Mike Ryan- Fastball USA,owner, creator of electric arms and powerful hitters. Author “Creating The 100MPH” Hitter. 16 year former Associate Scout, Mariners.
Yes, Yes, Yes.....No. great example. The problem is in BP most are 95% sure they will swing before the ball is even thrown. Game? Most will say they are only 40-60% sure. The disconnection between a BP mindset and a game mindset is often what holds young hitters back.
Big Congrats To Ethan Bass (2026) on throwing 89mph on the mound. The 2nd of our freshman students to reach 89mph on the mound this off season. Keep working hard!!! 💪💪
Ethan Bass throws 91mph 🔥🔥🔥 on the mound. The High school sophomore has also been putting in the time in training and prep work. Last night he set his own record on the mound at 91mph. Congrats Ethan !!! Work hard 👍 work Smart 👍.
Explosive Hitting Classes include some non traditional training methods. In order to hit harder we practice hitting harder. Create feel. Quick Twitch Movements.
Super proud. Congrats to our very own, Jack Ryan, on his decision to play baseball at Indiana University South Bend. Keep working hard. Go Titans!!!
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102mph!!! Jameson Martin (2024) is now hitting the baseball over 100MPH. Congrats to Jamo on his record setting 102mph exit velocity tonight during our Explosive Hitting training session. Keep up the great work.
Congrats Payton Smith on winning the home run derby at the power showcase event. Intent and hard work wins out. Great Job and congrats from all of us at Fastball USA.
Alex Paul (2020). L/L CF threw 92MPH on a turn and burn last week and here he is working his Explosive Med Ball throwing series. Always working on getting better.
Dakota Kotowski sets his high Of 96MPH on an outfielder throw. His 106MPH Exit Velocity and 96MPH throw makes him our 2nd 200MPH Club Athlete. Total Baseball Power equals 202MPH.
Congrats to our very own Jack Ryan and also teammate Frankie Magnelli for signing with the Triton College Trojans today. Looking forward to watching you guys play at the next level. Great job, we are very proud of you both. 👏👏👏
Congrats to Our very own ...Fastball USA student Jack Ryan and Triton College commit on a great start. His homer vs St Laurence tonight for the Ridgewood Rebels gives him 3 home runs in 2 days, 4 in 2 weeks, along with a couple triples and a double. 👊. Keep working hard. 💪
🤔Imagine.. Next years MLB World Series is a best of 7 but played in 3 days. 12 man rosters only, you can’t have 25 guys. Sound crazy? Travel ball does it every weekend 🤷♂️ Wake up. Sound like development?or chasing trophies?? Why does my arm hurt? 🙈Gotta get that scholarship!
18U Champs ! A great way to end Team Fastball careers. This group is special. Hard work, NO B.S. the future is bright. Keep working hard, and keep getting better. “It’s not over, until I win”. Keep fighting the good fight. 💪Fastball guys forever👍
Another record breaking sophomore! Congrats to Josh Rudnick (2026) on throwing 90MPH on his athletic throw and setting a new mound record at 84mph. More great things to come. Keep working hard. 💪💪
FBUSA has been around since 2001. In 2010 we created Team Fastball. The philosophy? Take Big Hacks, Swing 3-0, no bunting, Be aggressive, throw hard, throw far, move fast, NO ground balls. Failure is going to happen. Adjust to Fail differently. The Fastball Way.
Congrats to these Fastball USA guys who made a great impact Kishwaukee College. Way to finish the season strong. The infield, Adam Raclawski-3B, Jack Ryan-SS, Tyler Jacobsen-C, and Anthony Immordino-2B. Very cool to see these guys playing together and doing so well. 💪💪
A huge congrats to Dakota Kotowski for posting a 106.1mph exit Velocity and a 94MPH outfield throw at the super 60 showcase today. Incredible Numbers! Hard work paying off!!
This October marks the 20 year Fastball USA anniversary. A lot has changed in 20 years but a lot has stayed the same. Great memories working with great people. Here’s to the next 20!
Big Congrats to Jameson Martin for throwing 91mph on a pull down last night. 💪🔥⚾️. Super impressive, especially for a high school sophomore! Congrats and keeping working hard.
In BP - practice the “wait” time. On this pitch JD waits for 8 seconds. In BP hitters rarely wait. Practice the dance. BP pitchers should be bad dance partners on purpose. Hitters should train to be a good dance partner. Change the wait time in BP. Create uncomfortable.
17U Black wins the Kenosha tournament. Entire weekend saw...Only 1 bunt, we swung 3-0, catchers called pitches, fielders called picks, hitters took aggressive hacks, players always hustling, No over coaching, over thinking, we let them play. What a concept. Have fun!
Down by a 3-1 score, Tyler Jacobsen (2021 catcher) leads the come back and crushes this pitch for a 3 Run bases loaded triple on a 3-2 count, to give Fastball USA the lead. 💪💪Great come back by 17U Black after falling behind 3-0.
Our very own Jack Ryan /Juco Soph Hitting 🔥. 404 in his last 57 at bats. 3 for 4 vs South Sub with hits to all fields. Played SS today, CF/2B yesterday and 7 positions in 2 years of Juco D1 baseball. 💪💪
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👏👏Congrats to long time Fastball USA student Jack Skidmore (2022, RHP) on reaching 94mph on his crow hop throw last night. 💪💪Keep working hard. More is still to come!
Stay Hot Keegan Brandt! Keegan just had a stretch of going 19 for 27 with 7 doubles. 🔥🔥🔥The 2019/Conant High School outfielder and Dominican University commit has been a long time Fastball student. Great job Keegan!
