Everitt Athletics was started by Keaton Everitt to change the way pitching is taught and coached on the amateur level. He wants to develop not only a more consistent pitcher mechanically, but also a smarter, stronger, more conditioned, dynamic, and mentally tough pitcher. Lessons learned from the game of baseball not only help to succeed on the diamond but also in life. Keaton feels very strongly that if he knew what he knows now back in high school, his career in baseball would have been a lot more successful and a whole lot healthier!
Pitching mechanics are over taught and as Keaton progressed through each level, he found the methods and reasoning’s behind each coaching approach to pitching as different as the next. The higher up Keaton went through the ranks, the simpler mechanics were taught. The simpler a pitcher makes his mechanics, the better off they are going to be. There is not enough focus on postural and functional strength, especially when it comes to young athletes.
Keaton with UW 2004
Keaton has been there first hand as a player to witness and implement the coaching at the high school, division-1, and professional levels. He wants to teach and mentor athletes on everything that he did not learn or experience until much later in life. This will be invaluable to young athletes as they deal with injury, coaches, recruiting, success, failure, and all things pitching related. These are all things that Keaton experienced without any guidance as he was young and has regrets about many aspects of his career. Had he know what he knows now, things could have been much different, and he wants to relay that to your kids.
It’s amazing how much difference exists at each level is when it comes to pitching, coaching styles, and information. He was fortunate enough to be around some of the greatest names in major league baseball today and has picked up information and knowledge that can only be learned playing and experiencing it first hand. It wasn’t until Keaton got into the professional ranks with the New York Yankees that he truly figured himself out as a pitcher and became consistent and successful, and he owes it all to the simplified approach to mechanics he was coached on by former big leaguer Carlos Reyes.
Keaton was taken back at how little was really known and how poorly pitching was being taught at the amateur level. He feels that things could be a lot different for him now, had he known what he knows now, not only about pitching, but the game of baseball in general, strength & conditioning, nutrition, college, recruiting, and the draft.
He now has the drive to completely change how pitching is taught and enrich his athletes more on the mental side of the game as well. He also includes mentoring into his pitching lesson plans and lets kids know first hand, what to expect as they progress each year and what it takes to make it to the next level both physically and mentally. You will not find a more complete, comprehensive training program for you child than with Keaton.
Keaton’s Playing Experience:
In 2001, Keaton was recruited to pitch at the University of Washington after graduating from Juanita High School. He red-shirted his first season after elbow surgery and missed most of his red-shirt freshman year as well. In 2004, he earned a starting spot in the weekend rotation that included the 2008 Nation League Cy-Young Award winner and started and won Coach Ken Knutson’s 400th game. Everitt struggled with command and consistency and finished the 2004 and 2005 seasons out of the bullpen and was a spot starter.
Keaton with the Yankees 2006
In 2005, he was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 17th round and went on to win three league championships: once in the Gulf Coast League and twice in the NY-Penn League. After getting in the Yankees system and learning what mechanics really where about and how to play the game, his command and consistency issues vanished. He learned to read hitters and how to set them up. He was able to consistently add 4 mph to his tw-seam fastball that topped out at 94 and added close to 7 mph on his slider that ran as high as 86. After compiling a career 11-0 record and finishing his last season with the Charleston Riverdogs in the South AtlanticLeague in 2006 with a combined ERA of 1.52, he tore his labrum during the 2007 season and officially hung them up in 2008 after electing to not have surgery.
Coaching Experience:
In 2008, he started as the pitching coach at Eastlake High School. After a coaching change, he moved closer to home as the pitching coach for Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, Washington. That year the Kangs went on to win their division and win the KingCo 4A Championship! He also helped coach the KingCo 4A Player of the Year and First Team All-League/State Pitcher, Christian Kaiser. The Kangs had a dominant year on the mound leading the league in strikeouts (131 in 112 innings) and opponents batting average (.178), and finished second in ERA (2.31) and wins (12).
Everitt also coaches for the Eastlake SammamishBaseball Association withKyle Larsen in the Sammamish and Redmond area. In 2008 they coached the 15u team and in 2009 with the first 18u team for the Eastlake Tigers which won the 2009 Palouse Summer Series TournamentPullman, WA. He has also worked with Sammamish BaseballAcademy summer camps as an instructor/coach and with Washington Baseball Camps during his career at UW. Keaton has also started working at Maximum Sports Conditioning in Bellevuetolearn more about the strength & conditioning side of athletics.
He is Adult & Child CPR/AED/First Aid certified by Action Safety and under goes extensive criminal background checks every year for both coaching jobs.
2009 KingCo 4A Champions!
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