Marshall Sahota – Baseball Success Journey

Marshall Sahota: Becoming a Faster, Stronger, More Complete Athlete

Marshall Sahota’s baseball journey began at just five years old. Although he played basketball, soccer, and other sports growing up, baseball was the one that stuck. Inspired by the Toronto Blue Jays and Josh Donaldson, Marshall developed a passion for the game that eventually led him to pursue baseball at a higher level. Now 18, his focus has shifted from simply being strong to becoming a faster, more mobile, and more complete athlete.

Video Chapters

00:00 Meet Marshall Sahota
00:17 Training Before LPS
00:37 First Impressions of LPS
00:55 Speed: 7.0 to 6.6 Dash
1:14 Strength and Mobility Gains
1:35 Injury Prevention and Shoulder Strength
2:14 Coach’s Reaction and College Coaches
2:54 Hitting Power Improvement
3:18 Back Training and Staying Healthy
3:58 Future Goals and Getting Noticed
4:39 Why I Recommend LPS
5:15 The Competitive Atmosphere

From Bodybuilding to Athletic Training

Before joining LPS Athletic, Marshall trained on his own and with his team, but his workouts were more focused on bodybuilding than athletic performance. He was strong, but he knew he needed something different to take his game to the next level.

After seeing teammate CJ become faster, stronger, and more powerful through LPS, Marshall decided to make the change himself. The intensity immediately stood out. He found an environment where coaches and athletes pushed each other to improve every day.

Finding Another Level of Speed

As a center fielder, speed was one of Marshall’s biggest priorities. Despite being a strong defensive player with good reads, his 60-yard dash times around 6.9 to 7 seconds were limiting his opportunities.

After training at LPS, Marshall lowered his time to 6.6 seconds. The improvement strengthened his ability to play center field and helped him gain more attention from coaches.

Building Strength, Mobility, and Power

When Marshall first arrived at LPS, his hips were tight and his mobility was limited. He was also unfamiliar with movements such as cleans and snatches.

Through consistent training, he developed greater mobility and strength throughout his entire body. Those improvements translated directly to baseball — he felt faster on the field and began hitting with significantly more power.

For Marshall, LPS showed him the difference between simply being strong and developing true athletic strength.

Staying Healthy and Performing Better

Injuries had previously been a recurring challenge. Marshall had dealt with back problems and arm discomfort, and his body sometimes struggled with the demands of playing multiple games.

By strengthening his back, shoulders, legs, and other areas he had previously overlooked, his body became more resilient. Since beginning his training at LPS, Marshall says he has remained injury-free and feels better equipped to handle the demands of baseball.

The Road Ahead

Marshall’s development has helped him reach the next stage of his baseball career at a Division I junior college. His goal is to have a successful season, continue becoming stronger and faster, and ultimately progress to the Division I level.

Moving away from home will also bring a new challenge — living outside the country for the first time and learning to become more independent.

Reflection on the Journey

Marshall Sahota came to LPS with baseball skills and strength, but he needed to elevate his athleticism. By improving his speed, mobility, power, and durability, he became a more complete center fielder and created new opportunities for himself.

His experience also showed him the value of training alongside other driven athletes. At LPS, the competition pushes everyone to improve, regardless of the sport they play.

For Marshall, the lesson is clear: If you want to reach another level, surround yourself with people who will push you to become better.

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TRANSCRIPTION:

