The Collective is a group of elite coaches, performance experts, philosophies, successful track records, and backgrounds who are rewriting the rules of player development and changing the way athletes achieve success today. Together, we’ve built a
that actually moves the game forward — covering all the bases and driving real results.
We’re reshaping player development by challenging outdated narratives and pushing the limits of what’s possible — mechanically, medically, mentally, and systemically. Our work starts with a complete understanding of the athlete and extends to equipping coaches with clear, actionable systems that drive performance, durability, and consistency over time.
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The Collective supports programs through a comprehensive, individualized approach that includes:
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Player Assessments
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Mental Assessments
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Motor Preferences Assessments
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Practice Plans (both individual and team)
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Development Plans
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Strength and Conditioning Programming/Assistance
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Injury Risk Assessments
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Scouting Assistance
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Lineup Construction
Every plan is customized to fit your program, your athletes, and your goals.
Just proven people with proven track records — aligned to raise the standard for how players are developed and how success is built.
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By combining deep assessment with practical, coach-ready solutions, we provide the tools, insight, clarity, and structure needed to build sustainable success.
​Identify the weaknesses and strengths of each player's system so we can remove the blocks that are preventing peak performance.
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Design and build program-wide development systems that align staff, players, and training standards that hold up under pressure, adversity, and long seasons.
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Better understand, help, and impact each of your players, so your team, as a whole, performs better.
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Individualize player development at scale without increasing coach workload.
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Bridge the gap between practice and game performance by integrating mental performance and movement.
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Remove biases so communication isn’t lost or frustrating.
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Create shared language and structure so coaches aren’t fighting different battles in different silos​.​​​
"Partnering with The Collective has been one of the most impactful training decisions our baseball program has made in the past decade. From their on-campus visit in Hoover, to our trip to their facility in Dallas, and through ongoing communication and education, The Collective team has worked closely with us to individualize our training approach. This process has given both our staff and players the opportunity to better understand and develop their own unique athletic fingerprint. As a result, our program has made significant, measurable improvements on the field, including increased velocity, power, and speed. We look forward to continuing our partnership with The Collective for many years to come."
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- Adam Moseley
Head Baseball Coach at Hoover High School
500+ wins as a head coach in high level Alabama High School Baseball
2-time USA Gold Medal winning coach
“Working with The Collective changed the way I look at, evaluate, and communicate with players. This is the cheat code for any and every baseball coach. Upon implementing this, my team (that had 16 innings on the mound returning from the year before and one returning offensive starter) made its deepest playoff run in both school history and my coaching history. This made game management simpler, prevented injuries (we did NOT have one major injury the entire season), super charged our scouting, and allowed us to maximize our fringe and role players to a level I've never experienced before in coaching. The Collective helped us maximize all of our players, helped all our players reach their ceiling, and allowed us to dictate and control our opponents every time out.”
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- Jeff Sherman
Head Baseball Coach at Marcus High School
300+ wins as a head coach in high level 6A Texas High School Baseball
USA Gold medal winning coach
"Bringing in The Collective to perform assessments on our pitching staff has been a game changer for us at South Alabama. As a coach you are always trying to carve a path of success for each individual on your roster. Knowing their motor preferences creates a much clearer path not only for coaches, but for the player as well. The unique thing about The Collective is they don’t stop with just the assessments. They truly care about the development of each athlete they encounter. They were on our campus for 2 days, but the relationship I have formed with them is one that I will keep the rest of my career. The communication, brainstorming and collaboration has been incredible when it comes to training and implementation.
You will be pressed to find a team of guys who are more knowledgeable, open minded and caring as they are. The Collective's assessments have helped me learn my pitchers better than ever. From who they are as movers, how their CNS operates and why they act the way they act!"
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- Matt Hancock
Pitching Coach at the University of South Alabama
​Former rehab coordinator for the San Diego Padres
The Collective exists to solve the problems modern player development hasn’t kept up with. We believe performance is
not individual, isolated parts - mental, mechanical, physical, and performance systems are always interacting, especially under stress. Our work is rooted in understanding how each athlete prefers to move, think, and compete, then building systems that allow those preferences to hold up over long seasons, high-pressure environments, and inevitable adversity.
We don’t chase surface-level fixes or one-size-fits-all solutions.
We build structure where breakdowns actually occur.
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At our core, we believe
That means giving coaches clear frameworks, shared language, and actionable insight — not more data, noise, or guesswork.
The Collective brings together
to create resilient athletes and sustainable programs.
Our focus isn’t just making players better in training — it’s building systems that produce toughness, consistency, and performance when it matters most.
