Dick Mills' Video Pitching Critiques

I regularly run across videos of pitchers at all levels whose mechanics reduce velocity and control and increase the risk of injury…even major leaguers. I break down their techniques to help you understand where they could improve. Also many pitchers, because of poor coaching waste over 50% of their practice time on activities that do not work and have actually proven by research to be dangerous. 

Why Incorrect Pitching Mechanics Practice Routines Reduce Velocity

by Dick Mills on December 18, 2009

If pitchers want to improve overall pitching performance including pitching mechanics,  pitching velocity as well as control then they must practice correctly.  Practicing improper pitching mechanics reduces velocity and will increase the risk of injury. This is why using video analysis is so important for improving pitching mechanics as well as pitching velocity. It allows the pitcher to look at the video… watch the video.

How Red Sox Pitcher Josh Beckett Could Improve His Pitching Velocity 3-5 MPH

by Dick Mills on December 15, 2009

This video comparing Red Sox Daniel Bard's velocity to Josh Becketts' reveals why videotaping as well as understanding mechanics is so important. When you fully understand that it is the body that produces velocity and not arm strength then more pitchers would be able to maximize their pitching velocity. Remember..."pitchers are made in the off-season."   What are you doing right now… watch the video.

How To Quickly Improve Pitching Mechanics And Velocity In Hours Instead Of Weeks

by Dick Mills on December 05, 2009

Improving pitching mechanics is the real secret to boosting pitching velocity while reducing the risk of pitching arm injuries.  However, it starts by understanding how the body produces pitching velocity and not the arm.  As Giants' Cy Young award winner Tim Lincecum says: "My arm is along for the ride." And it starts by the pitcher having awareness of what… watch the video.

How Baseball Pitchers Can Develop More Velocity From Momentum

by Dick Mills on November 20, 2009

Understanding how to use the body to develop velocity is a key component that help prevent so many arm injuries.  When we do video analysis or one-on-one instruction we show pitchers how to shift their weight properly so that the body builds more momentum initially so that the arm has to do much less work and can be used for… watch the video.

Pitcher Training Exercises Specific To Building Power And Velocity While Remaining Flexible

by Dick Mills on November 17, 2009

Here are pitching training exercises that are not only are more functional for pitching but very specific to helping build better movement skills for improving pitching mechanics. These are far more beneficial for helping pitchers develop power with flexibility rather than typical weight room exercises such as two-legged squats, leg press, leg curl or leg extension. Remember pitchers spend very… watch the video.

How To Condition The Pitcher’s Trunk To Improve Velocity And Reduce Arm Injury

by Dick Mills on November 12, 2009

This video demonstrates a great exercise to help build not only core strength but a strong and powerful trunk for increase pitching velocity. This is my son Ryan demonstrating a trunk exercise we like to a high school senior pitcher from New York who came for one-on-one lessons.  To improve pitching velocity a pitcher must learn how to rotate their trunk… watch the video.

Why Most Pitching Instructors Should Be Fired Immediately

by Dick Mills on November 10, 2009

Most pitching instructors are doing a below average job of helping pitchers improve.  If they are not videotaping and explaining problems and why these problems need fixing without using pitching drills then these instructors are guessing and wasting your money. This pitcher was taught by a former pro to stagger his feet so that he starts with his lead foot… watch the video.

Bob Gibson Moved Down The Mound Faster Than Other Pitchers

by Dick Mills on November 06, 2009

Bob Gibson, the Hall Of Fame Pitcher, who had what many say was the best season ever in 1968 with a 1.12 E.R.A., used pitching mechanics similar to Momentum Pitching, which we have been proposing since early 2007.  (At the time I was pitching in high A ball in Winston Salem, NC.  Everybody wanted to be Bob Gibson.) Notice in… watch the video.

How The Pitcher’s Trunk Delivers His Arm At Higher Speed

by Dick Mills on November 04, 2009

Unfortunately most amateur pitchers believe it is the arm that creates velocity because that is what their coaches are telling them.  Build arm strength using long toss.  That has been proven false by new sports science research which reveals why it is the body that produces velocity...not the arm.  No amount of additional arm strength will improve pitching velocity. How… watch the video.

How Slow And Robotic Mechanics And Short Strides Reduce Pitching Velocity

by Dick Mills on November 02, 2009

Pitchers that have slow moving and robotic pitching mechanics that produce short strides cannot maximize their pitching velocity.  Here is a video of Phillies starting pitcher Joe Blanton, who is listed as 6'3" and 244 lbs and yet he can barely break 90 mph.  So why can't he throw harder.  If you look closely at the video notice that Joe is walking… watch the video.

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