by Brent Pourciau | Aug 7, 2013 | Pitching Articles
The problem may not be that you do not work hard enough to improve your pitching velocity, it could be that you do not work smart enough. Don't worry, I will give you the top 10 exercises for pitchers to improve velocity so you are not wasting your time and energy for...
by Brent Pourciau | May 15, 2013 | Pitching Articles
There is a ton of misleading and incorrect information in baseball when it comes to the benefits and risks of explosive power training for the baseball player. Many coaches, especially those who played before the drug era, work hard to discourage their students from...
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 | Aug 22, 2011 | Pitching Articles
A recent study has proven that weight training can improve flexibility as well as - or perhaps better than - typical static stretching regimens. This study was released at the American College of Sports Medicine’s 57th Annual Meeting on June 4, 2010. The study was...
by Brent Pourciau | Mar 24, 2011 | Pitching Articles
Behm and Sale with the Department of Physical Education, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada put together a case study called, Velocity Specificity of Resistance Training. This study showed that velocity is increased within muscle contractions when the...
