This video of a 12-year-old Little League pitcher demonstrates Momentum Pitching, a new and effective way to help pitchers not only produce more velocity quickly but be more effective against hitters since moving faster gives hitters less time to react. There is no balance position in Momentum Pitching since a balance point limits the ability…
Things You Can Borrow From Tim Lincecum’s Mechanics to Boost Velocity
How can Little League, high school and college pitchers improve their pitching velocity? The latest sports science research has proven that pitching velocity must come from improving pitching mechanics rather than strength. This video show Giants’ Tim Lincecum’s pitching mechanics at different points of his career. They are worth studying. I was especially glad to see that…
Why the Towel Drill Wastes Time, Ruins Pitching Mechanics and Velocity
The towel drill for improving pitching mechanics is one of the three biggest time wasters for pitchers. The other two are long toss and other various pitching drills, all of which only serve to create slow and robotic pitching mechanics with less velocity. The towel drill is very popular and supposedly used to improve various…
11 Powerful Ways Pitchers Can Improve Dramatically in 2009
Here are 11 ways that sports science believes pitchers could dramatically improve in 2009: Stop looking for magic ways to improve velocity – there are none. Stop wasting time on what has not “proven” to work to boost performance, such as long toss, pitching drills, weight training, short distance bullpens, throwing at less than game…