• What Are Good Pitching Mechanics?

    What Are Good Pitching Mechanics?

    What Are Good Pitching Mechanics? This question is one of the most crucial and frequently asked by players and parents alike. Ask 10 different baseball experts, and you’ll probably get 10 different answers—if not more. However, standardizing an answer was the goal of a 2023 journal article published in The Journal of Sports Health titled,…

  • Does throwing with a radar gun help you throw harder? Short article with tons of great info

    This article falls under “studies you should know about,” a cornerstone of this website. For example, check out how long-distance running inhibits power or the 3 mechanical factors that positively influence velocity. For many coaches, this might be in the “I Already Knew That” category. If so, here’s the scientific proof. If not, keep reading.…

  • Kinogram #1 – Paul Skenes

    Paul Skenes gets the honor of being my first Kinogram of the week. What’s a Kinogram you ask? Check out this article to learn more but here’s an example of Paul Skenes’ kinogram from his LSU days Here are the individual picture’s that make up the Kinogram #1 – Peak Leg Lift – lead leg…

  • Shapes and Sizes of Cuban Pitchers

    Last year I posted a bunch of articles examining the shapes and sizes of MLB pitchers. It was a fun project but all I can do is look at pitchers based on the avaible data that I have which is merely height, weight, and body mass index. This isn’t a lot to go off of.…

  • Kinogram – a simple yet effective tool to improve mechanics

    Do you want a simple and low-tech tool that can help any young pitcher improve their delivery? If you answered yes, try making a Kinogram. They are simpley a sequence of pictures taken at specific points in time of, in our case, a pitcher throwing a baseball. The golf world has used them forever. I…