Posts Tagged ‘pitching mechanics’

How to Throw a Curveball

In: Recreation & Sports

8 Jul 2009

To correctly throw a curveball, place your index finger on the opposite seam as your thumb. When finished, your thumb and index finger will have split the baseball in half. Next, place some medium pressure on your thumb and middle fingers only. The index finger should rest lightly on the baseball.

How to Keep Statistics from Being Your Main Focus

In: Recreation & Sports

7 Jul 2009

Did you know that less than 1% of the athletes who are currently playing high school and college baseball will ever get an opportunity to play professionally? Pretty amazing statistic isnt it. The odds are stacked heavy against those who have this dream of playing high level baseball down the road. At surface level this is a very discouraging statistic.

Effective Pitching Workouts

In: Recreation & Sports

14 Jun 2009

One of the most frustrating things for an athlete is hearing conflicting information from many coaches out there. For pitchers, there is a great deal of pitching workouts to include in your workout routines. The confusing part comes when a pitcher runs out of time in their day because they cant implement all of them. The solution to your problem is choosing the right workouts for you and choosing the ones that will give you the most results in the least amount of time possible.

What Qualities Make a Great Pitcher

In: Recreation & Sports

12 Jun 2009

There is no doubt that being a pitcher is one of the most challenging positions in Baseball. There are so many skills a pitcher has to have to be a leader on and off the field. As a leader on a team, a pitcher must set a great example towards everyone on the team and all of the fans. Because pitchers are leaders they need to constantly work on the mental game of baseball, their attitudes and integrity. Outstanding pitchers are those that set and accomplish goals. This raises a couple of questions. What is the formula for success for pitchers on and off the field?

How to Throw Better This Season

In: Recreation & Sports

4 Jun 2009

In order to throw affectively and get noticed by more than just a few spectators, it is vital that you learn proper pitching mechanics. Not only do mechanics add years to your career, they will also help prevent arm injuries. If you throw properly, you will learn how to throw with your entire body as opposed to throwing solely with your arm. Doing this will increase your pitching velocity.

Having a Difficult Time Finding a Quality Pitching Coach?

In: Recreation & Sports

1 Jun 2009

One of the greatest challenges parents and coaches are finding out in the Baseball world is lack of quality pitching instructors. Great ones are hard to find. Not only are there a lot of theories as to how you should throw the baseball properly; most of the instructors out there have the most difficult time trying to share that knowledge that they do know to most age groups. They are not great teachers. There are also those instructors who clone each of their students. Should you teach each pitcher the same way? Absolutely not!

How to Bust out of a Slump

In: Recreation & Sports

22 May 2009

Recently I had a conversation with an athlete about his performance. He was dealing with a scenario where as a sophomore; a freshman was starting at 2B over him. Obviously this in itself was frustrating, but to make it worse, his offensive game was slipping rapidly without the consistent play every day. He asked me what he could change in his swing that would earn him playing time over the freshman. The problem, I explained, was more than just the physical ability of this swing. The problem has infiltrated his mind. This is where I told him we would start.

Freeing yourself from a Slump

In: Recreation & Sports

21 May 2009

Not too long ago I had a conversation with a parent and a player about his struggling performance at bat. The scenario was that he as a sophomore was not getting any playing time over the freshman who was starting in his place. He knew that it was because his offense had slipped and he was having some mechanical problems with this swing. He came to me highly frustrated and wanted to know if we could work on his swing so he could earn his playing time back. My answer to him was that while Im sure he had some issues with his swing, it was his mental game that needed to revisions first and foremost. Only after we dealt with the root causes could we tackle his lack of offensive production.


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