Prime Performance Opens One of Florida’s Most Advanced Pitching Labs — A Q&A with Victor Sanchez

Prime Performance’s Integrated Pitching Lab is helping pitchers connect strength, movement, and feedback through actionable data. Built around better reps, quicker insights, and the connection between feel and real, to improve pitcher development.

When Victor Sanchez and his team built Prime Performance in Florida, they weren’t chasing trends. They were building a place where every throw, lift, and bullpen connects to performance.

Alongside coaches Joe Clancy, Tyler Germanowski, and Aaron Bechtel, Sanchez has built one of the most forward-thinking pitcher development environments in the country. Their training philosophy blends old-school coaching instincts with modern data, helping pitchers take ownership of their process through better reps, actionable feedback, and quicker insights.

Pitching Lab Building Better Reps Through Actionable Feedback

At the center of that environment is the NewtForce Integrated Pitching Lab. It’s not there to replace coaching. It’s there to reinforce it. The lab gives the staff and athletes instant feedback on how pitchers move, create force, and transfer energy through the delivery. It’s helping coaches connect the feel with the real, turning mechanical cues into something pitchers can see and understand in the moment.

Empowering the Lower Half Through Ground Reaction Force Data

The NewtForce mound is also changing how coaches develop the lower half. Just like ball data revolutionized pitch design, ground reaction force data is now empowering how pitchers move, sequence, and create power from the ground up.

Prime Performance - NewtForce Pitching Mound and Integrated Pitching Lab

Prime Performance: Coaching With Purpose

Prime Performance isn’t about collecting data or chasing velocity. It’s about connecting strength, movement, and command, and teaching athletes how to repeat what works.

Victor Sanchez made his mark as the all-time saves leader at the University of New Mexico before moving into college coaching at Dallas Baptist, Sacramento State, and Paradise Valley. His approach is rooted in simplicity: use information to guide, not overwhelm.

He’s joined by a staff that brings experience and humility. Joe Clancy combines pitching and rehab expertise, using biomechanics and individualized programming to help pitchers move efficiently and stay healthy. Tyler Germanowski knows firsthand what it takes to add velocity and sustain it. He went from 88 mph in high school to 98 mph in college at Liberty, an experience that now enfluences how he teaches sequencing and timing. Aaron Bechtel turned his own development journey—from mid-80s to mid-90s velocity—into a framework that focuses on long-term growth and durability.

Together, they’ve created a place where pitchers can learn, fail, adjust, and progress.

Q&A with Victor Sanchez (Prime Performance)

Zach Day: You’ve just opened one of the most complete player development facilities in the country. What’s been the biggest surprise you’ve learned so far from having a full pitching lab up and running?

Victor Sanchez: Honestly, the biggest surprise has been how much the information both verifies and challenges what we thought we knew. The lab confirms the things you’ve always seen with you eyes but, it also exposes the things you never could see. The basic pitching principles are the same but having everything under one roof, from force plates to motion capture and pitch tracking, allows us to connect the dots between strength, movement, and performance in real time and evolve those principles.

What’s been eye-opening is how much faster athletes buy in when they can see it. When a pitcher watches how a small timing change improves their force transfer or pitch shapes, it’s not just random data points anymore it’s feedback they can understand l and buy in to. The connection between what’s measurable and what’s coachable has completely changed how quickly our athletes can develop and improve.

Zach Day: One of the biggest differences in how often technology actually gets used comes down to speed. When feedback takes 8 seconds or less, coaches can adjust in real time, right between pitches. But when it takes 20 or 30 seconds per throw, that rhythm disappears. How important is that kind of quick feedback when you’re training or looking to make every rep count?

Victor Sanchez: The quick feedback loop was a huge reason why we decided on the full lab build out. More often than not the use of technology has road blocks in terms of the feedback loop. Extended or prolonged feedback loops disrupt both the athletes and coaches flow which in turn, limits true player development. More often than not, these sessions turn into a data collection session that only becomes actionable once the session is over.

Our goal when it comes to using technology, is to enhance the training flow and create an environment that promotes development. Technology shouldn't become a barrier it should be utilized in real time. When the feedback loop is tight, every rep has purpose and a plan. You should leave every session with a better understanding on what each athlete's path for development looks like.

Zach Day: What are pitchers saying about the insights and feedback? How are they responding to what they can see and feel now?

Victor Sanchez: Most of our guys using the lab have left with a better understanding of how they are moving. They don't have to be a biomechanist or be an expert on every data point to see what their body is doing in their delivery. It has truly helped them connect the dots between what their lowest hanging fruit is within the delivery and how their feel is interpreted through force plate and MOCAP data.

Zach Day: I know it’s early, but can you share a big win so far from using the lab, maybe a story or example that stood out?

