Throwing Program for Inclement Weather and Small Spaces
Throwing Progression: An In-Season or Off-Season Alternative to Long Toss Program Baseball coaches and players deal with many different issues when it comes to finding ways around inclement weather, small spaces,…
The ‘MEW’ Drill to Help a Thrower’s Arm Path
A clean and consistent “Arm-Swing” is crucial to the health and longevity of any thrower. Through hours of video analysis, studying various drills, and looking at various patterns the best pitchers of all time we have determined the most efficient arm swing happens when the throwing hand falls out of the glove staying relaxed into……
Josh Boggs (@PitchMechanics) Quick Pick Drill
Prime Performance’s Josh Boggs (@PitchMechanics) and author of PitchMechanics101.com Josh takes us through a quick and efficient drill for throwers to help time the arm swing in an overhand throw. It allows players to clean up mechanical flaws with very minimal coaching and a really awesome way to get players moving as fast as possible…
Can’t Go Outside? Find a Mirror and Improve Your Pitching Mechanics
Bad Weather? No Problem. Baseball Rebellion’s Dave Shinskie Shows YOU How a Mirror Can Help Improve Your Offseason Work and Breaks Down How He Handle’s Today’s Youth Culture Today’s Youth Culture I can tell from the first throw of any lesson how much a kid has been practicing. I even know right away how much…
Arm Swing Separation Drill With Band Resistance
#ThirtySecondLesson This past week I tweeted a quick drill without going too far in depth into why we do the drill and what it is for. I use this drill…
The MEW Drill to Help a Thrower’s Arm Path
Baseball Rebellion Pitching Instructor Dave Shinskie introduces the MEW Drill, which helps develop a clean and consistent delivery! Learn the drill!
It’s all in the Hips! The BEST Hip Activation Drill for Throwers
This is a drill that helps activate the hips and create awareness of how to use your lower half into a throw. Some kids have trouble with the movement shown…
Prowler Pull Your Way to More Velocity
Prowler Pull Your Way to More Velocity There is a common misconception that “pushing off the rubber” helps pitchers throw faster. Many pitching instructors still teach this flawed use of…
Lesson Look In: A Lesson In Finishing
Young pitchers have a tendency to be overanxious at times in their delivery, leading to the throwing arm not fully finishing back into the body. From my experience, the activation…
Avoid This Common Drill or Your Fastball May Wind Up In The Trees!!
One of the most commonly used verbal pitching cues is for an instructor to say “chest to glove”. The cue is designed to promote proper shoulder and trunk rotation into the…