Our specialized approach and system allows you to individualize player development at scale so it shows up on the field and can measurably help you​
We start with assessing how each player naturally moves, thinks, and solves problems. From there, we identify what disrupts those preferences under stress — and why game environments cause breakdowns that don’t show up in training.​
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We’re not a lab collecting more numbers. We hand you information that builds solutions, supports growth, and isn’t just data on a computer screen. ​​Because players don’t compete in controlled conditions. They operate inside a dynamic brain–body system that changes across innings, games, and seasons.​
After working with The Collective, Flower Mound Marcus High School Baseball delivered one of the most successful seasons in program history during the 2025 spring campaign. In the fall, we conducted full, in-person player assessments — including Motor Preferences and Propel iD mental assessments — to understand each athlete’s unique movement and performance profile. We then worked closely with the coaching staff, both hands-on and remotely, to integrate our system at both the individual and team levels. This structured, data-driven process helped Marcus Baseball maximize performance, maintain health, and achieve historic results on the field.
The team went on to win a district championship for the first time in three years and advancing to the state semifinals for the first time ever and finishing the season with a 30–13 record. Despite returning just one offensive starter, having no Division 1 signees, and bringing back only 16 innings from the previous season, the program remained healthy throughout the year with zero major injuries. The season was highlighted by Emerson McKnight producing one of the best pitching years in school history, earning All-State recognition.
Ryan was a highly touted and ranked player who struggled to live up to the hype and translate high talent and skill to the games. His mental clutter caused a huge gap between the cage and game, which resulted in him going from 3 hole hitters at the beginning of the season to no playing time during District. The Collective helped mentally and physically free Ryan up to allow his talent to show up, and he ended up becoming the playoff MVP, carrying the team through their deepest run in playoff history.
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Collective area of growth: Mental development
Grady went from being a .138 hitter on JV as a junior to 2nd team all-district as a senior. He was being trained the wrong way mechanically, and after learning his preferences and about how he naturally moved, was freed up to allow his talent to be on full display and his ceiling to be reached.
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“Preferences changed his life.” - Grady’s High School Coach
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Collective area of growth: Motor preferences
Tyler threw harder as a high school senior than he did as a college junior. He put on 40 pounds of muscle in the wrong places in college that didn’t strengthen the right parts of his body and system and, ultimately, didn’t translate to the field. It ended up causing injuries and inconsistency that kept him from reaching his full potential athletically.
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This is why the full system must be measured, assessed, and investigated. Every system is different, is wired differently, and has different pathways to success. The weight room can unlock and unleash or bottle up, injure, and destroy. Injuries almost always come from places and things that aren’t simply what meets the eye.
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Collective area of growth: Strength and conditioning
In addition to being taught incorrect mechanics, player was forced to hit completely out of preference, which caused his performance to plummet. We tackled his training with an approach that fit him and his natural preferences. Supreme confidence developed and production skyrocketed simply by eliminating cues, drills, and mechanics that were causing his system to be at odds with how it was designed to move vs. how one-size-fits-all coaching was demanding of him.
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Collective area of growth: Motor preferences, Outdated coaching, One-size-fits-all coaching approach
Grant had hidden injuries which prevented him from reaching his fullest potential. His injuries weren't recognized because he wasn't looked at holistically, and the misaligned parts were never connected. After identifying what was holding him back and showing him why his development was harder than it should be, we tied his injuries together and gave him a map to recovery that allowed him to finally progress athletically.
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Collective area of growth: Strength and conditioning (hidden injuries and injury prevention)
Making small mechanical changes and having daily prep with The Collective (tailored workouts, tailored catch play, tailored weekly work) helped Emerson stay healthy for a big spring workload. This intentionality led to an all-time great season, one of the best in school history, and all state selection, helping him achieve a power five scholarship after graduating from high school.
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Collective area of growth: All-around
After learning he’d been training and trying to perform out of preference, Trey learned how his body naturally likes to move and started operating in-preference, cleaning up command quickly. He is now a highly ranked draft prospect and recently won a Gold Medal with the USA team - a team he had failed to make before starting with The Collective.
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Collective area of growth: Motor preferences
Luke was a redshirt when we noticed his performance was plummeting because his pitching wasn’t designed properly for him. We got his pitch design built around his preferences (added a cutter, decreased his usage of sweeper), so that his pitches actually worked with how he preferred to throw and move. His performance elevated and he went on to pitch 30+ innings at New Mexico (D1 school).
