| Welcome to the Revolution in Baseball Training! |
A letter from Coach Ryan.................................
I welcome you to find any other baseball training facility in the country that will get you closer to playing at next level more than the Fastball USA.
We believe that "development" is not a word that should be thrown around lightly. We believe at Fastball USA that development is un-disputed improvement. Improvement and results are exactly what we specialize in.
I have no doubt that everyone of our students can accomplish throwing & hitting a baseball 90MPH or even more. No Doubt!
So why are you not doing it yet?
What steps are you taking to work towards this goal?
Do you know and understand why this goal is important?
Throwing and hitting a baseball 90MPH or more is a major source of power that can happen with the right training and the right environment. It is what seperates the average baseball player from the exceptional baseball player. It is what opens doors of opportunities to play at the highest levels. If your son has the burning desire to play at the next level and he is not afraid to work, then the Fastball USA Training Center is the right place for you!
Fastball USA now gives players from all over the country, the entire midwest, and the entire Chicago area an opportunity to experience the most explosive baseball trainining system in the country. .
Fastball USA Systems Include
> Explosive Hitting System - The System for hitting harder and farther!
> Black Belt Training System For Pitchers/Throwing- Velocity/Command Go Hand in hand
> Web Gem Defensive Training System - Gold Glove Training
> Master The Mindset Training With Specialist - Adam Kotowski
> Strength Training Specific To Baseball Not to body building. (train for your sport)
> Quickness,Speed, Specific To Baseball not to basketball players. (train for your sport)
This is your opportunity to attend a baseball training facility that gets results like this...............
41 Athletes in the past 18 months have reached Ball Exit Speeds of 90mph or more
26 Athletes in the past 18 months have thrown a baseball 90mph or more
3 Athletes have reached over 100mph of Ball Exit Speed
1 Athlete has even reached 102mph of Throwing Speed!
6 Six times in the past seven years a Fastball USA student has been drafted
Several more are playing Division I baseball and other levels of baseball around the country.
In my opinion everyone can throw and hit a baseball 90mph. Few have a system that gives them increasing improvement. Few have exact short term and long term goals as a part of their training development.
Most simply "Hope" that they get better, improve, or "Hope" they reach their dreams.
"HOPE" is not a plan! If it is then don't plan on acheiving your goals.
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What are we doing differently than the rest of the trainers, instructors, and academy's in the world?
We focus on objectively measuring, testing, and recording results for feedback on further improvements and instant feedback on progress. Our 90mph Club continues to grow for hitters and pitchers. Many coaches and baseball development people in the world hate this type of system because it might actually take current beliefs that they believe to be correct and prove them to be wrong. Nobody wants to be wrong. If your not measuring, documenting, and constantly evaluating your progress then why are you wasting your time?
It's not about being right or wrong, it's about improving your game time results. That is why people choose Fastball USA and Team Fastball USA. Development equals results.
To become apart of Fastball USA you must request a application and evaluation time to be considered for our programs. You can also look at our Ron Wolforth Pitching Camps, Explosive Hitting Camps, along with our Ultimate Baseball Boot Camps beginning in 2012. - Coach Ryan -
Read just a few of our success stories below!
Also Click on the Results Link To See Stories from people like you
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| Giovenco Selected by Kansas City Royals in 14th Round |
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| Giovenco Fires a 95mph Fastball |
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| Hey Mike,
Just wanted to let you know that we do nearly all the same arm care here as we did at fastball. We do numerous variations of all of the arm care on an everyday basis, and also we do ALOT of the flexibiltiy and pre workout warmups that we did at fastball. Fastball USA pretty much prepared me for pro ball, and currently I have over 100 innings on my arm this year, and I have to thank you for teaching me the importance of arm care. In the past, my arm would usually be in pain around this time of year, and I would be experiencing "dead arm". But currently my velocity is still sitting in the 90-93 range and topping around 95mph. Once again, I just wanted to thank you for everything, and please continue to stress the importance of arm care, flexibiltiy, and good old fashioned hard work to the rest of the guys.
