CHICAGO, Ill – The Chicago Cubs have recently contracted with Chicago-based, Elite Baseball Training to work with Justin Stone as a Biomechanical Hitting Consultant. Stone previously worked with the Cubs as a guest instructor during the Arizona Fall League in 2017, and joined them again for the 2018 Spring Training, where he worked with […]
Chicago Cubs Add Justin Stone as Biomechanical Hitting Consultant
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7 Elite Baseball Training Players Drafted in 2016 MLB Draft
June 13th, 2016 [easy-share buttons="facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail,print" counters=0 native="no"]In just the second year with draft eligible players, Elite Baseball Training had seven of its’ former players hear their names called over the three day MLB Draft. The Elite 2016s saw 6 names called and Elite 2015 Ethan Skender was popped for the second year in a row after a year at the State […]
Fellows, Fitzgerald Garnering Draft Buzz
June 10th, 2016 [easy-share buttons="facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail,print" counters=0 native="no"]By: Oscar Valdovinos Joliet Catholic RHP Drake Fellows and Rochester SS Tyler Fitzgerald share a surprising amount of similarities. Most notably, the two prep prospects are attracting plenty of buzz as potential draft selections in the 2016 MLB Draft, which takes place June 9th-11th. The Elite Baseball Training Academy Class of 2016 grads […]
Elite Baseball Training Adds Former White Sox RHP Charlie Haeger to Staff
November 13th, 2015 [easy-share buttons="facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail,print" counters=0 native="no"]CHICAGO, Ill – Elite Baseball Training is thrilled to announce the hiring of Charlie Haeger to the full time staff. Haeger played 13 years of professional baseball including 5 seasons in the major leagues. He will assume the role of Director of EliteBaseball.TV and play a large role in Elite’s nationally ranked travel program. […]
2015 MLB Draft Prospect Analysis: Dansby Swanson vs. Alex Bregman
May 27th, 2015 [easy-share buttons="facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail,print" counters=0 native="no"]In a few short weeks, one MLB General Manager is going to choose one of these prospects over the other. Both have had tremendous success at the collegiate level and the latest Baseball America Mock Draft has Swanson going #2 overall to the Astros and Bregman going #7 to the Red Sox. Often future offensive […]
EliteBaseball.TV "Members Only" Video Blog Sample
September 22nd, 2014 [easy-share buttons="facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail,print" counters=0 native="no"]Tomorrow Elite Baseball Training will launch the new training website EliteBaseball.TV. This site will host a variety of streaming videos that will cover all phases of the game. Your membership to the site includes: Justin Stone’s 12-Week Sequential Hitting Program Travis Kerber’s 12-Week Sequential Pitching Program Position Specific Material (Catching & Infield Play) Weekly “Members […]
Travis Kerber – 2014: The Year of the Elbow
July 18th, 2014 [easy-share buttons="facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail,print" counters=0 native="no"]Elite Baseball Training Head Instructor Travis Kerber was featured on MLB Radio’s special report entitled “2014: The Year of the Elbow” alongside industry experts such as Dr. James Andrews, Dr. Stan Conte, Scott Boras and Will Carroll of Bleacher Report. The panel discussed various topics from overuse at the youth level to how bio-mechanical analysis […]
Will Cubs 1st Rounder Kyle Schwarber Succeed at the Big League Level? See for Yourself.
June 12th, 2014 [easy-share buttons="facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail,print" counters=0 native="no"]Yesterday, the Cubs signed 1st round draft pick, Kyle Schwarber out of Indiana University. We talked to several midwestern pro scouts, as well as college coaches that played against IU this season and combined their insight with our own video analysis of Schwarber’s swing. Will the 4th pick overall in this year’s draft have success […]
Mechanical Analysis of a Trio of Potential 1st Round Draft Picks from the Missouri Valley Conference
May 21st, 2014 [easy-share buttons="facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail,print" counters=0 native="no"]May 20th was the first day of the Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championships in Terre Haute, IN. Twenty to thirty MLB area scouts and national crosscheckers looked on to make final evaluations of several MVC prospects that will be chosen in the upcoming draft. Three of these prospects are worth noting, as they could be first […]
Pitching Coach Travis Kerber talks risk analysis for pitchers on MLB Radio
April 14th, 2014 [easy-share buttons="facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail,print" counters=0 native="no"]Elite Baseball Training head instructor, Travis Kerber was interviewed on MLB Radio’s Roundrtip show Sunday night speaking on risk analysis for youth and amateur pitchers. Elite uses kinetic and biomechanical data to increase efficiency with pitchers. Hear Kerber talk about this process on the podcast below:
