Velocity Program Used By Steve Delabar

Blue Jays middle reliever Steve Delabar was content with coaching high school baseball in Kentucky in 2010. He had given professional baseball his best shot, despite not getting above Single-A ball in five seasons with the Padres and playing in two independent leagues in 2009 before fracturing his right elbow and requiring the insertion of nine screws and one plate.“I was content with what I had done,” Delabar said.

“I was ready to move on, get into teaching and coaching and thought that was going to be it and I was going to move on from the game as far as playing.”As a coach, he was introduced to a revolutionary throwing program called “Velocity,” created by former pitcher Tom House. The program involves using a weighted ball to improve shoulder strength and is geared toward an individual pitcher’s needs.“I would not be here if it wasn’t for that program because my velocity would not be up and being 27 years old and throwing if I’m not in the big leagues or pro ball then I’m not successful. To be throwing 95, 96 mph at 27, that’s a different story.”The program has been featured on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” and the results for Delabar show in the statistics. He is 5-1 with a 1.71 ERA, having struck out 58 in 42 innings, spanning 38 outings.Besides the raw numbers, there is the velocity.Delabar throws his fastball 71.3 percent of the time and it averages 94.9 mph, which places him just outside the Top 25 in fastball velocity among AL relievers. His slider averages 86.2 mph and his split-fingered fastball is thrown at an average velocity of 87.6 mph.“The program is designed for the individual,” Delabar said.

“It keys on your specific need and it attacks the weakest link that you have in your arm. It attacks it and it rebuilds it.

So it stabilizes the shoulder works on internal and external rotation and in the process you also gain arm strength and arm speed.”Like any coach, Delabar wanted to see how it actually worked and something unprecedented occurred. His velocity had spiked considerably, going from around 89 mph to the 95 mph and 96 mph.“The guy that I worked with back home brought it to me in 2010 and he goes, ‘Hey man, we got this program,’” Delabar said. “‘You’ve never going to believe it but we’re getting crazy results from it.’ So being a coach at the time, I was like, ‘Hey, I was like I want to improve our players, I want to improve their game.’“I want to have the best pitchers in the area and I want to beat everybody. So I want to improve our pitchers and I said, I want to do it because I want to teach it. I want to learn everything there is to know about it and I was like, ‘I’m going to teach this program.’ Sure enough, I started going through it and my numbers just starting, jumping, jumping and jumping.”It wasn’t just a one-time event and eventually a scout from the Mariners was dispatched and a little over a year later, Delabar was getting his first win in Sept. 2011 against the Yankees.“I was able to track what was going on and I was able to see the numbers so I could see my numbers going up,” Delabar said.

Velocity Program Used By Steve Delabar House

“And I was ‘All right, this is different than what it used to be.’ So that’s about that time when we called a scout and said, ‘Hey, you might want to come check this out.’”Nearly two years later, he is at the All-Star Game after edging out Yankees eighth-inning guy David Robertson and beating three other relievers in the Final Vote competition and sitting at a table opposite Mariano Rivera telling his story to anyone who inquires.– See more at: Comment with Facebookcomments.

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Steve Delabar's Velocity Plus StorySteve Delabar's Velocity Plus Story - 'If I told you a year ago I was going to be pitching in the major leagues, I might have been telling you about a video game I made myself on.Well, as you all know, I'm no liar and I did make my dreams become a reality. This program ISN'T a gimmick. Many players, with myself included, have spent countless hours throwing balls into a net.

I enjoy talking aboutit, working with other players who are involved, and trying to recruit more players to get involved because I know what kind of results they can achieve. The best thing about the Velocity program is you get out of it, what you put into it. So, if you are skeptical or maybe afraid to get better, don't attempt this program.

But if you're ready to take your game to the next level, I would strongly consider adding the Velocity program to your own workout. I will be getting better, this offseason, at the Players Dugout. I'd love to workout alongside you!' 'I LOVE THIS PROGRAM!!!' -Stevie Delabar.