CONGRATULATIONS to Tim Adleman on making his MLB Debut on Sunday, May 1, 2016!!!
Tim has participated in the Velocity Plus Program the past three seasons and after a lot of hard work and dedication he has now achieved his dream of pitching in a Major League Baseball game!
"Reds' Adleman beats odds, shines in big leagues" - Cincinnati.com
Adleman pitched six-plus innings, allowing two runs on three hits with two walks and six strikeouts, as the Reds beat the Pirates 6-5 in 11 innings, breaking a six-game losing streak. “He was really cool out there today and he was very effective,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle told reporters after the game. “And the hitters were saying the same things — ‘This guy’s pitching a good ballgame, he’s hitting his spots, he’s mixing it up.’ ” Read Full Article"Tim Adleman has taken long road to Reds" - Cincinnati.com
He also saw an increase in his velocity, from 88 to 90 mph when he was in independent ball to throwing 94 mph in his stint against the Giants. Adleman trained with weighted baseballs in the offseason to help his arm strength, helping increase his velocity. It’s during those offseasons that he’s had time to think about what he was doing, working odd jobs at a baseball academy and an independent grocery store to make ends meet while plenty of friends have given up on their dreams of the big leagues. Read Full ArticleDESIGNED WITH YOUR HEALTH IN MIND
Originally designed as a shoulder prehab program, the Velocity Plus Program was designed with one goal in mind, continued ARM HEALTH! The bi-product of such emphasis on functional shoulder health and strength training has been the revolutionary increases in throwing velocities; known today as the Velocity Plus Arm Care Program, where ARM CARE yields RESULTS!
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Congratulations to ALL Our Latest Pros!!
Congratulations to all 50+ Velocity Plus Arm Care participants who were selected in this years 2016 MLB Draft. Since starting the tally a couple season's ago, the Velocity Plus Arm Care program has been a part of the training regimens of over two hundred athletes who have went on to hear their name's called in early June (at Major League Baseball's annual draft).
A VERY special congrats to LONGTIME participants, Drew Harrington and Zach Burdi! Theses two men have been participating in the Velocity Plus Arm Care (V+AC) program every year since they were each only kids in high school.
Harrington, the Atlanta Braves third rounder (the 80th overall pick), is from the Elizabethtown, KY - hometown of our V+AC headquarters. We've had the pleasure of working with Drew prior to the V+AC program's existence, when his baseball career first began as a youth player. In the fall of 2010, the then six foot high 70's southpaw, became one of the FIRST 50 athletes EVER to participate in our beloved V+AC program. Drew has continued to see success while participating in the V+AC program EVERY YEAR since (SIX consecutive years). Now a low 90's lefty who touches 94-95mph, Drew Harrington, is a poster child for what hard work can help someone achieve!
Zack Burdi began his V+AC journey in 2011, the summer before his junior year of high school. In his first season of the V+AC program, the then 6'2” Burdi's velocity jumped from low and mid 80's to high 80's and low 90's. Like Harrington, Zack also attended the University of Louisville where he too continued the V+AC program with unbelievable increases in velocity. The flame throwing righty now sits in the HIGH 90's, consistently hitting 100 mph and at times touches 101 and 102 mph. This summer Zack became the 26th overall pick when he was drafted in the first round by the Chicago White Sox in this years 2016 MLB Draft.
- June 26, 2014 by J.J. Cooper"Niklas Stephenson Finds 10 MPH, Becomes A Prospect" - BASEBALL AMERICA
BURLINGTON, N.C.—When the Royals first approached Niklas Stephenson about trying weighted ball workouts last fall, he was a little hesitant. But he didn’t have a whole lot to lose. The righthander was barely hanging on to a spot in pro ball. He had gone undrafted out of Sunset High in Encitas, Calif., before signing with the Royals as a nondrafted free agent in July 2012.
He’d posted a 7.47 ERA in two summers with the Royals’ Rookie-ball teams as a reliever. Lefthanders had hit an even .500 (20-for-40) against him. With an 83-86 mph fastball, not much of a curveball and even less of a changeup, it would have been fair to wonder what a scout ever saw in Stephenson. It was even more remarkable that the Royals were asking him to come back for a third pro season.
So weighted ball workouts? Why not.
“At first I was real skeptical. I’m not skeptical any more,” Stephenson said.
Throwing a heavier-than-normal ball helped Steve Delabar go from the independent leagues to the Mariners’ and then the Blue Jays’ bullpen. It’s now taken Stephenson from afterthought to legitimate prospect.
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