Justin Verlander was a gangly teenager. His parents jokingly called him a “brontosaurus.” Long before he became a three-time Cy Young Award winner, he was a high schooler who couldn’t consistently ...

Seattle relief pitcher Tayler Saucedo uses a weighted ball to warm up in the bullpen before a spring training baseball game. Velocity training is the rage in baseball from the youth levels up through ...

If you’ve come remotely close to fitness or strength training recently, chances are you’ve come across the term “velocity-based training” or VBT (Velocity Based Training). VBT is one of the most ...

Long before he became a three-time Cy Young Award winner, he was a high schooler who couldn't consistently muster the arm strength needed to get drafted. So he went to college, took the time he ...

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