The premise
Most youth baseball trains eight-year-olds like small professionals
Hammer the mechanics. Chase the velocity. Get them on a mound early. It is the standard approach and it produces a predictable result — a lot of eleven-year-olds with polished swings and nothing underneath them, and a lot of fourteen-year-olds who are finished.
This program does the reverse. For ten weeks it builds the substrate: power, coordination, body control and an arm that gets more durable without ever being asked to pitch. Technique gets refined later, on top of an athlete who can actually execute it.
That is not a gentler version of the same thing. It is a different order of operations, and the order is the whole argument.
What you get
Instant PDF download · lifetime access
Three decisions
What makes it different is mostly what it leaves out
Each of these is a deliberate choice, and each one costs something. They are worth stating plainly so you can decide whether you agree before you buy.
The program builds a stronger, more durable throwing arm without putting a seven- to ten-year-old on a mound. If you are looking for a pitching development plan, this is not one, and it is not trying to be.
Swing and throwing mechanics are barely touched. The position is that a child who cannot yet control their own body will not hold a mechanical change anyway — so the ten weeks go into power, coordination and body control instead.
It runs in a backyard, a park or a gym. Nothing in it depends on equipment you do not have or a venue you have to pay for. That is a constraint the program was written around, not a compromise made afterward.
Who it is for
And who it honestly isn't
A good fit
A parent of a seven- to ten-year-old ballplayer who is willing to run thirty sessions themselves over ten weeks, and who wants their kid still playing at sixteen.
Not a good fit
Anyone looking for pitching instruction, a hitting-mechanics course, or a program for an older athlete. Grades 6 and up are better served by coached sessions in Chino.
Local families
If you are inside driving distance of Chino, coached group training is the stronger option and the first session is free. This program exists for the families who aren't.
$97, one payment, yours to keep. Checkout is handled by Square — the current price is always the one shown there.
Not ready? Take the warmup free — four pages of the program, no card, nothing to cancel.
Common questions
Before you buy
How much time does it actually take?
Thirty sessions across ten weeks — so three a week. Each one is scripted minute by minute, which is the point: you are not designing anything, you are running a session that has already been written.
Do I need to know anything about coaching?
No. Every drill comes with the cue to say, the errors to watch for, and how it changes by age. The Field-Ready Session Cards exist so you can carry the day's session to the field on paper instead of reading a PDF on a phone.
My kid already pitches. Is this still useful?
Yes, and arguably more so — but understand what it is. It builds the arm and the body that pitching sits on top of. It does not coach the pitch. Whether your athlete should be pitching at all at this age is a separate conversation, and an honest one worth having.
What about ages 11 to 13?
A Skill Phase for that age group is in development — mechanics, pitching protocols and strength training, where those belong. There is a waitlist below, and waitlist members get the founders price when it launches.
How is it delivered?
Instant digital download. You buy through Square and the PDF arrives in your inbox within minutes. Access is for life, including any revisions.
Who wrote it?
Carl Bradford — four seasons in the NFL as a linebacker, 2014 fourth-round Green Bay pick, twice All-Pac-12 at Arizona State, a former high school defensive coordinator, and the owner and head coach of Bradford Fitness in Chino. More about Carl.
Ages 11–13
Skill Phase waitlist
The next tier is in development — mechanics, pitching protocols and strength training, for the 11 to 13 age group. Waitlist members get the founders price when it launches. No payment now, and nothing else lands in your inbox in the meantime.
Ten weeks, thirty sessions, one PDF.
Written for parents who would rather their kid be a better athlete at ten than a more polished ballplayer — on the grounds that the first one is what is still paying off at sixteen.