Three things make a pitcher successful when facing their competition: 1) Location 2) Change of Speed 3) Movement Today I want to talk about movement. How do you get proper movement on the baseball when your throwing off-speed pitches? How do you do that without putting more stress on your throwing arm? There is a [...]
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Pitch Totals For Every Age
This week I enjoyed a great tournament in St. George Utah and Mesquite Nevada. This tournament comprised of 266 little league teams. There are many reasons why I attend this tournament every year but the main reason is I get the opportunity to watch many of the pitchers I work with. During the tournament I [...]
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Baseball Coaches: Proper Baseball Warm-up
Are you running healthy practices (Warm-ups) for your players? One of the best ways to help keep your team off the disabled list this season is to take time to warm them all up before any throwing, fielding or hitting happens. I have to applaud those coaches that really take the time to warm-up their [...]
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Three Must Have’s in Pitching
There are three things you must have as a pitcher to excel in any level. 1) Location (pin point accuracy) 2) Change of Speed 3) Movement (nasty movement) Your goal as a pitcher is simple really. Keep the hitter of balance. The only way to accomplish this is change speeds often, keep the ball moving [...]
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Hard Work Or Work Hard?
I hear parents and coaches all the time talk to their athletes about the importance of working hard. Ever heard these sentences at a ball game in the stands? “I just don’t know what it takes to get my son to work hard?” “IPod, Xbox, cell phone texting, and Facebook is what occupies my son’s [...]
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How To Tell If We’re Full Of Crap About Pitching Mechanics
We appreciate your readership, we really do. Both Dan and I work hard at bringing you the best of what we know about hitting and pitching mechanics on a regular basis. We trust you find it useful. In doing some writing last night for another ebook, I thought to myself, how do our readers know [...]
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