Performance Velocity Systems

Performance Velocity Systems: creating Pittsburgh's Hardest Throwers & Most Devastating Hitters . We consult 3 Western PA University Baseball programs.

PVS is Pittsburgh's first data driven development Baseball/Softball facility est 2015.
48 Professional Athletes
11 Draft Picks
150 NCAA Scholarships
Trusted Advisor to LSU, UCLA, Kent State& Penn State PVS is Western PA's first and only Baseball training facility that focuses on velocity development. PVS trains more current Professional Baseball players than any other Greater Pittsburgh Baseball f

acility. Our training program and products are used by athletes at many local Division 1 & Division 2 schools including Marshall University, Penn State, Pitt, West Virginia, & Slippery Rock. We also train several of the WPIAL's top performers from schools such as Upper St. Clair, Butler, Mt. Lebanon, Bethel Park, Central Catholic, Steel Valley, West Allegheny and others. Why are we different? What sets us apart? Well for a High School aged or Collegiate player, we offer a 3 pronged approach to development. Whether you're trying to make a High School team or have designs on playing Baseball in College- The sport has moved to measurable based analysis. Simply put, it doesn't matter how many trophies you won or where you won them. It doesn't much matter anymore how clean and pretty your mechanics are. What does matter is how fast you are, how hard you throw and how hard the ball comes off of your bat. Like a 40 yard dash time to a football player- these 3 measurables are everything to an aspiring HS or Collegiate player. Our Velocity training begins with the High School or College player completing an initial general fitness assessment. This evaluation is free. After signing on as a PVS athlete, each player gets a nutrition and "on-ramping" plan. Assuming their are no serious mechanical issues, they begin a 4 week set of protocols. These Protocols are rooted in physics, anatomy and scientific theory. Everything done at PVS has been tested and retested. We took 20 test subjects last summer and put them through our program. Each player added throwing and exit velocity. The greater number of sessions the subject attended- the greater his gains. Our Process allows the human body it's best chance for success. We value timing with our sleep and nutrition that will promote ideal hormone release. Our workouts are fast, intense and always follow a series of activation or movement preps. These protocols allow our athletes to get the most out of their workout in the safest manner possible. We EMPHASIZE movement prep and recovery before and after every phase of our workout plans. This emphasis helps produce the amazing results our athletes achieve.

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06/20/2026

Tremendous day for our PVS family

6 Thunder Elite players are PVS girls and we took a quick photo before their 2nd game which was attended by no fewer than 20 NCAA coaches. TE Steiner is easily one of the most scouted teams in the Midwest.

Next up- Got to see our newest Golden Flashes: J Nogay & Mack Stowe. They play for Outlaws Williams who went 2-0 on the day!

Down in Cincinnati- PVS girl Evie got to see PVS alum Jake Bazala & the Savannah Bannanas!!!

Last- stopped on the way home to see Pay & KGunn in Youngstown

What a day !!!

Grateful to all the NCAA coaches we got to communicate and build relationships with. Looks like PVS will be back in business helping the Nittany Lions very soon! Looking forward to that opportunity to help the hometown team!!!

06/18/2026

Great day of instruction and exposure for 2031s- 2027s at the D1 Fastpitch Outlaws Summer Player camp. Each player had multiple NCAA Coaches providing instruction, answering questions about the recruiting process, and obvious opportunities to make an impression with their effort and skills. There certainly aren’t many events like this anywhere, particularly in the northeast/ Midwest. This is our second year at this event and we’re grateful to be a small part of it. Can’t wait to see so many of our girls representing 10 states and 11 teams compete tomorrow. Thank you Outlaw Nation, Warren and Emma !!!

06/18/2026

Happy to announce PVS will be instructing at the event tomorrow in North Ridgeville Ohio!!!!

Let’s get to Work ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

We are also holding a clinic at The Batters Box Richmond, Virginia July 8. Batters Box alums get first crack and then we will be releasing to the public a limited number of slots very soon!!!

06/08/2026

Last week- 2030 was back in the lab from Troy, Ohio.

This time we got to swing it a bit. Advanced physically for her class- we worked a bit on direction and staying together through the turn to make the most of that physicality

01/13/2026

THE PVS COACHING TREE.

