Off-Season, Pre-Season, In-Season Pitching

August 26, 2011

Off-Season, Pre-Season, In-Season PitchingWhat you need to know about the 3 seasons of pitching. In today’s game baseball has lost control of its seasons. Most youth and even up to the professional ranks have eliminated the off-season program all together. They spend most of their time moving from pre-season to in-season and then back again. This is a destructive path to follow if you want to move up levels of the game and have a long productive career.

Don’t get me wrong, game time spent on the mound is priceless but to much of it can become a major problem. My mother always said everything in moderation is healthier. This is the same for anything. The problem with spending to much time on the mound, during game time, and not enough time developing yourself in an off-season program is that you make yourself more susceptible to injury and you limit your ability to grow and develop. ASMI has already done the studies on how high pitch counts per game and even per season are being ignored and that this is a reason why arm injuries are so high. The lesson to be learned here is that not enough youth, high school, college and even professional pitchers are separating their seasons into a moderate divide of a growth and development program, a load building program and a maintenance and recovery program. These programs are the foundation of what I like to call the 3 season pitching system. Read more

Pitching Camp

April 11, 2011

Pitching Camps, Pitching Velocity Camps, Baseball Pitching CampsLearn a revolutionary approach to pitching velocity that will add 5-10 MPH to your fastball. This is a unique and incredible opportunity for you to reach your velocity goals. There is no better way to learn this revolutionary program than from its creator Brent Pourciau at one of the top pitching camps in the country. What separates these Baseball Pitching Camps from the rest is this revolutionary program to increase pitching velocity called 3X Pitching.

What is 3X Pitching?

3X Pitching is a proven scientific approach to pitching velocity that has helped hundreds, just like you, reach their velocity goals. Yes, you can purchase the entire program here but the 3X Pitching Velocity Camps take it to a whole new level.

This is not your typical pitching camp. It is revolutionary and it will blow your mind and shock your system! The 3X Pitching Velocity Camps will start you on your path towards becoming an elite athlete/pitcher. You have only ONE career, ONE chance to grab hold of your goals and dreams, don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Regret will hit you harder than any major loss in your pitching career! REGISTER FOR THE 3X PITCHING VELOCITY CAMP TODAY AND YOU WILL GO HOME WITH MORE VELOCITY, I PROMISE! Read more

What it Takes to Gain Velocity

June 17, 2009

plategroupIf you haven’t figured it out yet, velocity doesn’t come in a pill. Sorry to bust your bubble but it takes a lot of hard and smart work to develop it. If you are looking to gain 4-5 mph on your fastball then you must work to improve in all facets of pitching. These facets include: Read more

Pain in Triceps and Biceps when Pitching

February 1, 2009

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So you have pain in triceps or biceps or both and it has more than likely been hurting for a while. You are searching the web for answers because you need this pain to go away so you can get back to business. I get it! I was you!

When I had this problem and I couldn’t find the answers to a quick fix of the problem, I just looked for ways to hide the pain. I was taking Advil almost everyday and I started to have to take tons more of it because the pain was getting worse. The pain first started in my elbow and then it moved up my bicep into my shoulder.

It got so bad that I had to take the maximum dose of pain killers, along with icy hot and in between innings, I had to hit my arm so I would feel the pain of the hit and not the pain coming from my throbbing arm. This was the day that my rotator cuff tore and my career completely stopped. I was shocked and depressed, at this time in my life, because I had let the pain get so bad, that it ended my career.

I am writing this article here to help you because I wish someone would have helped me at that point in my pitching career when the pain first started. If you have pain in your lower, or upper bicep, or your lower or upper tricep and maybe even in the back or front of your upper forearm, you are overusing and abusing your arm. If you have anyone or all of these pains, then you need to stop and listen to your body.

Pain is your bodies way of telling you that something is wrong. Pain does not just go away. It will only get worse, like it did in my career, if you do not make some changes immediately. Unfortunately, you should have not waited this long to make the changes but better late than never! Read more

Pitcher’s it is Time to Start Juicing!

January 20, 2009

After my almost career ending rotator cuff injury, I decided to devote myself to understanding the body so I could somehow find a way back to the game I love. What I learned was I had bad mechanics as a young pitcher. I also learned that I did not train enough or when I trained it was completely wrong. I also learned that my diet was that of a dog and not a diet of a high performance athlete. It is important, as athletes, that we eat the balanced diet we have been told about all of our lives. We avoid listening to these words of wisdom because we eat what we want to eat. The reality is most young athletes have not faced a career ending injury. If someone was to tell you that you could avoid any serious injury in sports and prolong your career as an athlete, if you eat 5-6 servings of vegetables a day, would you do it? Read more