Thanks,
Mike Giovenco
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| Recent Fastball & Team Fastball Signings |
Pat Bellinger
Evansville University
Andrew Hjellming
Valpairaso University
Jack Czeszewski
Illinois State University
Jake Turner
Northern Illinois
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Joe Perricone
Coastal Carolina
Ryan Hinchely
UIC Flames
Carl Sugihara
UIC Flames
Devin Pickel
Valpairaso University
Mitch Baker
Judson University
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| Czeszewski Commits to Illinois State University |
A fixture at Fastball USA for the past 8 years has made a verbal commitment to play baseball for Illinois State University. Jack is currently a junior at Elk Grove High School. Due to Jack's success and improvements, Fastball in some ways could be considered "the house that Jack built". Many of Jacks friends and team members also followed shortly after Jack began training with us. That includes the UIC bound Carl Sugihara who also plays for Elk Grove High School. Congrats to Jack and keep up the hard work.
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| Joe Perricone Selected By The Tampa Bay Rays in the 2011 MLB Draft |
Joe Perricone (Hersey High School) has been recently drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft. Perricone trained with Fastball during the winter of 2010 & 11 focusing on conditioning and explosiveness. Joe maxed out at 97mph turn and burn which is the third fastest in our Academy history. Joe is set to play baseball at Coastal Carolina University next year after receiving a scholarship for baseball. Congrats to Joe and continue the hard work.
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| Mitch Baker Will Pitch For Judson University |
From Not Making The Varsity Team To Throwing 90MPH in 14 Months!!
Finding Focus...
Mitch Baker, a tall lanky kid with a dream. Plays Little League, Travel Ball and moves onto his High School freshman and sophomore teams. He has an above average fastball, smooth delivery and told lots of potential... then fails to make his varsity team his junior year. New coach, politics, lack of focus might have sunk him, but he took it upon himself to get better. He had to find his focus.
2010 Mitch goes in 100% to the teachings at Fastball. While missing Spring ball he attends FB 2-3 times a week.
Summertime he attends 2 large Midwest showcases posting the 1st and 3rd highest MPH times out of hundreds of 2011 prospects. Offers from colleges start to come in. Contacts through your organization start to develop. Coaches come out to Fastball to see Mitch work out.
2010 -2011 Mitch continues to work out posting 94 mph turn and burn and 86-88 off the mound. Senior Year he goes undefeated. 2011 Mitchell signs a Scholarship to a local school with strong baseball program. He hits 90 mph off the mound.
Mitch had a strong fall and is slated to play varsity ball his freshman season.
We are indebted to your program and look forward to seeing you during holiday breaks...to keep the focus.
The Baker Family
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| Chris Iliopoulos Shows off his Explosive Power and Wins Home Run Derby At US Baseball Championships |
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| Chris Iliopoulos (center) takes a photo with team members and coaches after winning the home run derby at the US Baseball Championships in Richmond,Va |
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| Carl Sugihara Will Play For UIC Flames |
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Carl Sugihara will be playing for the UIC Flames. Sugihara has spent the past four years training with Fastball USA working hard to achieve his goals. Carl's throwing speed increased from 73mph to 91mph in a three year span. Carl is also an outstanding hitter. As a freshman his exit speed was 73-75mph. Today Carl is hitting the ball 88mph - 92mph with 90mph plus bat speed.
Congrats to Carl. Keep up the Hard Work!
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| Ryan Hinchley LHP Cracks 90MPH Head To UIC |
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Ryan Hinchley is one of the areas best Left Handed Pitchers. Ryan did his initial evaluation with Fastball USA during the summer of 2009 in which he posted a 81mph fastball. By December of 2009 Ryan's velocity increase was almost un-believable. At a showcase in December of 2009 Ryan hit 90mph for the first time, and consistently posted 88mph velocity with much better control.
Congrats to Ryan. Keep up the hard work!
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| Jake Turner Goes from mid 80's to 90MPH Commits to Northern Illinois University |
Congrats to Northern Illinois bound, Jake Turner, on recently hitting 90mph on the mound. Jake has been working hard on his velocity, mechanics, command, and overall explosiveness. Keep up the great work as we look forward to assisting you in your next 5mph!
