@ABSORBER posted:But.... Also have him work on arm strength. As I said, metrics don't lie--this is what he lacks. His pop time will increase along with an increase in velocity.
Great take, appreciate all. This is 100% what my son and I have been talking about during these road trips-- arm strength. His arm is far better than most HS catchers so sometimes he forgets what its like competing with the big dogs. Catchers velocities at PG National were in the low to mid 80's, my son was 75 but has thrown a 79 in different conditions. Nevertheless, I can see very clearly through his metrics that there was ZERO improvement in arm strength between last summer and this summer--and that has to change. We talked about Tom House and some of the J-Band programs. We have been pretty good about long toss (I cant throw it nearly as far as him so he's playing long toss, and I'm playing 'please let this ball roll 100 yards'"). I wish I could afford that Texas Baseball Ranch or something more high level like one of those throwing labs at Wake Forest, but money is always a limitation.