S9E08 - Unlocking the Pitcher’s Potential: a few mistakes you don’t want to make

Creative Ideas for On-the-Field Pitcher Development

If you’re on the field during these Fall months, it’s a perfect time for pitching coaches to get creative and focus on some of the individual skills and details that can easily be overlooked during the season when velocity and throwing strikes take-up all the attention. Along with my co-host Joe DeMers, I share some thoughts and offer some ideas on how to make the next few months extra-productive for you and your pitchers.

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Pitching Velocity and Injuries: one does not have to lead to the other

In today’s podcast, I wanted to offer a perspective on ways to offset the current trend in elbow injuries as a result of increased velocity. There are things to think about, approaches, training, and hope that I offer to pitchers and coaches to inspire a full-scale effort to keep our pitchers safe as they continue to pursue the one thing that is not going away: a faster fastball.

Links from today's episode:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/velocity-at-what-cost-mlb-s-hardest-throwers-keep-succumbing-to-tommy-john-surgery/ar-AA1g23GN 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxIZ7ZJLfmk/ 

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Off-Season Training…Do Not Miss This Phase of Your Development

In this month’s podcast, I talk about the benefits of off-season training and present some guidelines for things to consider when making decisions and creating a schedule. You do not want to misuse the valuable time you have at this important time of the year.

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Making sure your muscles are ready for the job that you are asking them to do is the most basic responsibility you have, and it is solely up to you, the pitcher.  Most injuries are caused by a muscle or muscle-group not being recovered, fatigued, too weak, or being used improperly.

In this podcast, I highlight the most dangerous and common errors I see pre-pitching on the field as well as faulty or missing training methods in the gym.  My intent is to provide food-for-thought to help you make informed decisions on a day-to-day basis as to how to take the best care of your pitching health and your pitching future.

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With nothing but the best to Jacob deGrom’s future and his return to pitching, this podcast is dedicated to the importance of efficient and correct joint mechanics to protect all of our pitchers from the pain of what we just witnessed from one of MLB’s best pitchers.

The Late-Arm Syndrome at SFC and MER is discussed at length with a checklist of symptoms and causes.

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Velocity and Forearm Injuries & Everything You Need to Know about the Sinker

With photos of the forearm/wrist/fingers, Angel discusses the vulnerability of the forearm and direct and indirect ways you may be making it more prone to injury.

Joe discusses everything about his best pitch, the sinker, and has photos demonstrating all the possible grips along with thoughts and information on how and when to throw it.

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In this episode, Angel teaches you how to connect the dots between the location of some the most common areas of soreness and the most likely part of the motion causing the problem. With early detection and reinjury-prevention being the goal, you will be given a roadmap as to where to look before your soreness becomes an injury.

Co-host Joe DeMers explains the new NCAA recruiting rules and we discuss why we love them so much. Joe shares some of his most personal experiences with the original rules.

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Pitchers skipping bullpens or not going deep enough in their bullpens are often times errors of the way a pitcher is thought of, or should I say, not thought of, in terms of his development.

This is a thought-provoking episode that coaches and pitchers do not want to miss.

Co-host Joe Demers talks about the effects of the MLB rule changes and talks with us about the latest hot pitch…the Sweeper.

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Timing/speed of the stride and the sequencing of the arms with the stride are discussed as pitching motion priorities and the first-line of evaluation when the pitcher is having location and/or velocity issues.

Angel welcomes new co-host Joe DeMers, former Minor League pitcher, to The Fix.  Joe makes his debut in The Inside Pitch segment by talking about the new rule changes for pitchers and hitters from a perspective that only a pitcher can give.

In Angel’s Out-Pitch segment, you will learn about a muscle that is seldom discussed (but now in the news) as a major player in elbow health.  She talks about the one exercise pitcher’s need to do all year round for injury prevention.

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Unlocking the Pitcher’s Potential: a few mistakes you don’t want to make

I have unfortunately witnessed things throughout the year that in terms of performance and science, can be counter-productive to a pitcher’s development. And while I know that there is never any intent to interfere with a pitcher’s potential, it is really easy to miss some important details.

In this last episode of the 2022 season, I give some food-for-thought on a few issues that warrant awareness on the part of pitchers, coaches, and parents.

Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com 

https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com