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Pitching velocity has been proven to come from the body and not the arm so that energy is quickly built and then passed off as late as possible to the arm. It does not have to take weeks or months to improve pitching velocity. It is simply a matter of understanding which aspects of mechanics [...]

Every pitcher wants to get their velocity to the 90 mph mark. However, are they going about it the right way. The pitcher on the left in the side-by-side photo is Red Sox Daniel Bard, who throws 96-100 mph. The pitcher on the right is a 23 year old college pitcher who throws 86-88 mph. [...]

I recently looked at an evaluation from Baseball Factory of one of our high school junior pitchers who came to visit for one-on-one instruction. This evaluation cost the parent $500 and after the scouting evaluation they were encouraged to take advantage of a $1995 upgrade and then a $3000 upgrade in order to get their [...]

Professional pitching instructors have many duties when they are being paid to instruct pitchers at all levels – some of those duties are to help them improve to the best of their ability and give to them an ongoing plan for ongoing improvement. Unfortunately, that is not what is happening in most cases because professional [...]

Here is an article that appeared in the May 5, 2010 Philadelphia Daily News regarding baseball pitching loss toss and why it is mostly a waste of valuable time for improving pitching performance or for reducing the risk of injuries. Bill Conlin is the sports writer. Long toss also has been proven to increase elbow [...]

Every pitcher understands that control or command of all pitches is vitally important in pitching. Velocity coupled with good control and a good pitch selection makes it much more difficult even for good hitters. But how should pitchers try to develop good ball control or command of all there pitches? There are two aspects to [...]

The Pitchers Power Drive is a new pitching training aide designed to help pitchers shift their lower body away from the rubber so they can produce more back leg power and drive thus improved lower body mechanics and more eventual velocity. But does it really work to do what it is supposed to do? I [...]

If pitchers want to improve their pitching mechanics and their velocity they must learn that it is the body that produces pitching velocity and not the arm. Plus most pitchers get the arm involved much too early in the throw and thus they end up trying to get to ball release quickly…rather than later. This [...]