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| Pat Bellinger (Team Fastball USA ) To Play For Evansville University |
| Andrew Hjellming (Team Fastball USA) Will Play For Valparaiso University |
| Mitch Baker Set's new High of 94mph Headed to Judson University |
Baker Signs with Judson University
Congrats to Mitch Baker recently broke his old record on a step behind of 92mph and hit 94mph. Baker has topped at 90mph on the mound and has a tremendous splitter. The tall, lanky right hander is easily one of the top pitchers in the class of 2011.
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| Sean Thomas Hits 99mph Exit Speed |
Sean Thomas (Glenbrook North HS) has shown tremendous power and skill during the past 18 months at Fastball USA. The left handed pitcher has seen his mound velocity get to 85mph and his exit speed as a right handed hitter max at 99mph. The right handed hitter improved exit speed from 78-99mph over the course of a little over a year.
A great pick up. Sean has the grades, the running speed, as well as the hitting power, and pitching skill. Sean led his team on the mound as a high school junior last year.
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| LHP - Devin Pickel Hits 88mph At February Showcase.....Will Pitch For Valpairaso University |
Devin Pickel attended a showcase this past August and once again in February. Here are the results after training with Fastball USA since September.
August: Top Velocity 86mph
February: Top Velocity 88mph
August: Velocity Range 79-86
February: Velocity Range 85-88
More importantly he feels much healthier than before and much more powerful.
Devin Pickel also improved his throwing speed to 90mph while hitting 88mph on the mound. Pickel is a LHP and has committed to Valparaiso University. Pickel (class of 2011) attends St.Patrick HS in Chicago and has seen his throwing velocity increase 4mph while focusing hard on arm care and durability.
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Fastball USA Student improves Ball Exit Speed from 72mph to 97mph
Improves 25MPH in 20 Months!
Coach,
I did not know what to call this but I think "Getting Results" is appropriate where my son Dominic is concerned. Dommo has a mathematics and science background so the marriage between our family and Fastball USA could not be have worked out better.
As a matter of fact, I think most of the kids that frequent the Fastball workouts and measurement nights must have the same love for math and science that Dommo has...
As somebody who records the hitting and throwing metrics of the boys, I have never seen so many kids compete as hard as these boys do and take the number I yell out to them as seriously as the kids at Fastball!
All the kids at the measurement nights are looking for that extra 2 or 3 MPH difference from the last metric night and I have seen every kid there not only raise their number from the time before, they raise their expectations for the next measurment night 30 days down the road!
One fateful August evening in 2009, my son and I went to Fastball USA on a referral from Steve Brandt as a place that serious kids should check out if they want to pursue a baseball career in earnest.
That was 20 months ago and Dommo loves fastball more today than he did the first time he stepped into the "Dojo"!
Dommo would like the opportunity to play baseball at the next level and he thinks Fastball USA is the only academy that feeds his hunger to progress in the manner he has and will continue to do so.
Here is his dramatic progression purely from a hitting perspective. In August 2009 Dommo was 5'10" and weighed 150 pounds. His bat speed was 73 MPH and his exit speed was 72 MPH.
In 20 months of intense training at Fastball he has gone from a skinny 14 year old boy to a very strong 16 year old man.
He is now 5'11.5" and weighs 168 pounds (all muscle) and I can honestly say the strength is all a bi-product of the black belt workouts at Fastball.
I am not talking bench and curl strength, Dommo quit lifting weights a year ago.
I am talking about functional core strength specific to that of major league baseball players.
His bat speed is now 97 MPH which matches his exit speed! To put this in its proper perspective, these numbers are the same as most major league ball players outweighing Dommo by 20 - 50 pounds.
Because I am not a scientist, I do not know how these metrics can be achieved, I just know when he goes to Fastball good things happen!
Mike - he likes the no nonsense personality of you and coach Steve.
In this world of establishments patronizing their clientele and sugar coating things where their kids are concerned, Fastball USA takes the exact opposite approach.
