Nicho Fernandez

Pitching Coach

Nicho Fernandez serves as a pitching coach at Cressey Sports Performance – FL. A Miami native, Nicho brings over a decade of playing experience and is wrapping up his collegiate career at Georgetown University, where he is close to completing a dual degree in Government and Economics.

Since hanging up the cleats, he’s stayed deeply involved in the game – completing our Offseason Pitching Internship this past winter and coaching private youth lessons.

Free Access to Eric’s 47-Minute UNE Lecture

Hip-Shoulder Separation in Rotational Athletes: Making Sense of the Thoracic Spine.

Welcome to Cressey Sports Performance

Over the years, Eric Cressey’s given this lecture to more than 10,000 coaches, players, sports medicine professionals and enthusiasts and it’s been a huge hit. In the video, you will observe a lot of our CSP athletes training and learn:

  • Why different athletes need different approaches to power development?

  • Why it’s essential that you learn to train outside the sagittal plane?
  • Which medicine ball and plyometric variations I use with baseball players?

  • Why not all throwers have identical deceleration patterns or training needs?

  • How your arm care programs can be improved to reduce the risk of injury and improve throwing velocity?