so welcome Ryan I'm glad we finally got to do this interview Um so as the director of

catching various cuts what do you hope to accomplish with youth athletes on our platform

And what attracted you to what we did Great question So the biggest thing that attracted me to this platform

is that it's a it's a movement and preventative injury first program And when Lance approached me

with this idea the idea kids if kids are getting hurt or if kids are not maximizing

their body and they can't play they can't stay on the field then they don't get to love the game

They don't get to grow and get better and enjoy this thing This sport that I love so

much and has meant so much to me in my life and that's taught me so much and and a

platform like this is something that I would have loved and I would have benefited

from so much as a kid because my I don't move properly and I've lost flexibility that I could

have gained if I did corrective exercises at a young age and I could have been so much

better and and who knows where I could be right now But doing the things

that are important and using the building blocks to build the things that are important first to give these players

a great foundation to build on it just inspires me And I think it's just such a brilliant idea and

it's going to help so many people as a current player myself since I've known Lance and I've been

doing the corrective exercises myself for the last two seasons This year I had the best year

that I've had in 10 years as a 34 year old I had the best year

that I've had since I made my major league debut in 2011 So I can

see firsthand that my my receiving metrics for catching were the best that they've been and my offensive metrics

were the best that they have been Blocking Excellent Everything all my numbers have jumped and these are

measurable metrics where I've gotten better as a 34 year old man Imagine what we could do

with these youth players that are still in the development phase of their bodies and other lives