by Brent Pourciau | Jun 17, 2009 | Pitching Articles
If you haven't figured it out yet, you can't gain pitching velocity with 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...
by Brent Pourciau | Jun 6, 2009 | Pitching Articles
For all of those pitchers who are trying to develop more separation in the back hip to back shoulder, you will only achieve this with explosive triple extension pitching of the drive leg. “Triple Extension” is the extension of the ankle joint, knee joint,...
by Brent Pourciau | Jan 9, 2009 | Pitching Articles
This article is for every athlete out there who are having pitching shoulder problems. I am an athlete, who overcame a career ending rotator cuff tear in college, to pitch again and make it to minor league ball. I was told I would never pitch as hard as I did before...
by Brent Pourciau | Jan 8, 2009 | Pitching Articles
If your Coach or Trainer has pitchers long distance running for longer than five minutes at a SLOW pace then you are training to be just that, SLOW! Muscles have a mixture of two basic types of fibers, fast twitch and slow twitch. Fast-twitch fibers are capable of...
by Brent Pourciau | Dec 10, 2008 | Pitching Articles
I have heard many players and coaches say that weight training will not increase pitching velocity. I have even heard them say that it will hurt the pitcher. I understand that this is many parents, coaches and players concerns because it seems to be conventional...
