Kern Diamond Development

WRECKING BALLS. This is one way we work with our pitchers to catch their arm swing momentum at foot landing rather than muscling up through hand separation. Let your arm swing up and use your hand separation/arm swing as a way to stay back/closed and promote more efficient shoulder hip separation. Let your lower half go to the plate and leverage your arm swing as your counter rotation mechanism. Shoutout MILEY

LABOR DAY WORK. Day off from school isnt a day off from work. Great group over the long weekend. Fall Ball is here. Check in with us 🫡

There’s no perfect drill — I don’t think one movement pattern deserves all the credit, and I get the purists who say let mechanics develop naturally before fine-tuning. That said, drill work still matters when it’s done with purpose. But not every drill is meant for you — some will actually take you the wrong direction, and busy work isn’t productive if nothing’s broken. Skip it if you can’t tell whether it actually helps how you throw. ⚾

Most underrated part of Trackman Baseball is their video comparison model that allows us to view two pitches at once. This gives our trainers and players better feedback each rep. What do you notice between these two clips?

Last week of August in the books 🎬⚾️

Another week of arms getting better, players putting in work, and the Diamond staying busy. 💎

Summer’s wrapping up… but we’re just getting started.

September is here, fall baseball is rolling, and spooky season is officially on deck. 🎃👻⚾️

Creating tension in our delivery versus holding tension. I’ve always been a fan of getting rid of slack in the system by allowing the hips to rotate freely. Its our core’s responsibility to keep our shoulders closed while we drive our hips down the mound into opening. Lower body rotates first and the upper body rotates second, not at the same time. The sooner we can learn that concept, the more we can be elastic and throw hard at lower intensities. Kinetic energy beats muscling up everytime. (Well almost everytime).