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Blog Post: Your First Inning, How to Own It!

If I had a dollar for every pitcher who came to me wondering how they can be better in the first inning, I'd be a rich man.

It is hard to "get into the game" for a lot of pitchers. Some don't want to get tired before the game, others throw a full games worth of pitches before their start. How many times have you said, "I had a good game after the four runs I gave up in the first inning?"

Obviously, those are important runs - as important as those in the last inning.

Game Day is what we all work for - in the off-season, pre-season, and between starts. The work is done and now it takes mental preparation to point your physical training in the right direction.

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Meet Dennis Long, founder of Pitching Easy

Coach, speaker, inventor of Pitch Stix — on a mission to help pitchers from Tee Ball to MLB be their best. His positive and forward thinking style has helped thousands of people for nearly four decades navigate their own course to success - on and off the field.

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My Philosophy: Personal Pitching Power

Every body type and size has untapped potential. I enjoy the process of finding and unlocking the special qualities within each pitcher.

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Big time thank you to the man Dennis Long himself. Definitely wouldn’t be the pitcher I am today without him especially after he helped me after my setbacks these past two years.

Adam Kirsch

Pitcher, Becker College

Grateful to of had such a great pitching coach in Dennis Long because of you I was able to play at the level I got to. Thank you.

Chris Gonnelli

Pitcher, North Carolina Central University

Dennis is one of the most knowledgeable baseball people I know. But what's even more impressive is his keen ability to communicate. He teaches in a way that athletes can really understand. There are countless success stories under his guidance that are a result of the player understanding and then implementing what Dennis is teaching.

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Blog Post: Your First Inning, How to Own It!

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