An ORIGIN core program
ORIGIN Guard.
The body pillar’s core program.
The body, protected.
Fastpitch asks a lot of a young body, and the windmill asks more of it than most people ever see. Guard teaches her and her family to see all of it.
Every pitch she throws with us is counted. Big weekends are built with her arm in mind, and rest has its place, because that is how an arm stays strong, season after season. A catcher’s day is its own kind of work: her throws, her squats, and her hours in the heat all count, with us and everywhere else she plays. Every position has a body, every player has a workload, and every family learns to read it.
Players are taught to know their bodies, to speak up when something is not right, and to take recovery seriously. That is not weakness. That is part of becoming an athlete who lasts.
Built for the long game.
Ten years from now she should still love throwing.
ORIGIN Conditioning builds the athlete Guard protects.
What it's built on.
The load
Every throw counts. Pitching, catching, warmups, games, lessons, and tournaments all add to her workload, and Guard teaches her and her family to see it and manage it, wherever she throws.
The rest
Multi-game days are planned with her arm in mind. Recovery is taught like practice, because it is practice.
The report
Telling the truth about her body is part of being a good teammate, and it is treated that way here.
The return
Coming back takes time. The family sets the pace, and the club supports the work of getting back.
Nobody earns anything by hurting. The work is the point, and guarding the athlete is the job.
The standard behind it.
Guard takes what is known about workload, recovery, movement, and long-term development and turns it into how we coach, and what every family learns.
She brings the love and the work. Guard is built so the work never costs her the love.