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What CAN You Do When You’re Hurt?  baseball baseball injury baseball pitcher May 27, 2025

 

One of the most frustrating things you can experience as an athlete is getting injured and thinking your only option is to shut everything down. I get it. You’re told to rest, step away, and wait. But here’s the truth:

Completely shutting it down might be the worst thing you can do. 

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How Your Body Cheats to Keep Going — And Why It Backfires arm care athlete back back pain baseball baseball injuries baseball injury baseball performance baseball pitcher May 12, 2025

Let’s talk about something that catches a lot of athletes off guard: compensation patterns.

Your body is smart. When one area isn’t moving well—say, your hips or shoulders—it finds a way to keep you going. It “cheats” by making other areas work overtime. This might help you push through a game or a...

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Pitching Mechanical Faults: Stride Length baseball baseball injuries baseball injury baseball performance baseball pitcher baseball pitching pitcher pitching pitching faults pitching mechanics May 04, 2024

What is the main goal as a pitcher? To throw absolute fire, right?! We want to blaze it right past the hitter, don't even let him have a chance to get the bat off his back shoulder. If he does, the ball is already in the catcher's mitt. 

We also want to paint the corners. If for some reason the hit...

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Pitching Mechanical Faults: Lead Leg Block baseball injuries baseball injury baseball performance baseball pitcher baseball pitching mechanical faults pitcher pitching faults pitching mechanics Apr 20, 2024

Pitching requires absolute perfect timing. We want to be able to load the back hip, take a long stride to produce as much force as we can. Transmit that force from our trunks, to our arms, and ultimately into the ball to produce the highest velocity possible. 

In order to have the perfect timing in...

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What Should I do Between Innings as a Pitcher to Stay Ready? baseball nutrition baseball performance baseball pitcher baseball pitching baseball starter warm up Apr 14, 2024

The average length of a baseball inning is about 20 minutes. As a baseball pitcher, especially a starter, that means you have to maintain your performance for 140 minutes if you go 7 innings. 

In between innings is a great time to make sure that you can maintain that pitching performance for the le...

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