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 players properly before practices and games.  It makes such a difference in their ability to perform.

When warm-ups are done correctly they can also help build team unity every time they take the field; this includes both practice and games.

I remember in Little League competing against teams that had very organized warm-up routines with a team captain in charge of leading all of the drills and exercises.  It was an eye opener for me at an early age to see how a team unites and can really get into the minds of their competition knowing that they are on the ball ready to play hard.  It’s like they won the game (mentally) before it was played.

For those coaches that are serious about building a healthy workout program for their team this year I recommend our pitching workouts and grips DVD.

You will learn:

How much is too much throwing/ too little throwing for your players

Help pitchers throw effective bullpens

Core specific training for your team

How to keep arms healthy using elastic bands

An excellent in season throwing program. Sunday-Sunday

In this DVD you will also receive the Pitching Grips portion that will help your players:

Avoid arm problems when throwing off-speed pitches

Learn how to throw all pitches using proper mechanics (critical to their success)

The correct position of the wrist when throwing any pitch and much more.

Of course all of this information and more can be found on our best selling DVD series that is the very best value of them all today!

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Pitching Mechanics Week

Last week our focus was all about pitching grips; many of you took advantage of last week’s opportunity with our pitching grips/workouts DVD.  We know you won’t be disappointed.

This week our focus is geared towards pitching mechanics.  We all know that pitching mechanics play a key role in your success as a pitcher.  But how much time are you spending each week working on them?  My guess is not enough time to get you exactly where you want to be.  Maybe you aren’t spending the time you need to because you don’t know exactly what you need to do to improve your mechanics?  Maybe you don’t know what good mechanics should look like?

Whatever the problem: Let us help you achieve your goals!

Today’s video is designed to help you maintain your balance with a proper leg lift.  Pay particular attention how to lead with your hips.

This week’s pitching mechanics special

We are offering our new pitching mechanics DVD, part of our new DVD series, for only $25.  Just what will you get?  Check it out!

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Pitching Mechanics

Pitching Mechanics

Today I want to take some time to answer some of the questions that many of you sent.  If you sent us a question and you have not yet received a response we will be answering it through our daily emails.

Here is the first question

How can I use my leg when I’m pitching?

This is a great question because we have all heard that we really throw with our legs.  [Read more...]

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Smooth Pitching Mechanics

Smooth Pitching Mechanics

Coaches and parents: Are you teaching your pitcher(s) the most up-to-date information on pitching mechanics?

Most coaches teach the same techniques they learned when they played 5 plus years ago.  A lot has changed since then.

In the pitching mechanics portion of our DVD series we show you 10 of the most common mechanical flaws.  We help you not only understand what to look for in the throwing motion but how to teach your pitchers in a way that is easy for them to understand and immediately put to practicePitching mechanics can be difficult to understand; we simplify the process for you so you can break it down for your athletes.  This section of the video (roughly 50 minutes long) will also help you teach your position players how to throw using the same throwing techniques.

If you have pitchers that have more than one of these problems you need this series:

Struggle throwing strikes

Lack Velocity

Push the ball when throwing

Throw faster playing catch than on the mound

Seem to throw sidearm

Consistently throw the ball high

“Kick” leg up

Throw too much with their arm

Seem to be off balance

Arm hurts often or “all the time”

Pitching motion changes frequently

Mimic other pitchers throwing motion

Stride is too short

Fall to the side of the mound (not controlled motion)

Start learning  ”how to teach mechanics” effectively and efficiently.

Your Pitchers need your help!  Start now!

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Teaching Youth Baseball Pitching Mechanics

Teaching Youth Baseball Pitching Mechanics

We all know that proper pitching mechanics can increase velocity, help control and decrease the risk of arm injury.  What most parents and coaches don’t know is how to teach pitching mechanics to their youth pitchers.  Here I give you a taste of how I like to teach my pitchers one step at a time.

If you want the full DVD on how I teach pitching mechanics, you can find it here at www.simplifiedpitching.com

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Baseball Pitching Mechanics – Arm Lag

Baseball Pitching Mechanics -- Arm Lag

Do you want to increase pitching velocity?  Do you think you can just by merely changing your pitching mechanics?

Every pitcher that I talk to wants to gain some velocity regardless of how hard they throw..  In this video I demonstrate how many pitchers lose mph by not paying particular attention to this very common mechanical flaw.  Most pitchers do not rotate their hips all the way around as you will see here….

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