Big Fish Winter Data SNAPSHOT

With our winter training sessions wrapped up in mid-April, it is time for us to dig into our data!

While we have been sending our data to individual campers and their families throughout the winter, we've also been keeping our test in/test out in a handy spreadsheet.

In my experience as a parent and web surfer, it's been hard to find "real" data for what a group of hitters and throwers looks like.

There's a few reasons for this I can think of. The one that sticks out to me is that it's not in our best business interests to share? If you look at our aggregate data, you'll see that not every one of our winter campers posted an "improvement" in their numbers over six weeks. Hot take alert: any training group handing out a 100% improvement guarantee is probably cooking their books.

Here are the trends I am happy to share though from our winter data:

Of 47 hitters, 45 hitters were there to test out on week six. 40 of the 45 (88%) saw improvements in their exit velocity, swing speed, or both. 

Of 43 throwers, 38 were there to test out on week six. 29 of those 38 (76%) saw improvements in their top velocity or average velocity.

What we are trying to do at Big Fish is create the environment and opportunities for athletes to improve. In the end, we tell our athletes it's their job to take advantage of that.

And most importantly - any data is a snapshot in time. Because an athlete doesn't PR on test out day doesn't mean they aren't improving or didn't PR the week before. Tracking individual data over time - a 3-month period, a 6-month period, a year - that will give an individual athlete a more accurate picture.

For what's it's worth - here is a link to our aggregate data for the '23-24 winter with names removed for confidentiality. The data is sorted by age level so you can see where kids are falling so far.

It was a great winter season and start to what Big Fish is all about. We're working hard on plans to open a small facility in September, which should allow us to serve even more athletes and add more opportunity to Western Wisconsin baseball and softball. The future looks bright for both our Big Fish Athletes!

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