Built by Parents and Coaches, for Parents and Coaches
Finally, there is a reliable tool that coordinates between concurrent baseball or softball teams so you can ensure your pitchers receive enough rest. It’s called ChangeUp, and it’s a mobile app available on Apple devices.
Overuse injuries among pitchers—from Little League to college—are climbing at an alarming rate. The incidence of elbow and shoulder injury in youth baseball has been estimated at 26% to 35% in any given season! Players are competing year-round on multiple teams and their arms never receive an opportunity to rest and rejuvenate.
The challenge for coaches and parents: It’s far too difficult to coordinate pitching outings and track cumulative pitch loads.
As a result, even the youngest players are being pushed to their limits.
Our Story
The concept of ChangeUp was born in 2012 when co-founders Drew Tripp and Jeremy Coffey were both the coaches and parents of young pitchers who were playing on multiple baseball teams.
One of the few heated discussions Jeremy and I have ever had was about a multi-team player’s pitch load.
Drew Tripp
As parents, those days were filled with rushing from ballpark to ballpark, with only minutes to spare before their kids took the field again. As coaches, they were leading a range of kids— some who had just left another baseball game—and juggling giving their team the best chance to win and player safety.
They experienced first-hand the fears of pitching overuse injuries in their own kids—and the challenges of tracking all their pitchers to comply with regulations. That’s when they started planning a solution that would simplify pitch load counting and reporting, prevent overuse injuries and support player development. In 2020, ChangeUp hit the market.
Who We Are
Drew Tripp
Drew Tripp has a diverse and deep background in athletics as both a player and coach. He has founded and grown several successful amateur sports leagues, each of which has been recognized for participant satisfaction and innovative product offerings.
A multi-sport athlete in high school, Drew went on to play four years of football at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, while earning an undergraduate degree in Accounting. Prior to co-founding ChangeUp, Drew held executive sales and customer satisfaction positions with industry-leading software development and technology consulting firms.
Drew has held numerous volunteer positions within his local youth sports community, including several years as a member of the Little League Board of Directors and managing a baseball team in the annual Williamsport tournament. Drew is the father of two children, one who has played softball and the other baseball.
Jeremy Coffey
Jeremy Coffey has an extensive background in amateur athletics, including coaching, league administration and player safety training.
His coaching experience includes baseball, football and track & field from youth through the high school level. He is a former collegiate football and track athlete.
Off the field, Jeremy holds undergraduate degrees in economics and sociology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a juris doctorate from Southern Methodist University.
A father of four, in his spare time, Jeremy is also a lawyer and owns a youth sports and fitness center.
Why Choose ChangeUp
At ChangeUp, we’re athletes, coaches and parents, and we’ve experienced first-hand the challenges as a player, coach and parent. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to provide you with the first ever player-centric pitch management solution that allows you to track pitch loads and performance for a pitcher, across multiple teams and seasons.
Why? Because we care about the safety, health and development of your pitchers
Players
Players build career pitching profiles, across teams and seasons, that can aid development and recruitment efforts.
Coaches
Coaches are armed with analytics that inform game preparation, in-game decisions and player development.
Parents
Parents gain historical insights to ensure the safety, health and development of their children as they play the sport they love.
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Every pitch counts in a baseball game and on a pitcher’s arm. Give your team and pitching staff an advantage. Count on ChangeUp analytics to optimize every pitch.
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