Collective area of growth: Pitch design
Michael Schweiss is an accomplished former professional pitcher, elite collegiate coach, and respected recruiting coordinator, widely recognized as one of the premier pitching minds in the country. Over the course of his career, he has developed and mentored hundreds of athletes at every level of the game — from powerhouse SEC programs to Division III institutions, top-tier high school prospects, and numerous MiLB and MLB pitchers and hitters. His approach blends high-level playing experience with cutting-edge player development systems, producing measurable, long-term results. As the owner of Nomad Baseball, Michael is known for his ability to identify an athlete’s individual movement patterns and craft customized development plans that maximize strengths, address limitations, and accelerate performance.
Casey White is a highly respected hitting coach, movement specialist, and strength and conditioning innovator known for driving meaningful, individualized breakthroughs in athletic performance. He specializes in identifying how each athlete naturally moves, organizes, and performs at their best — unlocking gains that traditional, one-size-fits-all training often overlooks.
Casey holds a Master’s degree in Exercise Science and Sports Nutrition, and brings a rare depth of expertise through advanced certifications in motor preferences, movement systems, mobility, strength development, and hitting performance. Over the course of his career, he has coached and developed hundreds of high school, collegiate, and professional athletes, helping them access previously untapped levels of efficiency, consistency, and performance.
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Holds Certifications/Degrees In:
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FRC
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FRS ISM
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FRA
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OnBaseU Pitching and Hitting
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Driveline Hitting
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TPI L1/L2 Strength and Power
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M.S. in Strength and Conditioning
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M.S. in Sports Nutrition
Cameron Ginger is a highly respected hitting coach and player development leader with more than two decades of experience across every level of the game, including high school, private training, travel baseball, collegiate programs, and working with players at both the MiLB and MLB levels. He has directly coached two first-round draft picks and guided more than 500 athletes to collegiate baseball careers, with thousands more influenced through his comprehensive development systems. As the founder of Propel Hitting — one of the most influential hitting development brands in the country— Cameron created Propel iD, an advanced player profiling system that reveals how athletes think, process information, and perform under pressure. By integrating neuroscience, biomechanics, psychology, and applied baseball training, his work equips coaches with precise, actionable insight and develops durable, competitive athletes built to excel when the stakes are highest.
Curtis Van Wyck is a highly regarded strength and conditioning coach recognized for his advanced, individualized approach to athletic performance and long-term development. As the owner of Curtis Clay Training, he consults with and designs customized training systems for many of the nation’s top collegiate baseball and softball programs, while also working directly with MiLB, MLB, and Power Five athletes. Curtis has played a hands-on role in the development of more than 100 collegiate athletes and brings a rare depth of expertise through extensive certifications in strength and conditioning, muscle systems, medical exercise, mobility, and motor preference profiling. His work bridges science and application, delivering precise, athlete-specific solutions that enhance performance, durability, and competitive longevity.
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Holds Certifications/Degrees in:
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​NSCA-CSCS
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CMSS
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NSCA-CPT
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NASM-CPT
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ACE-cMES
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RTS Principles
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FRCms
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Certified Muscle System Specialist ™
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Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist ™
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Certified Medical Exercise Specialist ™
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Certified Motor Preference Experts (Baseball/ Softball)
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"There are no absolutes in the body and because of this, we must never stop researching it."
- Curtis Van Wyck
Russell Reynolds is an accomplished former LSU pitcher who competed on the game’s biggest stages, including regional and super regional play and the College World Series. He is widely respected as a pitching coach, motivator, and mentality developer, with a proven track record of working with hundreds of collegiate and professional athletes throughout his career.
As a co-owner of K9 Baseball, Russell has extensive experience developing elite talent on the national travel ball circuit and is a trusted, well-connected advisor in the college recruiting landscape. His work is centered on helping athletes unlock their full potential while cultivating the toughness, resilience, and competitive mindset required to perform consistently at the highest levels of the game.
Chris McDougall is an accomplished physical therapist and former LSU pitcher with a proven track record of improving mobility, resolving chronic injuries, and helping athletes achieve healthy, sustainable velocity gains. He has trained alongside multiple Major League Baseball organizations, refining a comprehensive approach to assessment, rehabilitation, and long-term performance development.
Chris has coached and treated hundreds of athletes across the MLB, MiLB, collegiate, and elite high school levels. As the clinical director and owner of Renew Physical Therapy and a co-owner of K9 Baseball, he uniquely blends high-level playing experience with deep clinical expertise to help pitchers restore movement quality, eliminate arm pain, and build durable velocity that lasts.
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Holds Certifications/Degrees In:
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Motor Preferences
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NPA
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Florida Baseball Armory SAVAGE Pitching Coach
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Over 15 years of PRI courses and clinical application
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OnBaseU Pitching
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Driveline Foundation of Pitching and Youth Development
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B.S. in Kinesiology
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DPT
