Ryan Sienko Ryan founded Catch and Throw, a catching instruction, information, and conditioning company, in late 2005 and started conducting comprehensive catching camps in the summer of 2006. He works catching camps for USC baseball, Las Vegas Baseball Academy, and is the catching consultant for many travel teams across the country. He also speaks nationally about all aspects of catching, blocking, throwing, conditioning, and strategy. An associate scout for the Baltimore Orioles, Ryan is also co-founder of Prepared Coach, a company that trains coaches of all levels. He was Dir. of Operations for the National Pitching Association from 2002-2007, in charge of the NPA Performance Center and Motion Lab. Each year Ryan works with over 1,000 pitchers, coaches, and parents at pitching camps and clinics. He has personally worked with 14 players who were drafted in the 2008 MLB Draft and works with several professional players every off-season. Before joining the NPA, he was a catcher at the University of Iowa then played professionally for 8 seasons with the Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox and as an all-star in independent baseball. He also has taught for a number of Baseball Academies and is a consultant for Bedinger’s Bullpen, a baseball academy, in Joliet, IL and now coaches a highly competitive travel baseball team out of Rancho Santa Fe, CA that prides itself in the health and performance of all of its players. (Click to close.)