At a real pitching velocity camp, you don’t just throw and get told to “stay tall.” You get your whole delivery measured in 3D, your athleticism tested, your mechanical leaks found, and a custom program built to fix them — then you go home and run it. At the 3X Velocity Camp specifically, that’s two days, eight athletes per session, and you leave with a full year of training already mapped out. Here’s exactly what happens.
Most parents picture a camp as a glorified bullpen with a guy holding a radar gun. I get it. That’s what most camps are. So let me walk you through what a development camp actually looks like — because once you see the difference, the regular kind feels like a waste of a weekend.
What Happens at a Pitching Velocity Camp?
A development camp runs through four phases: evaluation, diagnosis, hands-on coaching, and a take-home plan. You start by getting measured — velocity, mechanics, mobility, and athletic testing. Then your delivery gets broken down to find what’s capping you. Then you get coached, in person, on the fixes. Then you leave with a written program built around your specific results. The throwing is the smallest part. The measuring and the plan are what actually change your velocity.
What Do You Actually Get at the 3X Velocity Camp?
Here’s the two-day breakdown — what’s packed into a single weekend in Covington, Louisiana:
| Phase | What happens | What you leave with |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation | Velocity, mechanics, mobility, athletic testing | Your numbers vs national percentiles |
| 3D capture | MechanicsDNA breakdown of your delivery | Your exact mechanical leaks, scored |
| Hands-on coaching | Triple-extension fixes + Olympic-lift coaching | The corrections in your body |
| Take-home plan | Custom program + 1 full year of the app | 12 months of development, mapped |
And the part that separates this from every “throw harder” weekend: only eight athletes per session. Not eighty. You’re not a number in a gym — you get actual eyes on your delivery, actual coaching on your lifts, and actual answers about your arm.
Will You Actually Throw Harder at a Velocity Camp?
At a good one, most pitchers feel the change in their drive leg before they leave, and the real velocity comes over the following weeks as they run the program. Two days can’t physically rebuild your strength base — but it absolutely can fix timing leaks that unlock mph you already had, and it gives you the exact plan to add the rest. Pitchers running the full 3X system average 5–10+ mph in gains. The weekend lights the fuse; the year of programming is the explosion.
Is a Velocity Camp Worth the Money?
It’s worth it when the camp includes the follow-through — and most don’t, which is why most camps fail in week three. The 3X Velocity Camp includes a full year of the TopVelocity app with every registration, so you’re not buying a weekend; you’re buying 12 months of development with a live kickoff. We broke down the full cost comparison in are velocity camps worth it. Short version: a weekend with no plan is expensive at any price; a weekend that comes with a year of programming is the cheapest real development there is.
How Do You Sign Up?
Here’s the deal. The 3X Velocity Camp runs limited sessions in Covington, Louisiana — eight athletes each, so they fill up. In-person is $2,997 and includes the full year of the app. Can’t get to Louisiana yet? The online camp is $1,497, and every dollar credits toward the in-person camp when you make it down. Either way you start now and you start with the year of programming in your hands.
Stop spending money on weekends that end when you drive home. Come to the one that sends you home with a year-long plan and the fixes already in your delivery. Questions about whether it’s right for your son’s age and velocity? Ask Coach Brent’s AI — it’ll give you a straight answer in about two minutes.
Frequently Asked Questions
A real development camp runs four phases: evaluation (velocity, mechanics, mobility, athletic testing), 3D diagnosis of your mechanical leaks, hands-on coaching on the fixes, and a custom take-home program. The throwing is the smallest part – the measuring and the plan are what change your velocity.
Most pitchers feel the change in their drive leg before they leave, with real velocity coming over the following weeks as they run the program. Two days can’t rebuild your strength base, but it fixes timing leaks that unlock mph you already had and provides the plan to add the rest.
Two days in Covington, Louisiana, with just eight athletes per session: a full athletic evaluation, 3D MechanicsDNA capture, triple-extension and Olympic-lift coaching, and a custom program – plus a full year of the TopVelocity app with every registration. In-person is $2,997; online is $1,497 and credits toward in-person.
It’s worth it when the camp includes the follow-through, which most don’t – that’s why most camps fade in week three. The 3X Velocity Camp includes a full year of programming, so you’re buying 12 months of development with a live kickoff, not just a weekend.
About the Author
Brent Pourciau, M.S., is the founder of TopVelocity. After tearing his rotator cuff at 18 and being told he would never pitch again, he rebuilt his delivery through peer-reviewed biomechanics research and returned to throw 94 mph in professional baseball. He holds a master’s degree in kinesiology with doctoral work in health sciences, and has trained 10,000+ athletes including 100+ MLB draft picks through the TopVelocity Player Portal and Performance Center licensing program.
