Optimal Power Performance (OPP) started out as an experiment in 2015 for our founder’s personal baseball career. The experiment was to test different training methodologies and player development strategies on a surplus of athletes to see what strategies would work the best. Our founder Aj Arroyo, ended up collecting the data of hundreds of athletes during this process. At the time, he had no intentions of creating a baseball training company. He was just trying to figure out what works in the shortest amount of time possible. After his playing career ended in 2017, he decided to start coaching athletes full time. In 2019 he opened up our first baseball training facility in Tempe AZ. It was here where he realized he could do something big. In 2023 we expanded into our new location in Phoenix Arizona. We have worked with well over 2,000 baseball players from the High School level up to the MLB. Now, with our platform we are dedicated to showing the world how we provide this service and some of the lessons and failures along the way.
#13 From Free Training To 7 Figure Baseball Business
Aj talks about scaling OPP and helping other Baseball/softball coaches and facility owners do the same. Coaches Connect: https://go.optimalpowerperformance.com/opplicense Training: https://go.optimalpowerperformance.com/hls437200 Instagram: @optimalpowerperformance YouTube: @optimalpowerperformance Twitter: @OPPtraining
17 Jul 2025
#12 Does Your Coach Hate HLP? If So, Do This!
Full Video on our YouTube Channel - Aj breaks down how to deal with a coach who doesn't agree with what you're chasing as an athlete! Training: https://go.optimalpowerperformance.com/hls437200 Instagram: @optimalpowerperformance YouTube: @optimalpowerperformance Twitter: @OPPtraining
18 Apr 2025
#11 Mental Side That Destroyed My Career
Aj breaks down his pitfalls in the mental game during his career! Great learning experience for athletes. Sound quality isn't amazing as this was recorded in the car. Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/ Merch: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/ Instagram: @optimalpowerperformance YouTube: @optimalpowerperformance Twitter: @OPPtraining
19 Dec 2024
#10 Dealing With Old School Coaches
Aj discusses how to effectively navigate disagreements with old school coaches who resist modern training methods, empowering athletes to prioritize their own development and success.
2 Oct 2024
#9 The Baseball Business
In this podcast Aj breaks down the Backwards framework to help coaches make better decisions when scaling their business.Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/Merch: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/Instagram: @optimalpowerperformanceYouTube: @optimalpowerperformanceTwitter: @OPPtraining
10 Aug 2024
#8 Risk to Reward Chasing Velocity
In this episode Aj breaks down the risk to reward with chasing Velocity at all levels of the game. Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/Merch: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/Instagram: @optimalpowerperformanceYouTube: @optimalpowerperformanceTwitter: @OPPtraining
3 Jul 2024
#7 Coaches Who Never Played
Many athletes are only seeking coaches who played at a high level. Although there are amazing coaches who never played doing great things for the baseball community. In this episode Aj talks about his experience as a coach and some of the struggles he has gone through. He also explains why it's so important for coaches to be more involved in their training process and actually be able to show athletes how do the very thing they are coaching. If you're a coach, baseball facility owner, or aspi...
3 Jul 2024
EP 7 Coaches Who Never Played
Many athletes are only seeking coaches who played at a high level. Although there are amazing coaches who never played doing great things for the baseball community. In this episode Aj talks about his experience as a coach and some of the struggles he has gone through. He also explains why it's so important for coaches to be more involved in their training process and actually be able to show athletes how do the very thing they are coaching. If you're a coach, baseball facility owner, or aspiring coach, this is a great episode to learn from.
Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/
Merch: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/
Instagram: @optimalpowerperformance
YouTube: @optimalpowerperformance
Twitter: @OPPtraining
11 Jun 2024
#6 Lesson Paradigm
In this episode Aj discusses the fall of the lesson paradigm that athletes are consistently stuck in from a young age. He covers how athletes are actually negatively impacted in their career by only investing into lessons. He also covers it from a coaching perspective and why results can be drastically better when their is a long term commitment involved. If you're a coach or athlete, this is for you!
Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/
Merch: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/
Instagram: @optimalpowerperformance
YouTube: @optimalpowerperformance
24 May 2024
#5 Individualized Baseball Training
In this episode Aj discusses the fall backs of highly individualized training. This perspective is different than what most of the industry is pushing. But after years of testing and applying both perspectives with highly individualized programs and group training, Aj shares his thoughts on the process and what he recommends for athletes and coaches. The results speak for themselves.
Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/
Merch: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/
Instagram: @optimalpowerperformance
YouTube: @optimalpowerperformance
8 May 2024
#4 Youth Training
In this episode Aj dives into the world of youth athletic development. He goes into detail about sport specificity and how it's damaging our youth. He also dives into the importance of playing multiple sports, building a quality foundation and how to begin training as a youth athlete. This is a must see episode for parents and coaches who are dealing with youth athletes 8 - 14 years old.
Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/
Merch: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/
Instagram: @optimalpowerperformance
YouTube: @optimalpowerperformance
3 May 2024
#3 Service First Approach In The Baseball Industry
In this Podcast Aj Discusses how he and his team at OPP have grown consistently every year. In that process he shares his observations on how other coaches could do it too. This simple approach could easily 10x their business if they take a Service First approach.
Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/
Merch: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/
Instagram: @optimalpowerperformance
YouTube: @optimalpowerperformance
18 Apr 2024
#2 Strong Enough?
Many people in the baseball industry believe that there is such thing as becoming "too strong" and that once you hit X, Y, Z numbers, you're "strong enough'"
Aj Explains in this podcast how that is impossible. Using scientific literature, methods and practical application. Aj has experience training a few thousand baseball players over the last decade. Take a listen on how his athletes (even at the professional level) have had great success constantly pursuing strength to the highest degree, year in and year out.
Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/
Merch: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/
Instagram: @optimalpowerperformance
YouTube: @optimalpowerperformance
3 Apr 2024
#1 HLP Podcast w/Richard Schenk
Richard (aka teacherman) is a hitting pioneer who helped transform Aaron Judge's swing back in 2017. Since then, his hitting method called HLP has transformed thousands of baseball swings over the years. Yet, there is a lot of controversy about this swing method.
In this podcast we cover Richards online persona, his personal success with HLP and MLB hitters, as well as deep dive on some of the hitting methodology. We break down what Launch Quickness really is and how hitters must be Ready At Release to succeed at the highest level.
Training information: www.optimalpowerperformance.com
OPP Training app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/opp-training/id6479377811
Launch Quickness app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/launch-quickness/id6477305821
Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/
Merch: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/
Instagram: @optimalpowerperformance
YouTube: @optimalpowerperformance
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