This week The Pittsburgh Baseball Lab will open in the South Hills of Pittsburgh. The Director of Pitching is Eric Mock. Eric is from Governor Mifflin High on the other side of the state. Eric made his way to PVS to train alongside fellow Penn State Alum Taylor Lehman (Keystone Oaks) after being drafted by the Cleveland Indians.... As fate would have it- Eric Married a Pittsburgh girl and made their home here. Eric began his coaching journey as our first ever intern at PVS. His contributions contributed greatly to the growth and development of our young players as pitchers and men. Eric moved to Charlotte to begin work at Tread Athletics before once again being pulled back to Western PA. We wish Eric all the best of luck on his new company!!! But Eric is not the first or the last PVS guy to get into coaching... Here are some more:

Dylan Chan: Carrick High/ LaRoche.
Strength Coach Allegheny College

Zander Fasulkey: Char Valley/ Westminister.
Private Personal Trainer

Josh Mitchell: Ridgeway High/ Pitt/ KC Royals
Head Trainer Beimel Elite Athletics. Los Angeles, California

Jared Skolnicki: Keystone Oaks/ Kent State. Col Rockies.
Director of Ops Driveline Baseball Arizona.

Nick Beardsley: Redondo Beach California/ Point Park/ Staten Island Ferry Hawks. Pitching Coach Point Park U

Zach Tortorella: Indiana HS/ Akron
IUP Asst Football Coach

Joey Craska: Mars Area/ NJIT. Asst Coach Manhattan College

Joa Rivera: PPU Strength Coach EOS Fitness, Orlando, FL

Jeffrey Warmbein: USC/ IUP / Pitt
Asst Coach IUP Softball

Kenneth Rolon: PPU Director of Strength & Conditioning KF Baseball Performance Ponce, Puerto Rico

Tyler Garbee: Quaker Valley/ Mercyhurst/ Cin Reds
Director of Pitching All American Steelheads Erie, PA

Ricky Mineo Slippery Rock High/ SRU/ MN Twins
Pitching Coach Slippery Rock University

John Sansone: Neshannock/ Florida St / Cin Reds
Owner Operator Sansone Baseball Academy

Aaron Endres: Lockhaven
Online Performance Coach / Influencer Ekko Brand

12/30/2025

The Number 1 mistake parents make

Your kid isn’t “ahead”.. he’s early

©️Post from founder

For years we have advised parents to be judicious with Game play at the youth level. (All Sports)

Winning travel / rec games can give a false sense of accomplishment to parents. On occasion, youth dominance is because of God-given ability. Most often, however, youth dominance is a result of early physical maturation or another person in the young athlete’s life who pushes them to do things /Play at a rate that their peers are not close to. They just have alot more experience.

Early advantages disappear. This is hard to recognize because few Coaches see or will be honest with a parent while they are winning.

Winning keeps parents happy. There’s a lot of rec ball champions who played at PNC Park last summer that will never play meaningful college baseball. Youth athletes play too many games. And they do not train enough individually or in a group setting that pushes that kid beyond what they are capable of alone. Many great early maturing players disappear in middle school and high school. The Facebook post from parents stop …and it’s always someone else’s fault. Politics, Daddy Ball/ whatever. They’re simply never around people who push them by example. I’m not talking about a coach. I’m talking about walking into a place and seeing somebody two years older than you / 4 years older than you/ 10 years older than / s**t even 2 years younger than you -working his/ her ass off for something that is not guaranteed. Development is a learned behavior. And in our experience- best learned in a group. So the dominant 12 U player who’s probably in seventh grade wins 10 trophies at Ripken & the Akron Applebee’s hoedown throwdown…. And you’re thinking everything is good. But puberty shows up for everybody eventually. The gap closes and you find out that no NCAA coach coach cares about how good a player was when they were 12. Youth dominance means nothing later. NCAA Coaches care about movement, speed, strength, power, coachability, attitude. It’s the very first thing told our players this weekend. He didn’t care one iota whether you were a division 1 player or a 10 year old…he wanted to watch you move.

Most parents understand this too late .

The physical advantage is the one thing that cannot be caught quickly. Parents should know this because many of them have under-sized kids….and they know it’s gonna take time to “catch up.” But those parents of average to larger kids they don’t learn that lesson until it’s too late.

