The Pitcher's Blog
Tip #20, High School, Senior Year/Plenty of Time to Make your College Choice
Congratulations to all College Commits!
National Signing Day is November 13.
Emotions are flying high at this time of...
Pitching Pointer #19 - If You Want to Throw Faster, be Ready to Throw Slower First.
You don't have to be "old school" type to understand how many baseball training programs are floating on the internet...
Pitching Easy Pointer #18 - Are Analytics the "Law"? There is more to Pitching than Numbers.
I love watching velocity readings.
As a coach, it is exciting to see a player increase their velocity, achieving a ve...
Chasing Mental Perfection - Pointer 17
How Are You Feeling About Your Game?
I could give a pitcher a month's worth of drills (at least) to keep them busy an...
Pitching Easy Pointer #16, March 25, 2024 - Game Day Pitcher's Guide for Starters and Relievers
Starting Pitchers:
Clear your mind – keep outside distractions to a minimum. You get to play baseball for the next...
Pitching Easy Pointer #15, Mar. 19, 2024 - Throwing Hard, Harder, and Hardest - When are we Satisfied?
My middle school gym teacher once told us, "Throwing a ball fast takes a great deal of athleticism." I always rememb...
Pitching Pointer #14, Feb. 23, 2024, Failing vs. Adjusting - It is All How You Perceive it.
Have you ever wished you could get one pitch back? A do-over? The one you keep thinking about and saying, "why didn't...
Pitching Pointer #13, Feb. 13, 2024. Getting the Curveball Over the Plate - Keep it Simple.
College prospects, if there are coaches coming to watch you, they likely know that you have a college level fastball - or a projectable one. When they come out to watch you compete in a game, they are looking at your secondary stuff. Think of it this way, an elite program wants elite secondary stuff, a lower-level college program is looking less intently at the quality of the secondary pitches.
It's up to you as to how far you want to take your pitching career.
Pointer #12 - The Baseball Mentality...Do Your Homework
When a player is trying to make a team, increase velocity, or gain power to crack a starting lineup, there is that li...
Pointer #11: Find your favorite off-speed grip
Finding the right grip on your off-speed pitches is a personal issue. Everyone has a favorite.
Pitching, as much as coaches will lead you to believe otherwise, is about ruining hitters timing and making it difficult to square up a pitch...
Pointer #10: Keep in-season lifting to ONE Day per week. Can you do it?
This could be the most challenging task facing pitchers. After all, many of you added strength and size during the off-season. You do not want to lose it.
You won't - if you stick to the one day per week schedule.
Pointer #9: Keep your arm throwing
There is an old saying, "the best way to keep your pitching muscles in shape is to pitch." There is a lot of sense to this statement - as long as you listen to your body and keep moving at a comfortable effort level as you train.