The Standard Is the Standard: Vaughan Vikings HPP Off-Season Hitting Program

There is a difference between training and development, and most people in baseball still confuse the two.

Training is showing up, getting swings, breaking a sweat, and leaving feeling like you did something.

Development is different.

It is structured, measured, uncomfortable at times and honest. It tells you where you actually are, not where you think you are. It forces you to deal with what shows up in the data, not what you hope is happening.

That is what this program is built on.

The Vaughan Vikings High Performance Program is not about random cage work or chasing one good round. It is a structured off-season system built on progression. Players are evaluated at multiple checkpoints, tracking Average Exit Velocity, Max Exit Velocity, and MV–AVG, which measures how close a player’s average output is to their best.

Because the truth is simple. Power shows up once.

Hitting shows up repeatedly.

The Structure Behind the Results

Every player in this program is measured the same way, and that matters more than people realize. When every athlete is evaluated under the same structure, opinion is removed from the process. You are not guessing if a player improved. You are not relying on how things look.

You are tracking what actually happened.

Average exit velocity tells us what a player produces consistently. Max exit velocity shows top-end capability. MV–AVG reveals how repeatable the swing is.

When those three begin to move together, that is when development is real. Not when one spikes, not when something looks good in a round. When the entire profile starts to stabilize and tighten.

When you step back and look at the full program, the results weren’t isolated to one group or one player.

They showed up everywhere.

All of this happened before a single meaningful game was played and that’s the point of an off-season program.

Players are not trying to figure things out once the season starts. They are stepping into competition with a foundation already built, with movements that have been trained, measured and repeated over time.

This program is built to prepare players before that moment ever comes.

Team Average Exit Velocity Progression

Group	Week 1	Week 20	Change
12U	44.2	50.5	+6.3 mph
13U	55.7	60.4	+4.7 mph
15U	58.7	64.5	+5.8 mph
16U	55.0	64.2	+9.2 mph
Non-HPP	50.1	58.5	+8.5 mph

12U — Building Movements That Last

At the younger ages, development is not about chasing numbers. It is about building a swing that can hold up over time. Early in the process, there were inconsistencies. Larger MV–AVG gaps, fluctuating output, that is expected. Players are still learning how to move, how to sequence and how to control the barrel.

By the end, those patterns began to stabilize. The gap between max and average narrowed, and swings became more repeatable. The biggest takeaway is not just the increase, it is the ability to repeat the swing more consistently.

12U Top Improvements

Player	Week 1	Week 20	Change
Micheal	35.95	48.85	+12.9
Bennett	41.75	53.35	+11.6
Dean	35.2	46.25	+11.05
Lorenzo	43.35	53.35	+10.0
Vinny	49.55	57.6	+8.05

13U — Where Separation Starts

This is where the game starts to expose players.

Strength alone is not enough, mechanics, timing and sequencing all have to start working together. Progression here was not always linear. Some players improved steadily, while others had to work through inconsistency before breaking through.

The numbers improved, but the bigger story was how the swings began to stabilize.

13U Top Improvements

Player	Week 1	Week 20	Change
Adrian B	63.45	70.75	+7.3
Mason	55.0	64.35	+9.35
Hudson	51.0	60.9	+9.9
Raymond	57.85	65.55	+7.7

15U — Power With Responsibility

At this stage, output starts to matter.

Players are no longer just building swings, they are expected to produce. What stood out in this group was not just the increase in velocity, but how many players began to show both power and repeatability.

The players who improved the most were not just the ones who got stronger. They were the ones who learned how to repeat their swing.

15U Top Improvements

Player	Week 1	Week 20	Change
Liam	47.2	60.7	+13.5
Marciano	43.4	68.4	+25.0
Matteo	51.16	65.04	+13.88
Anthony	57.7	64.8	+7.1
Kian	60.05	67.05	+7.0

16U — Translating to the Next Level

This is where development starts to connect to opportunity.

This group made the biggest jump overall as a unit, and that matters because this is where development starts to connect directly to opportunity. The swings became more controlled, the output became more stable.

The gap between potential and performance began to close.

16U Top Improvements

Player	Week 1	Week 20	Change
Marciano	60.55	74.95	+14.4
Matteo	67.5	73.7	+6.2
Matthew	53.1	66.25	+13.15
Alex	51.4	63.15	+11.75

Top-End Power — What the Ceiling Looks Like

While average exit velocity tells us what a player produces consistently, max exit velocity tells us what they are capable of at their best. That is the ceiling, but the ceiling only matters if a player can get closer to it more often.

That is where development lives.

These numbers show something important, power is not limited to one age group, it is being developed across the entire program. But again, max velocity alone does not define a hitter. The players who separate themselves are the ones who can bring their average closer to their max.

That is when power becomes usable.

Top Max Exit Velocity — Program Leaders + Elite Benchmarks

Player	Age Group	Max EV	Elite by Age
Marco	15U	93	80+
Oliver	15U	92	80+
Enzo	15U	91	80+
Marciano	16U	88	85+
Matteo	16U	86	85+
Jonah	16U	85	85+
Adrian B	13U	82	70+
Raymond	13U	81	70+
Mason	13U	78	70+
Vinny	12U	65	60+
Bennett	12U	62	60+

Final Thought — This Is What Development Looks Like

There is a lot of noise in baseball right now.

Everyone talks about being elite, everyone talks about exposure, everyone talks about results, but very few programs can actually show the work behind it.

This one can.

It measures, tracks, exposes and it builds.

The numbers are not there to impress people, they are there to tell the truth and when that truth carries from one year into the next, across multiple age groups, with consistent patterns… Now you are not guessing anymore, now you know.

This is development.