Could You Add 5-7 mph To This High School Pitcher’s Mechanics

by Dick Mills on July 27, 2010

There are thousands upon thousands of Little League, high school and college pitchers who could dramatically improve their velocity by simply improving their pitching mechanics.

Here is a high school senior who recently came to us from a small town in Arkansas because his older brother saw some potential for us to improve his velocity from 82 mph.

What would you do to help this pitcher improve his mechanics so he could also boost his velocity into the upper 80's and maybe even to 90 mph eventually?

Do you believe that long toss would actually help this pitcher? Is so how?  Or weight training? 

The key to improving pitching velocity is to recognize the mechanical faults that prevent pitchers from developing momentum and force or preventing forces from efficiently transferring from the body to the arm. 

Improving pitching velocity is simple when you understand how to videotape, what to look for and then how to make changes that stick for the long term.

But remember this... there are no secrets to pitching improvement. Just sound sports science principles that we apply to pitching that just make common sense. No magic spoken here.

Our Explosively Pitching DVD program teaches parents as easy way to help their sons use their bodies to pitch instead of just their arms. Not only does this improve velocity but reduces the risk of arm injuries.  We also teach them proper conditioning.

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"I had spent several hundred dollars on a pitching coach who was leading my son down the path to ruin. He embraced every failed philosophy and technique you've identified - long toss, towel drills and more drills ad nauseum. My son's skills were deteriorating. When I found your website and read your report, I sense intuitively your words had merit and deserved further study."   

Mark Smith, Downers Grove,IL