Tale of two pitchers, Big improvements in weeks!

Man its early for this kind of story but it great all the same. Some of you know that at Gamespeed I do a lot of work with pitchers. This time of year I like to see them shut down from pitching and focus on building for the upcoming season. However, for many reasons (Showcases, Fall Teams etc) that’s not always possible. Two of my charges have had some nice results recently. The first vying for a college scholarship and the second moving into his first year of college.

Congratulations to Alex Barden. Alex was in a pressure situation to give the scouts what they wanted. He had eight weeks to get ready for his outing to prospective colleges. In FIVE weeks, doing an in house program of 2-3 days per week with a homework program for another 2 days per week he improved velocity 4 mph! going from 82-86 mph. The result was an impressive outing and an offer from UC Santa Clara. He will join utility player Austin Fisher of Acalanes who also accepted an offer from the same school earlier this summer.

Tale of two pitchers, Big improvements in weeks!Game2016-12-09T00:03:07-08:00

Pitchers: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail” Time for your Off Season Pitchers Conditioning!

Calling all hurlers, Baseball and Softball. Its time to think about the the upcoming season. Well, you don’t just need a class, you need a plan.

Is your plan to “workout” or “train.” Working out only gets you in shape, having a training plan gets you ready to perform.

For the past eighteen years Gamespeed has helped some of the areas best pitchers plan out successful seasons.

The 2013 season saw Johanna Grauer of Amador Valley the California Gatorade Player of the Year and Trent Shelton of Campolindo the Eastbay Player of the Year dominate on the mound. Read more about them and others here….

Gamespeed plans include properly managed:

Velocity Improvement

Body Control

Durability

Endurance

Arm care

Recovery

Come to Gamespeed, not to workout but to “work a plan”, one devised for you to be in a “class of your […]

Pitchers: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail” Time for your Off Season Pitchers Conditioning!Game2016-12-09T00:03:08-08:00

Eastbay Player of the Year James Marvel had recipe for success cooking months before the season.

Take the teaching of pitching coach Jeff Pick, add four months of a off season pitchers conditioning at Gamespeed and stir it up with hard work and dedication and what do you get? Eastbay Player of the Year James Marvel for baseball. Congratulations JM!

East Bay baseball player of the year: Campolindo’s James Marvel

By Ben Enos
Contra Costa Times

Posted: 06/26/2012 05:54:11 PM PDT

Updated: 06/26/2012 09:27:15 PM PDT

There isn’t a whole lot more James Marvel could have done as a member of the Campolindo High baseball team.

But even with the lengthy list of accomplishments — three-time North Coast Section champion, scholarship to Duke, regarded as one of the area’s top pitchers — his legacy on the Moraga campus will include much more than what happened on the field.

For a senior season that saw him help the Cougars reach uncharted territory in NCS play, Marvel is the Bay Area News Group East Bay Baseball Player of the Year.

Things didn’t come easily at times for Marvel, a 6-foot-3 right-hander. Having spent the better part of three seasons as the team’s ace, Marvel was shelved by arm soreness with […]

Eastbay Player of the Year James Marvel had recipe for success cooking months before the season.qckstep22016-12-09T00:03:26-08:00