by Brent Pourciau | Nov 30, 2012 | Pitching Articles
Gravity is the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth. An athlete must react with the ground to oppose this gravitational force to move his body, therefore better athletes build more ground reaction forces to generate more speed/power. High velocity...
by Brent Pourciau | Oct 16, 2012 | Pitching Articles
"Up, Down and Out," "Slow Controlled Stride," "Keep balance and land soft on front leg." How many pitching coaches and parents are regurgitating these coaching tips everyday to young pitchers? Too many to count! This poorly researched information is also plastered all...
by Brent Pourciau | Jun 19, 2012 | Pitcher Velocity Training Articles
So who is afraid of the bench press? Don't be scared! There has been for years a lot of controversy around the bench press for pitchers. The conventional pitching coach describes the lift as a guaranteed career ending device, "It will destroy your rotator cuff or make...
by Brent Pourciau | Jun 1, 2012 | Pitching Articles
The conventional pitching coach will spend most of his time working with a pitcher's body positions, like torso alignment or arm angle, instead of his speeds. Pitching velocity is influenced more by the speeds of the body movements than its Kinematics. Kinematics are...
by Brent Pourciau | Sep 26, 2011 | Pitching Articles
The conventional response to the statement, Jump Farther , Throw Harder, would be that just because you can jump high, doesn't mean you can throw hard. The conventional pitching coach might say, if this is true then why couldn't Michael Jordan throw 95 mph when he...