Eric Lin (2021) has been putting in the work. Today he threw 90mph on the mound, up 6MPH since the fall. 96mph on his crow hop throw compared to 88mph last fall. A tremendous two way player and Triton College commit.
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great job Eric!! 👏👏👏👏👏💪💪💪
Jack Ryan (2021 C Ridgewood HS) lines this ball to deep LF for an inside the park HR and later triples to right in the FBUSA 17U Black route over Top Tier 10-0.
A tremendous opportunity playing at Impact Stadium tonight for the Ridgewood Rebels. Our very own Jack Ryan (2021) hits a bases clearing double to the deepest part of the park to unlock a 2-2 tie. Great job by all the Rebels tonight on the 9-4 win.
Working the yes,yes, no Mindset. The BP vs Game disconnect. If nearly 40 percent of Game pitches are not strikes, then we need to also work this in during BP. Take a yes mode mindset to game. It’s far easier to stop than to get going. Practice it.
Congrats to Jack Gianikos (2026) on setting 2 records tonight. 87mph on the mound and 90MPH 🔥🔥🔥on his athletic throw. Another guy who has been putting in the work and preparation.
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In a land far, far, away. Before travel baseball existed. It was town vs town. Still the greatest team ever. Sometimes the under dog does win. From the losers bracket to the LLWS.
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Eric Lin just threw 102mph on a pull down throw. Congrats to Eric on tying our all time academy throwing record of 102mph!!! 💪💪🔥🔥. On the Final day of our Summer Training program. Eric went from 88mph 24 months ago to 102mph. Great job Eric!!!
Fastball USA Explosive Hitting includes some unique ways to build power and movements. Using Oates Specialties Khaos Water Boy product. The water filled log creates a challenge for the player to overcome the imbalance created.
💪⚾️🔥Dylan Petrey (2021) Set his record on the mound today pitching 92mph. This kid has been locked in and has made huge improvements over the past 18 months. Keep working hard and congrats to Dylan!
Record setters! 💪💪 Congrats to this group of guys on new personal throwing and pitching records set at Fastball USA last night. Keep working hard! 👏👏👏👏
Jack Ryan’s (2021 C) second triple of the day. Ridgewood HS IL. Jack Ryan (3-3, 2 Triples, 2 RBIs,) John Swiderek (2-3 With a double), Jacobs HS- Mike Scardina (2-3 With an RBI double) and Tyler Jacobsen also added a 2 run double. Great job boys.
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Summer program finished today. Congrats to Eric Lin (98mph) and Aiden Pavoris (97mph) on setting personal throwing velocity records on Wednesday. Also congrats to everyone who set records all summer. Remember, no matter your story or situation..It doesn’t matter, Get Better!
👏👏 Another tremendous pitching camp put on by Ron Wolforth and the Texas Baseball Ranch coaching staff at Fastball USA in Chicago. This annual camp since 2008, has been a highlight of each off season. It doesn’t matter where you start, it only matters where you finish! 💪
Congrats to Alex Alberico (2022) RHP. He threw 92mph on the mound today. ⚾️⚾️⚾️🔥🔥. Great things happen when working hard and working smart all come together. More is still to come! Congrats Alex and keep up the incredible hard work.
👀 watch out for this kid in 2023. Lincoln Causero (2025) was reaching 86mph on the mound last night 🔥🔥with good command and secondary stuff. Only a sophomore in high school. Earlier this off season he has also thrown as high as 90MPH on a pull down. More to come!
Great Finish! 16U Erupted for 17 hits to advance to the championship game with a 12-2 win. 3 hits each by Franklin Kirchner & Nico Mainolfi. Josh Barnett, Alex Behles, and Matt Scardina added 2 hits each. Barnett was the WP, throwing all 5 innings. Great group of young men.
Jack Ryan (2021 Catcher)hits an RBI triple and scores Tyler Jacobsen from first base to start a 7 run third inning for Fastball USA 18U in Iowa. RHP’s Eric Lin 7ks in 3 innings and Jack Skidmore 6Ks is in 4 innings.
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Tyler Jacobsen (Kishwaukee commit) has been an outstanding catcher for for us the past 3 summers. Today he made his pitching debut throwing 1 shutout inning with a strikeout. Tyler is a great example of a Fastball USA kid. Works hard, doesn’t complain, no excuses. Be Uncommon!
A near perfect game for Max Bianchini! (2022,RHP, Schaumburg HS)tosses a 1 hitter just missing a perfect game. 17U wins 4-0 in Normal,IL. After having a great spring season at Schaumburg HS, Max has been dominant on the mound this summer for 17U FBUSA. 💪💪.
Amazing things happening every day at Fastball USA. Congrats to Logan Nordentoft (2026) on setting his Ball Exit Velocity record today at 93mph⚾️⚾️⚾️🔥🔥🔥. Wow! Keep up the hard work!
Congrats To Long time Fastball USA student Joey Ingratta. (Ridgewood High School). Joe will be attending Elmhurst college next fall as well as playing baseball. Joe started with Fastball USA at 10 years old. This summer will be his 9th season with Team Fastball. Congrats!!!
Congrats To Long Time Fastball USA student Anthony Vitale. Today Anthony signed with Triton College. Anthony began with Fastball USA at 10 Years old. 👏👏👏 congrats!
Shout out to Fastball USA student Maddux Lessard.. He was featured on the MLB network. Doing the Explosive Hitting and Khaos Hitting Routines. Cliff Floyd and Billy Ripken evaluating. 👍 Go Maddux!!! 💪