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Don’t Mess With Your Throwing Arm

Well-intentioned parents and coaches do everything they can to get their young athlete to have success on the mound. The typical course...

Pitchers - Be More Effective

There are three types of velocity that affect the pitcher’s ability to get outs. There is real velocity, which velocity as it appears on...

Pitchers - Don’t Stretch Your Risk of Injury

Stretching your shoulder before, during and after pitching feels like the right thing to do. Yes, it feels good to stretch your shoulder...

The Offseason Is Here. Now What?

With Summer Ball over for most, and Fall Ball rapidly approaching, the question is: What is the best approach to continue to progress to...

Advice For New Pitchers (and their parents)

Right around the age of 8, kids transition from tee ball and/or coach pitch and get their first taste of toeing the rubber. Kids and...

Disastrous Youth Pitching Mounds

This blog is likely going to come off more as a rant than a well-constructed series of thoughts. With that said, I have one simple...

Don’t Let Your Pitching Be A Drag!

First, what is a pitcher’s dragline? When a pitcher rotates after foot strike, the back foot should flex (think shoelaces down) and stay...

Stay Back, Drop and Drive...and Other False Wisdoms

There's a long list of coaching ques that has been taught over and over again on baseball fields and pitching mounds across the country...