• Pitching Seminar Annoucement – I am Super Pumped!!!

    In one month I will have the honor of presenting at this year’s Pitch-a-Palooza hosted by Lantz Wheeler in Nashville, Tennessee.  It is quickly becoming the premiere pitching seminar in all of baseball. Lantz runs BaseballThinkTank.com which is an incredible resource for pitching information not to mention the fact that he works with some guys…

  • Long Toss Part 1 – Does it Strengthen Your Arm ??

    Since it has been a long time between writing articles I figured that I owed everyone who reads this site a great series of articles that tackles a hot topic in the baseball world; LONG TOSS Does long toss strengthen your arm? Will it increase your risk of injury? Does throwing further mean you can throw…

  • Lehman’s Baseball Update

    After years of neglect I have finally taken the time to organize this site and make it more manageable for anyone who wants to read these nerdy exercise science/baseball articles that I’ve accumulated over the last 4 years. At the top of the page you’ll find a menu that has organized most of my posts…

  • Wanna Get Drafted Out of High School? Here are the physical stats of players that did. How do you compare??

    The purpose of this article is to give young baseball players an idea of just how athletic they need to be in order to play professional baseball. While you might have heard about how big and strong major league players are, you don’t often hear how strong they were when they got drafted as teenagers.…

  • Part 2 – Arm Slot and Trunk Tilt

    Picking Your Arm Slot Based on the information from Part 1 it looks like throwing with more of an over-the-top arm slot which requires excessive contralateral tilt allows you to throw harder.  Even with the extra stress on the elbow and shoulder, I think that most pitchers would be willing to take that risk in…