Let’s talk about the curveball. Curveball tips, curveball myths, how to practice the curveball, how to have a good one. The main thing is, we don’t want to get you injured, so let’s talk about how to throw a curveball correctly. The biggest myth out there is the curveball is more stressful than the fastball….
How to Make Proper Pitching Mechanic Changes to Any Pitcher
One of the things that people ask all the time is “How do you make changes in mechanics?” You know, I have got some mechanical faults; my son’s got mechanical faults. What do I do? Well, the first thing you have to do is identify the right fault to work on. Obviously, if you work…
How to Develop High Velocity Pitching Mechanics
Will you waste another year wondering how your pitching could have been better? Do You Have A Solid Plan For This Upcoming Season? A Formula to Make The Needed Changes That Will Boost Your Pitching Velocity And Overall Performance While Reducing The Rick Of Injury? Do you wonder how this upcoming baseball season will be…
Does Long Toss Really Work To Improve Pitching Velocity?
So what is the benefit of long toss for improving pitching performance? Of course, there is none. If you need to condition the arm to pitch, then just play catch and then pitch. Why do a completely dissimilar activity that will never be used while pitching, such as throwing on flat ground in an uphill…
Increase Pitching Velocity Through Video Analysis, Not Long Toss
Improve Pitching During the Off-Season If pitchers want to improve pitching velocity they must use the off-season to do it. That’s why I have always said – pitchers are made in the off-season. I didn’t invent that phrase of pitching wisdom. Long time successful junior college coach Charlie Green did. But pitchers must first understand…
Will the “Towel Drill” Ruin Pitching Mechanics and Velocity?
Towel Drills – Help Or Hurt? Will the famous “towel drill” improve a pitcher’s mechanics and help his velocity and arm action, or will it ruin them? If you are a pitcher or the parent of a pitcher I suggest you listen closely because this could impact your son’s pitching career. And it could help…
High School Pitcher Improves Mechanics and Gains 9 mph in Five Weeks
Wasted Practice Time Most baseball pitchers who are trying to improve their pitching mechanics, their velocity or their control do not spend enough practice time working on making those improvements. Overall improvements or trying to make changes in a skill such as baseball pitching, requires many more goal oriented practice repetitions than most pitchers, coaches…
Baseball Pitching Long Toss Disputed In Philadelphia Daily News Article
Here is an article by Bill Conlin 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. Long toss also has been proven to increase elbow stress at distances…
How to Develop Pin-Point Control and Command of All Pitches
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 their pitches? There are two aspects to…
Mechanics That Reduce Velocity and Increase Risk of Arm Injuires
For many pitchers, the high school and college baseball season is just getting under way. This is the point where pitchers want to show how much they have improved and how much their velocity has increased because of what they did during the off-season. Many high school and college pitchers put in a lot of…
Unanswered Questions on Long Toss and Pitching Improvement
There are many questions about the value of long toss for improving pitching performance, pitching velocity, arm strength, pitching mechanics or for reducing the risk of injury. So many questions still remain to be answered but the main question is, is long toss a good training workout to help pitchers improve? Pitching Mechanics and Arm…
How a High School Pitcher Increased His Velocity from 82 to 86 MPH
The simplest way to improve any pitcher’s throwing velocity is to videotape the pitcher, go frame-by-frame, find the common mechanical faults that reduce velocity and then show the pitcher what he must change. Frame By Frame Analysis Crucial The photo in this article shows a 6’2″ 160 lb. high school junior pitcher who was throwing…
Teaching Kids How to Pitch is Made More Difficult by Pitching Myths
In order for kids to become skilled as pitchers, they must learn how to pitch by doing more practice pitching than is currently believed. This is according to the most recent sports science research. Right now baseball coaches and instructors are recommending too many practice activities that do not transfer to helping a pitcher improve,…
7 Ways To Improve Boost Performance Using Proper Pitching Techniques
How often pitchers practice their mechanics and pitching will determine how successful they become as pitchers. I believe today that over 50% of a pitcher’s time is wasted on practice activities that do not lead to improvement such as lots of pitching drills, weighted balls, flat ground pitching or even long toss. Pitching is first…
Checklist: How to Choose a Competent Pitching Instructor
How do parents find a good pitching instructor to help their son improve his pitching mechanics, pitching velocity and control while ensuring he is using his body and not his arm to produce a more effortless fastball with good movement? If a parent chooses the wrong pitching instructor it can adversely affect their son’s pitching…
How to Help Pitchers Who Struggle with Performance
Many pitchers will struggle from time to time and pitch below a normal performance level. What should parents and coaches do when this occurs? Some Areas to Consider when Pitchers All of a Sudden Start to Struggle Since pitching is a skill activity, have pitching mechanics changed? Have coaches or instructors recently made a mechanical…
How to Reduce Pitching Arm Injuries and Improve Control and Velocity
There are two reasons why most pitchers never reach their full potential and end up injured, why most have poor pitching mechanics and why many never maximize their pitching velocity or develop command of all their pitches. The first reason is because they simply lack pitching skills. They do not practice enough mound pitching or throw enough practice…
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…