The main purpose of a Drill, is to practice a component of the delivery that will help to correct a mechanical flaw. I also believe it is important to add resistance to a drill to help imprint the new muscle memory. The drill below should be performed 2 - 3 days a...
Pitching velocity keys in a car crash? I am sure you are asking, "What does a car crash teach us about pitching velocity?" It actually teaches us pitchers everything we need to know to truly understand how pitchers generate top velocity. The reason for the correlation...
There are hundreds of tips to increase pitching velocity on the web titled something similar to this article, but most of them are worthless because they focus mainly on upper body mechanics as the means to increase pitching velocity. Any hard thrower will tell you,...
Ok, the leg lift isn't only for "Show." There is a lot of momentum that can be generated by the leg lift which transfers into velocity. The question is, "How come pitchers who have big leg lift's in the wind up, when pitching in the stretch, have a lower leg lift but...
by Chad Englehart Many athletes today have the desire to reach a higher level of athletics. Whether it is an athlete going from Jr. High to High School, or an athlete making the transition from high school to college athletics and the big one college to professional...