Confidence drops, the bad habits that were covered up by the previous “early” advantage- becomes disadvantages. The across the body swing cannot catch up to the new Velocity and Movement. The 73 mph fastball that dominated at 12U no longer blows by anyone. The gap has become a deficit and a 15 or 16 you almost impossible to have the honesty to recognize that and change it.

I have a gym full of kids home from college right now. Not one of them says they wish they would’ve played more games when they were younger. All of them in chorus sing 🎶 “wish I had done more of what I’m doing now.

I have two youth groups that sometimes play games. The death ☠️ squad and the Raiders. Since September- they haven’t had one organized baseball- only practice where we are trying to field ground balls or hit 100% of the time. We have done some of that but every single practice has involved >70% weightlifting / power / speed / mobility= MOVEMENT!!!! all specific to being better at baseball in three - 5 years. Habits and skills that will scale & are designed to eventually push them past their peers

I still get questions. “When are we going to do this? When are we gonna do that?” Some of them sort of in/ some of them with one foot in on middle school open gyms and Rec Ball pony league games.

2/ I remind them that the two PVS kids who played the least amount of games last summer are Graham Keen and Matthew Hughes. They are maniacal about what I’m talking about above. And they couldn’t be 2 better examples.

1️⃣has tremendous God-given size and talent who still works for everything he can get.

2️⃣The other …nobody wanted on their travel team at 12U. and now he is one of the best pitchers in the WPIAL.

♊️ Both Division I commits.

I ask parents to watch what will happen in the next three or four years with those 2. They are the model !!! not the 8000 kids who pack into some random facility waiting for a fungo or to hit a ball down the middle from a meatball maker. Those parents and those kids are wasting their money and what is intimately worse: their time !!!! I tell parents to come into the facility every Christmas and ask questions about all the college players that are having success, and what they would do if they could do it all over again.

success leaves clues and it’s a lot easier for us to say that now being an established facility that pops out NCAA Players every year…..but it’s still difficult at times because of the sports industrial complex and their grip on tournaments gameplay you go over coaches, my school, etc.

It’s difficult for us to continue to preach this truth (that has so much evidence) because it goes against the the number one mistake parents are conditioned to make.

If this is hitting home for you- DM us
“ready” and an email address ….we will send you a copy of 10 steps you can take right now that won’t cost you a dime and be more beneficial than what you’re paying through the nose for

Pictured in our 1st post is Michael Kohowski. Michael’s family understands this. If Michael had done what all his peers have done over the last three years- he would not be throwing 81.7 mph from the mound.

12/30/2025

Hello!!!! We are making Our return to Facebook in 2026 largely at the recommendation of Trusted Friend in the business - the best hitting guy anywhere.... We've been busy.... Facility Expansion, APP access that touches 30 States and home to 6 Division 1 Throwing Programs. Buffalo's Maddie Scarpace recently became our 150th NCAA Commit. We are excited to share what we have been posting on other platforms (twitter/ Instagram) here to Facebook! Our first post: "The #1 Mistake Parents Make"

08/20/2025

Contact Jeffrey at [email protected] to Get one of our Winter Team Training sessions.

Organizations Who have trained with us in the past (teams):
Ohio Outlaws (4)
Team PA (9)
PGH Riot (14)
PGH Predators
Corona Angels
Beverly Bandits
Unity
Lady Dukes
California Rip Tide
Nebraska FireCrackers
Nebraska Gold
PGH Renegades
Rhode Island Thunder

02/29/2024

The numbers are in for our 6th visit to PBR West Showcase. We were 2026 (Sophomore) heavy with one 2027 and 3 2025s...

12 PVS guys averaged the following:

96.7 mph exit velocity
85 mph pitching velocity
90 mph Outfield velocity
88 mph Infield velocity
3.9 second 30

Exceptional results for a Winter of training

Congrats boys:
Ty Faust 2026 Norwin
Graham Keen 2027 Mt. Lebanon
Same Luedde 2026 Central Catholic
Matthew Foti 2026 Central Catholic
Amudhan Gandhi 2026 Central Catholic
Matthew Hughes 2026 Bethel Park
Dylan Schumacher 2025 Bethel Park
Dante DeLeonibus 2025 Shaler area
Tyler Maddix 2025 Bishop Canevin
David Oberschelp 2025 Peters Twp
Jonny Saunders 2026 Gateway
Colin Pearson 2026 Thomas Jefferson