Devan T.

Although I just finished my collegiate baseball career, I have worked with middle school, junior high, and high school players throughout my years of playing baseball. I do not have any industry certifications, but I have 10+ years of baseball and weightlifting knowledge I have accumulated over my time working with coaches and strength coaches from all over the nation.

In highschool, I was a 3-sport athlete at Shoals Christian Highschool in Florence, AL. I was AHSAA All-State honorable mention in football, and All-Region in basketball my senior year. In regards to baseball, I led my team to 3 consecutive AHSAA State Championships from 2010-2012. I was voted All-State for all 3 of these seasons, and I received the Class 1A Alabama Pitcher of the Year Award my junior and senior season. I went on to play Division I baseball at Samford University in Birmingham,AL for 3 years, then I finished my last two years at the University of North Alabama where I was a weekend starter both seasons for the Lions. I received the Academic All-District Award at UNA for being one of the top athletes in the region with a GPA above 3.6.

I was a pitcher all 5 years in college, so I will focus on all the many aspects of pitching that I learned through coaches and my own experience as well. All sessions begin with a thorough stretching segment, making sure the body is ready and loose to go through the act of pitching a baseball effectively. Moving on from there, we will work on the long toss session, which is the most important aspect to adding velocity to a fastball. After the long toss session, we will throw off an actual mound where I will focus on mechanics and proper technique. A specific drill used during this is "plate work" where we work on throwing certain pitches to certain parts of the plate to be as effective as possible on the mound. All of this is followed by band work for shoulder strength. I can also train fielding and hitting as well, as I did both successfully all through highschool.