by Brent Pourciau | Mar 30, 2011 | Pitcher Velocity Training Articles
In my last interview with the legendary guru of Speed and Strength Training, from D1 Sports in Tennessee, Kurt Hester. He stated that Major League Baseball is using glorified physical therapy instead of strength and conditioning. This was a shot at the lame approach...
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...
by Brent Pourciau | Nov 27, 2010 | Nutrition
Recovery can be a pitchers worst enemy or his best friend. If a pitcher is able to recovery faster than the average athlete then he has a significant advantage. The benefits to faster muscle recovery after a workout or game is reduced muscle fatigue which leads to...
by Brent Pourciau | Aug 12, 2009 | Pitching Articles
It took steroids in the game of baseball to wake up the MLB. They learned quickly that the old school mentality that baseball weight training will not make a baseball player better probably was dead wrong but instead of the MLB opening the game to the latest advances...
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...
