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Build Off-Season Pitching Velocity Safely in the Weight Room armcare baseball rehab offseason training pitching mechanics pitching velocity weight room for pitchers Sep 28, 2026

Every fall and winter, parents watch social media radar gun clips and feel the ticking clock of college recruiting. You want your son throwing 85+ mph by spring, but all you have ever heard is that the only way to get better at pitching is to pitch.

While pitching builds throwing-specific skill, of...

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Pitching Mechanical Faults: Hip/Shoulder Separation baseball pitching correctives pitching mechanics Jan 08, 2025

What does it take to throw gas? I’m talking about those heaters you see Ben Joyce throwing at 105+ mph. What do he and other baseball flamethrowers have in common?

They all move extremely efficiently. Not only is their movement clean, but they can also take that clean movement and put it in their p...

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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.Ā 

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.Ā 

In order to have the perfect timing in...

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