Integrated Performance Blog

Welcome to Sectionals Week. The entire Integrated Performance Team wants to send a massive good luck out to all the players we’ve worked with this year, and everyone we’ve coached in years past. You’ve put in the work, now go show out. We hope to see every one of you make a successful, deep playoff ...

In an ideal world, every pitcher is on a 7-day rotation. You’d have one start, six days of recovery, and plenty of time to get your body right. But it’s never ideal—this is Indiana high school baseball. We don’t always have the manpower for a 5-man rotation.

Whether your son is a starter on short r...

Everyone wants to be the hero in Sectionals. We’re at that point in the year where every pitcher is dealing with some sort of nagging soreness. You’ve been grinding since March, your body is tired, and the adrenaline of the tournament is the only thing keeping you going.

But here is the reality: If...

Sectional pairings are finally out. This is the moment you’ve been working for all year. But if your arm is hanging now, you are getting a little worried. Your bicep is tight, your forearm feels like a brick, and you’re just praying you can "make it through" the next few weeks.

I hear it from playe...

We are right in the thick of the season, and I’m seeing the same story over and over again. Guys are coming into the clinic complaining that their velocity is dropping and they’re feeling way more sore between starts than they did in March.

It’s frustrating. You put in the work all winter. You did ...

Opening Day in Indiana is a rush. We’ve got games at Grand Park in Westfield, and teams from Noblesville, Westfield, and Carmel are traveling south to Tennessee to find some warmer weather. The adrenaline is high, the radar guns are out, and your son is finally letting it rip.

But by Monday morning...

It’s April in Indiana. You spent all winter working hard in a nice, climate-controlled indoor facility, throwing in shorts and a T-shirt. Now you are standing on a mound at Grand Park, facing your toughest rival. It’s 45 degrees, the wind is gusting at 20 mph, and you’re trying to PR your velo to K ...

It’s the most frustrating thing in baseball.

You got stronger, faster, and more athletic in the off-season. You did the throwing progression your coach laid out for you. You were ready to sit down the side in your first outing at Grand Park.

Or at least… that’s what you were planning on doing.

Th...

Baseball season is finally here! (Even if there’s still snow on the ground as I write this... facepalm).

We’ve been waiting for this forever. We’ve been cooped up inside, and we need to be on the diamond. Maybe you missed the end of last year with elbow pain, but you did your standard rehab, got "c...

Being on the IL is the most frustrating place a ballplayer can be. You work your tail off all winter, grinding through the off-season to get your body right, only to get shut down three weeks into the season because your shoulder or elbow starts barking.

But you know what’s even worse? That "Ground...

We’ve all been there—the fifth inning of a start, and you are dealing. Everything is hitting the mitt. This is your best day on the mound all season.

Then, disaster strikes. You walk two guys. A weak dribbler to third results in an infield hit. Suddenly, the bases are loaded. You want to keep going...

What is one of the most common baseball injuries that keep players off the field (besides the obvious elbow and shoulder injuries)? It’s a tie between the oblique and the low back.

Chances are, by the time an athlete reaches his senior year of high school, he has missed at least a few practices due...