My name is Marshall Sahota. I’m eighteen years old and I play baseball. I got into baseball when I was five years old. I played a bunch of other sports. I loved basketball, soccer. But baseball really stuck with me. I love the Blue Jays a lot. Josh Donaldson really got me into it. I still rep number twenty. And, uh, yeah, before I got here, I was working out on my own, working out with my team. Uh, I was working out more like a bodybuilder. Not like an athlete. I mean, I was strong, but when I got here, they turned me into an athlete. I found out about LPS from my coach, Travers. He’s good friends with plants. And then CJ, one of my teammates also works out here. And I saw him. He got way faster, way stronger, hitting the ball way further. And that motivated me to come here to. My first impression of the gym was it was tough. The atmosphere is crazy. Like it’s nothing like I ever seen before. Um, but I liked it. You know, I don’t I don’t want to work out in a quiet, quiet environment. I want someone pushing me and he really gets everything out of you, which I think is great. My main goal coming to LPS was to get faster. Uh, I’m a center fielder, so I need to be fast. I was always a great fielder, but I was running sevens, six nines, and that just wasn’t fast enough. In the spring I dropped that down to a six six. I didn’t hit legs as much, but when I would hit legs, I wouldn’t do a full motion of it. I wasn’t I wasn’t mobile when I, when I got here, my hips were super tight. Uh, all the exercises opened up my hips. I gained strength there. I gained strength, my quads everywhere, even in my shoulders with muscles I didn’t know I had. I’ve been here for almost a year before I got here. I got injured quite often. Uh, and my arm, I would always throw, I wouldn’t know when to stop. Um, but I strengthened my shoulder here a lot. Um, different parts, different parts of my arm. And I haven’t gotten injured since coming here. My legs have felt great. I’ve been able to with withstand a bunch of games on end. So yeah, my legs have gotten way stronger. When I got here, I couldn’t squat nothing. I didn’t know what a clean was, I didn’t know what a snatch was. And you know, I was using the stick when I got here, but, uh, I got a lot stronger and I can, like, see it while I’m playing my sport. I feel a lot faster, a lot more mobile. I can do different things. So yeah, my coach has always thought I was a great fielder and he’s always kept me in center field because I had great reads and stuff like that. But then he saw me go from a like a seven flat runner and in the sixty yard dash to a six six. So that just helped me a lot. Uh, keeping my position and fielding is what I love. So, coaches down south, you know, saying I’m a center fielder and running a seven flat, they, they don’t really like that too much. But now I can say I run a six and, uh, and they’re super excited about it. Before LPS, I didn’t hit any bombs, really. I wasn’t much of a power guy. And after, you know, I’ve seen a huge improvement in my power, I went to the doctor with CK, one of my other teammates. I was hitting bombs left and right. So, it was a great feeling seeing it, seeing it all work out. So, before LPS, I had injured my back for a super long time. You know, it was it was better by the time I got here. But it was it was very weak and I didn’t really know that. And that’s it’s not good for your back to be weak. And I had never trained back in my life. When I got here, I started training back, uh, and it helped helped improve my squat. My body felt better. Uh, it was, it was different because I’d never trained back before, but I felt a lot better. Um, it was, it was way easier to squat and help with, with my form a lot after being here. I haven’t had any injuries at all. My back’s felt great before coming here. You know, on like a random day, my back might tighten up. Uh, and that would hold me back from working out or playing baseball. But since I’ve got here, my back’s been great. My whole body’s been great. So yeah, some upcoming goals I have. Being at a D1 JuCo is obviously going to the D1 level, having a good season, experiencing new things, first time living outside of the country. Uh, it’s a really growing up learning how to do things for myself, uh, live on my own, uh, and continue to get a lot stronger and faster for LPS. I feel like I had all the skills, but I needed to get my athletic ness to a different level to be seen more. As a center fielder, I need to be fast. I need to be strong, I need I need to have some power and really coming to LPs, getting more power. Speed, uh, gave me some more looks. Uh, people noticed me more, which is great. Yeah. As a baseball player or any athlete, I really recommend LPS. It’s gotten me a lot stronger. And like I said before, before I would work out like a bodybuilder and stuff and I felt like I was strong. But when I came here, I found out what real strength was. I became way more mobile. I became like a true athlete. And you work out with true athletes. So, it helps you. Yeah, the competitiveness is, is great here. Um, everybody plays a different sport, but we’re always competing against each other. We have sprints at the end. We’re always trying to beat each other. It’s always king of the hill at the end. Uh, so it’s a great it’s a great atmosphere in here. And if you want to get better, people will push you to get better. Uh, and everyone’s trying to win.