AUTHOR
Coach Wolforth is a regularly featured author in both Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Baseball the Magazine.
He has also written 5 books on pitching, the latest two being the Amazon best-sellers: "Pitching With Confidence" and "The Arms Race".
"The Arms Race" provides a rare opportunity for coaches, parents and players to learn from a Who’s Who of experts when it comes to pitching. These pros provide their insights on the state of pitching today and into the future. If you’re looking for a detailed dive into pitching mechanics, this is NOT the book for you but if you’re interested in hearing the thought processes on what has helped these pitching professionals get to where they are today, you’ll love the interview style format this book offers.
These experts include: Derek Johnson - Cincinnati Reds, Wes Johnson - Minnesota Twins, Dewey Robinson - Tampa Bay Rays, Brent Strom - Houston Astros, Jerry Weinstein - Colorado Rockies, Adam Barta - Minnesota Blizzard, Alex Creel - Golden Spikes, Mike Ryan - Fastball USA, Randy Sullivan - Florida Baseball Ranch, Jim Wagner - ThrowZone Academy and Ron Wolforth, founder of Ron Wolforth’s Texas Baseball Ranch® in Montgomery, Texas.
Coach Ron Wolforth's Book "PITCHING WITH CONFIDENCE" Allows You to Shorten The Learning Curve to Achieving Your Pitcher's Full Potential
"Relying on first-hand experience, in this type of arena, can be quite costly. Imagine if you could avoid injury for your son's arm, or body? Would you want him to "learn the hard way"? Baseball is a game that requires a ton of perspective from a parent's viewpoint. All that matters when your son is 12, or 16, or 18 is that along the development curve he has a chance to reach his potential. Regardless of what that potential ceiling is, relying on first-hand knowledge with the possibility of injury and ineffectiveness is not secure.
As a kid, I was a great reader, and from A-Z it seemed like I'd read every available book on pitching, even skimming biographies for inspiration. I never got my hands on Ron's method until I was already in the major leagues, which by that time I'd already had enough injuries to essential body parts. Perhaps if my family and myself could rewind the clock, then I might have been able to avoid some of the injuries and their lasting effects.
A saying you learn in the minor leagues: nobody gets sent to the big leagues from the training room.
Find a way to make yourself stronger, more stable mechanically, and mentally by working on the right program and having a bit of perspective. It's more important to improve, and if you are going for the top, you better do what you can to keep yourself in one piece."