While this might not be for every family seeking a baseball academy, the families that frequent Fastball USA will have the best chance of their son or daughter playing at the next level no matter what that level is.
The DeMicco's will be there until you kick us out!
Thanks for all the hard work with my son.
Sincerely,
Dominic Demicco
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Add MPH!
Throw harder, pitch faster, hit harder, hit farther. The Fastball USA Training concept uses some unique training tools in order to train strength and explosiveness for the baseball athlete.
Speed Chains (Torso Burner, Hitting Chain,Throwing Chain, COE Timer) are just some of the unique training tools used in the Fastball USA system of explosiveness. Chain training for baseball is very new, unique, and is now used by major league players along with pro athletes in other sports.
For arm care all of our players use the Shoulder Tube as a unique way to help with overall arm health and the shoulder tube also helps strengthen the arm for our pitchers. This unique device was also featured in an August edition of Sports Illustrated. Trevor Bauer (Number 3 Overall Draft Pick selected by the Diamondbacks uses the Shoulder Tube religously.) At Fastball USA the shoulder tube has been a staple in our training for the past 7 years.
Additional unique training includes using tires, Sleds, elastic tubing, throwing med balls, and quickness drills with handled med balls. This along with agility, quickness, and strength training utilizing gymnastics rings for strength, have created a very unique explosive program for baseball.
All players are tested, measured, and record results in every phase of Fastball Training. This includes testing and measuring bat speed, ball exit speed, ball flight, hitting and throwing distance, throwing velocity, throwing command, differiential in off speed pitches versus fastballs. In addition players track and record measurements during warm up's, workouts, and skill specific drills and training. The constant tracking and recording of performance allows the student and coach for more feedback, plus creates a very goal driven baseball athlete. When we are struggling we know exactly what our performance is measuring at. This program allows you to create short term and long term goals and reinforces the importance of paying attention to detail. It's simple, either your improving or you are not. This attention to detail, along with expert guidence from our coaching staff, allows our players to make more progress than the typical baseball lesson experience.
We are all about results. Throwing velocity and hitting power does not make you great however it does open many doors and opportunities. Those who throw the hardest, hit the furthest or run the fastest, are the players who get the first look at scholarship money, professional contracts, and Major League Baseball. The Fastball USA Training and Team Fastball training opens up many opportunites for players who are thriving at becoming explosive. Don't wait until your career is almost over to worry about power. Make sure your improving performance every day and working towards continued improvement in overall power. This will give you more opportunities in the game of baseball.
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| Preview of Fastball Students Working Hard |
| Explosive Hitting Preview |
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| Pitchers take a break from the hard work |
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| Coach Ron Wolforth Explains His Long Toss Program as students hang on to every word |
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How to get started?
1. Get Evaluated and Tested
Video Evaluation and physical testing
Set up your appointment:
email: fastballusa@hotmail.com
call 630/247-5107
Prepare Yourself:
# 1 Meet and greet with Coach Mike Ryan or Staff
# 2 Signed and completed application
# 3 Evaluation
# 4 Possible Acceptance to the program
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Year Round Training At Fastball USA
Participate in our beginner or advanced programs all year long.
Emphasis of each class session changes with the time of the year
Fall - Winter - Spring - Summer Programs For All Ages
Including our Advanced High School/College Training Programs
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| YES!!! Send me More info About Fastball USA & Fastball University |
| Fastball USA - Evaluation-Meeting-Interview |
Fastball USA has a interview/evaluation process to explain Team and Training programs to parents, Players. We go above and beyond to make sure we have the "right" families in our Academy and on our Teams. Not all participants are accepted. Click on "About Fastball" for details.
REFUND POLICY:
With that said if you accept a spot into our programs, your committment is 100% Non-Refundable. Meaning if you register and then change your mind, we do not offer a refund. We do however, offer additional training towards another event,clinic, camp, team fee's or service. Injuries can be used at a later date.
Fastball USA and Team Fastball is NOT for everyone. Our concepts are successful because of the combination of students who very hard, very smart, and our guided to discovery with our expert coaching staff.
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