten players in peak shape and ready for the next season, for which many high school players are practicing as early as mid-August with no real breaks.

Our summer training camp is the perfect complement to getting into the peak shape needed to get noticed and attention paid to your skill set. Players have gained strength and velocity with our training camp. Coupled with a solid weightlifting program, the gains are noticeable, and then you can think about a camp at your favorite university or school that has shown interest in you.

But if all you do is play, play, play, then a player will never be able to get their best self on the mound and the field.

Contact Throwzone today about our summer training camp. Just click the following link for more info: https://throwzone.com/2023-summer-velocity-enhancement-and-arm-health-camp/. 

I guarantee you won’t be disappointed!

What’s reason #6 why you should sign up for Throwzone’s Summer Velocity Enhancement and Arm Health Camp? Because the cost of showcases and summer travel teams are skyrocketing in price—and with no guarantee that players will get the results they hope for. 

There’s no explanation needed for the rising cost of travel, team fees, hotels, gas, and food. And playing summer baseball is VERY expensive while offering NO guarantee of a college coach in sight. After all, what’s the purpose of playing travel ball or going to a showcase but to be seen? Your return on investment (ROI) is nonexistent. 

However, training and developing your son’s skill set at a reasonable cost offers the best opportunity for a coach to show an interest in your son’s talent, especially if their fastball velocity goes up to record levels. The only way for this to happen is to train and develop without wasting money on all the costs associated with summer baseball.

Throwzone Academy is a full-service throwing and pitching academy specializing in building arm strength, arm health, and recovery for the thousands of players who have walked through our doors. Through April 2023, over 212 players have reached 90 mph, 83 players have reached 94 mph, and 24 have reached 100 mph.

Get more information about signing up for our Summer Training Camp by clicking this link: https://throwzone.com/2023-summer-velocity-enhancement-and-arm-health-camp/.

Reason #7 why you should sign up for Throwzone’s Summer Velocity Enhancement and Arm Health Camp is an important one: Pitching in the summer after a long winter and spring season is asking for an injury!

Many pitchers have pitched 50, 60, and 70+ innings between fall, winter, and spring games and need to get their bodies back in a strengthened state. Coaches tell these pitchers that pitching for their college-level team or an elite-level travel/select ball team for the summer will give them experience. 

However, the body and arm of a high school and/or college-level pitcher need time to build their strength back up to a peak position. Continually breaking the body down by pitching in games over and over is a surefire way to get injured sometime over the next season, let alone at the start of practice in the fall. 

It happens every year, including this past year, with a pitcher who kept throwing over and over on the weekends without much rest. Once his fall practice started at his high school, his arm problems began and kept him from pitching much in the fall due to not training and getting his body right. 

Playing summer ball is a reason to get injured unless you are training your body and getting stronger. Our Summer Training Camp is all about helping you build that strength so your arm is healthy and ready to go when baseball season starts again. 

Click on this link for more information, and sign up today for the Throwzone Academy Summer Training Camp!

Throwzone Academy is a full-service throwing and pitching academy specializing in building arm strength, arm health, and recovery for the thousands of players who have walked through our doors. Through April 2023, over 212 players have reached 90 mph, 83 players have reached 94 mph, and 24 have reached 100 mph.

Our top ten reasons to sign up for Throwzone’s Summer Velocity Enhancement and Arm Health Camp continue today with reason #8: Playing in summer showcases is a waste of money.

If you plan on attending weeklong summer showcases, good luck to you if your velocity isn’t where it should be. Showcase marketing is very good at promoting the idea that you will be part of USA Baseball — you will play on MLB fields (never mind that they are on minor league side backfields) against good competition. What they don’t tell you is the heat is triple digits, the hotel rooms are expensive, and if you are a pitcher, you might play 2 times over 5 days — and that’s if your arm isn’t hanging by a thread. If you want a baseball vacation, then by all means, do it. But if you’re hoping to be “seen” by colleges, you’re investing your money in the wrong area. Plus, colleges cannot have contact with you during the summer anyway.

Instead, summer is the ideal time to further develop your skill set, arm health, and velocity at our Summer Training Camp. Just click this link to learn more and save your spot for the summer!

Throwzone Academy is a full-service throwing and pitching academy specializing in building arm strength, arm health, and recovery for the thousands of players who have walked through our doors. Through April 2023, over 212 players have reached 90 mph, 83 players have reached 94 mph, and 24 have reached 100 mph.

“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.“

–Oprah Winfrey

The #9 reason on our top ten list to attend Throwzone’s Summer Velocity Enhancement and Arm Health Camp is this: You need more velocity on your pitches.

If you are a sophomore on the freshman team, a junior on JV, or a sophomore on varsity but you did not pitch much at all, then you need to build up your arm strength to help with velocity on your fastball and sharpen the break on your changeup and/or curveball. If your off-speed pitches are below 68 mph, you need to build up your arm strength immediately to have a chance to pitch on varsity next season.

Improve your arm strength and velocity by grabbing a spot in our Summer Training Camp! Click on this link for more information, and sign up today!

Throwzone Academy is a full-service throwing and pitching academy specializing in building arm strength, arm health, and recovery for the thousands of players who have walked through our doors. Through April 2023, over 212 players have reached 90 mph, 83 players have reached 94 mph, and 24 have reached 100 mph.

We’re counting down the top 10 reasons why Throwzone’s Summer Training Camp is so important to a player’s development. And here’s reason #10: If your velocity and radar readings are not where you’d like your fastball speed to be, then you need to attend the Throwzone Summer Velocity Enhancement and Arm Health Camp!

Most coaches don’t emphasize fastball velocity, but it’s a known fact that to pitch at the next level of baseball — from junior high to high school, and particularly from high school to college — the number on the radar gun is critical. That velocity matters to all coaches but especially to college coaches, whose first question is always, “What’s a player’s fastball velocity?” when they begin recruiting players. There are other factors, however, if you’re a right-handed pitcher and not pitching close to 87 mph as a starting point, then you won’t be recruited by your favorite or dream school at all.

Throwzone Academy is a full-service throwing and pitching academy that specializes in building arm strength, arm health, and recovery for the thousands of players who have walked through our doors. Through April 2023, over 212 players have reached 90 mph, 83 players have reached 94 mph, and 24 have reached 100 mph.

Camp starts June 5th, so click here to learn more and sign up today!