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Podcast #151: The Importance of Lean Muscle Mass and Playing College Baseball

Today I’m sitting down with Nutritionist and Dietician Nick Valenti. We refer all of our athletes looking to help increase their performance to Nick. Today he talks about the how and why muscle mass and “healthy” weight gain is imperative if you’re looking to play at the next level.

Topics Include:

    • Why caloric intake has such a profound effect on performance
    • How putting on lean mass helps level the playing field when trying to get recruited

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Podcast #150: Key Takeaways from Operating and Running a Travel Baseball Program

Revolution Baseball

Today my partner, Bahram Shirazi, and I are discussing some of the key takeaways we’ve gathered since putting together our travel baseball program under the RPP Revolution banner. Topics include:

    • Three pillars of athletic development
    • The Bell Curve
    • Importance of GREAT coaching
    • Developing responsible / accountable young athletes

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Podcast #149: Coastal’s Matt Williams on the road to Omaha and the RPP College Assessment

Today we’re sitting down with Coastal Carolina Pitching Coach Matt Williams, just recently back from Coastal’s run to the CWS in Omaha. In this episode we discuss:

    • His initial thought process for building a championship team upon first getting to Coastal
    • His Utilization of the RPP Remote College Assessment
    • Connecting with players to help get the best out of them

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Podcast #148: Building a Mid-Major Powerhouse with Murray State’s Pitching Coach Steve Adkins

Today we are sitting down with Murray State’s Assistant Coach and Pitching Coach Steve Adkins, fresh off a run to the CWS in Omaha. Topics Include:

    • Common challenges he sees pitchers facing during a long season
    • Keeping a “level-head” going into Omaha
    • Challenges of the Transfer Portal

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Athlete Highlight: Westchester / Putnam Pitcher of the Year Shane Jelenevsky Velo up 4 mph, T92

Iona Prep HS and University of Maryland commit Shane Jelenevsky joined us last summer to get a head start on his training for spring season of this year. At the time, Shane was looking to add velocity to his heater, improve his arsenal, while optimizing his mechanics this offseason. By this past spring, Shane had added 4 mph on his fastball going from 88 mph to 92 mph.  And more recently he was selected as Westchester / Putnam Pitcher of the Year.

How did he do it?

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Podcast #147: Programming for Pitchers to Optimize Performance and Health

In today’s podcast, I’ll be discussing important protocol that should be in every pitcher’s training program in order to throw harder and do it safely. Topics Include:

    • What are perfect mechanics… do they exist?
    • Why working on mechanics alone are not enough
    • Sample programming techniques

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Podcast #145: Getting Ready to Do It Again… RPP College Assessments

Every year in August, we’re hired to provide select D1 programs our assessment and evaluation summaries on individualized programming for their athletes.

Today, I’m joined by RPP Pitching Coordinator Matt Hartshorn to discuss the preparation and some thoughts on some exciting new changes to the assessment.
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Athlete Highlight: Bergen Catholic’s Jack Pintarelli Up 5-6 mph, T86

Bergen Catholic rising senior RHP Jack Pintarelli joined us last summer to get a head start on his training for spring / summer season of this year. At the time, Jack was looking to add velocity to his heater, improve his arsenal, and add lean muscle mass headed into the spring season. He continued with his training during the fall and the entire off-season. By early March (10 months), Jack had added 27 lbs. of lean muscle mass and 5-6 mph on his fastball, T 86 mph.

How did he do it?

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