by Brent Pourciau | Dec 16, 2008 | Pitching Articles
The most important component to enhance pitching torque in the pitching delivery is what is called, "Separation." This is the separation of the hips and shoulders at front foot strike. This is what builds pitching torque mainly in the core instead of the arm. This...
by Brent Pourciau | Dec 8, 2008 | Pitching Drills
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...
by Brent Pourciau | Dec 7, 2008 | Pitching Articles
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...
by Brent Pourciau | Nov 22, 2008 | Pitching Articles
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 Brent Pourciau | Aug 24, 2008 | Pitcher Velocity Training Articles
by Chad Englehart Introduction Specificity of Training principle is one of the most utilized training principles used by exercise professionals today. (Kramer et al., 2002) discussed the principle of training specificity and explained that the training responses...