Victor Sanchez: We actually had an affiliate guy come in for an exit bullpen before heading into his offseason. His stuff was good, but he knew there was more in the tank. Once we got him on the mound, we saw he was losing a ton of energy through a the lead leg. Basically, he was really good at generating power but was unable to get that power to truly transfer due to an unstable lead leg.

As soon as we all saw it on the screen, it clicked. We made a few small adjustments to how he viewed the role the lead leg played in the delivery. We even actually had him try a few drill variations on the mound that isolated the lead leg and we were instantly able to get feedback on those drills to confirm we were on to something.

By the end of that same bullpen he hit a season PR. It ultimately re-wrote the game plan for his offseason program.

Zach Day: What’s one way you’re using the lab that you’re really excited about right now?

Victor Sanchez: Right now we are using our lab in more ways than just bullpens. Implementing med ball throws and measuring output and sequencing is giving us an opportunity to program athletes in the offseason without adding throwing volume to their plan. We are viewing it as our opportunity to take a look under the hood and build the engine.

Zach Day: From a coaching standpoint, what’s been the most helpful part of having everything integrated?

Victor Sanchez: The best part is how connected everything is. The weight room, the bullpen, the data, it’s all a connected unit. As a coach, you stop coaching pieces and start coaching the whole athlete. You can see clearly how strength work shows up on the mound or how small adjustments affect movement and recovery. It takes the guesswork out of it and makes every session more intentional and actionable.

Zach Day: What’s the biggest difference you’ve noticed in how your coaches and players communicate during a session now compared to before the lab?

Victor Sanchez: The biggest difference is how clear and streamlined communication is now. Before, a lot of feedback was based on feel or opinion. Now coaches and players are seeing the same info in real time. It takes the guessing out. Instead of saying “that looked better,” we can explain why it was better. It’s made communication cleaner and progress a lot faster. It also allows our coaches to alter plans and their athlete's programming. A well thought our development plan grows with the athlete. It provides structure but isn't set in stone. As we all know, growth isn't linear so when that jump does happen we can confirm it with the technology and be able to capitalize on it.

Zach Day: Can you speak to the simplicity of having an integrated pitching lab, and why that’s so important for your team? How does it help your coaches focus on what they love most, connecting with pitchers and helping them reach their potential faster?

Victor Sanchez: The beauty of having everything integrated is how simple it makes the process. All the data, video, and feedback live in one place, so our coaches don’t have to bounce between systems or waste time syncing things up. Having an integrated pitching lab has allowed our coaches to focus on what they do well, which is coach their athletes. Instead of our coaches spending their time running reports, they can keep their focus on the athlete.

Zach Day: We talk a lot about using the lab to give actionable feedback that makes every rep count, connecting what a pitcher feels with what’s really happening, so they can repeat the right movement every time. How important is that connection between feel and real when it comes to building better pitchers?

Victor Sanchez: It’s huge. That connection between what a pitcher feels and what’s actually happening is everything. The data tells the truth, but the goal is to help the athlete feel it so they can repeat it on their own. When those two things line up, that’s when development really sticks.

The lab just helps bridge that gap. It gives clear feedback so a pitcher can connect the dots. What they felt, what the numbers say, and how to make it repeatable. That’s how you build consistency and real confidence on the mound. The ultimate goal is to perform in game when your name is called. Having confidence in your training and trusting what your body is doing is a major contributor to being prepared for those moments.

Zach Day: For a pitcher looking for a place to reach their full potential, why should they train at Prime?

Victor Sanchez: For us, it’s simple, Prime is built for pitchers who want to perform when it matters. Our mission is to develop athletes who can take what they do in training and make it show up on the field.

We don’t chase numbers. We chase performance. The technology and data are there to help athletes understand how they move, how they create force, and how to turn that into results that matter. Every tool we use serves one purpose: helping players perform better when their name is called.

What makes Prime different is how personal it is. We take an individualized approach with every athlete who walks through the door. No two players move or learn the same, so their plans shouldn’t either. We break everything down form their delivery, their movement qualities, their strength, their nutrition, their recovery and build a program designed specifically for them.

Everything here connects: the weight room, the bullpen, the data, the coaching. It all speaks the same language, so every rep has intent and every session builds toward progress. That’s what leads to real, lasting results.

At the end of the day, we want every athlete we work with to become the best version of themselves physically, mentally, and competitively. That’s what Prime is about: helping players sharpen their edge, push past limits, and discover what they’re truly capable of.

Raising the Standard for Pitcher Development

Prime Performance’s Integrated Pitching Lab shows what happens when great coaching meets clear feedback. Their staff is using ground reaction force data to teach the lower half the same way pitch tracking once changed pitch design.

The result is faster learning, more efficient movement, and better reps that stick.

By connecting feel with real, Prime is giving pitchers a clearer path to improvement and redefining what pitcher development can look like.

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