Behind the Seams Baseball Podcast

Today we sit down with Ron Wolforth, founder of the Texas Baseball Ranch and consultant to many collegiate and MLB Organizations. Topics include:

• Origins of the ranch
• Creating the famous ranch model
• The Dura-throw system
• Off-season shut downs (or not!!)

Since 2003, 121 of Coach Wolforth’s clients have been drafted, including the 2011 #3 overall draft pick, Trevor Bauer. He is considered the world’s leading expert on the objective measurement of pitcher’s performance and movement patterns.
He consults for 3 MLB organizations and dozens of NCAA programs. He is a featured author in Collegiate Baseball and has been a featured speaker at the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) National Convention five times since 1999, as well as twice as a presenter at the American Sports Medicine Institute’s Injuries in Baseball Annual Conference.
Some of his clients include Trevor Bauer, Scott Kazmir, Raul Ibanez, CJ Wilson, Tyson Ross and Anthony Bass.

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We recently had the pleasure of taking a trip down to the University of South Carolina to assess and evaluate their entire pitching staff. Today we’re sitting down with Bill Anderson, Director of Sports Performance at the South Carolina and revisiting the process. Topics Include:

• What is strong enough
• Plyometrics, the missing link
• Mobility and its relationship with mechanics

Coach Anderson has been working for almost three decades at South Carolina. He oversees an experienced and talented staff of certified strength and conditioning coaches; and he works directly with the Baseball, Women’s Golf and Men’s Golf teams. He began working at South Carolina in 1992 as a graduate assistant. He was hired as a full-time member of the strength staff in 1994 and has been given increasingly greater responsibilities ever since.
A native of Stratford, Connecticut, Bill received his bachelor of science degree in health fitness from Springfield College in Massachusetts. While at Springfield, Anderson ran track all four years and until recently was the record holder in the 800 meter run.

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Today we’re sitting down with Matt Swope who was recently appointed Head Coach for Maryland Baseball. Coach Swope is no stranger to the “Terps culture”. Topics include:

• Using caution when making mechanical adjustments
• When to use tech and when not to use tech
• Key points when examining “character” during recruiting

He has been a part of the Maryland Baseball staff in various coaching positions for the past 11 seasons? as the Terrapins advanced to six NCAA Regionals and two Super Regionals.
Coach Swope is a native of New Carrollton, Maryland, and a graduate of DeMatha Catholic High School. He is the first Maryland Baseball head coach to lead his alma mater since Tom Bradley ‘72. As a player and staff member, he has been a part of 461 victories as a Terp.

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My guest today is Ethan Newton, Assistant Coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU). He joined (actually re-joined) the Knights last year after having spent over a year here at RPP as the Director of Hitting. Join us as we discuss:

• Value in assessments and their application in training
• Movement strategies and hitting mechanics
• Importance of the middle

Prior to RPP, Ethan was an assistant coach on Rob DiToma's staff at FDU. He arrived at FDU after spending the past two seasons as a volunteer assistant at University of Hartford. As a player, Ethan played four years of collegiate baseball at Allegany and Ohio University.
As a side note, one year in, FDU hitters are having an amazing season with runs per game up nearly 30% and an overall team record of 26-16-1.

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Today, I’m flying solo and answering some questions sent in by our listeners.
Topics range from programming with velocity-based training throughout the off-season, training to maintain velo in the later innings as well as tight hamstrings and long term athletic development.
A lot here to chew on this week so enjoy and enjoy the long weekend!

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