Hey what's up guys?
Today were going to talk about some baseball pitching drills to increase speed.
Now I want to clarify something first; everyone thinks there is some magic thing that you
can do to increase speed when in reality it's a combination of a lot of things.
You'll hear guys say if you do this weighted ball program you're going to gain X amount
of miles an hour or you'll hear guys say if you long toss every day really far you're
going to gain X amount of miles an hour.
Some guys will say if you do these exercises you're going to gain X amount of miles per
hour that's not the reality of it The reality of it is that whether you're doing a long
toss or a weighted ball program or a modified long toss no matter what it is you have to
buildup, progress and throw as hard as you can if you're feeling good.
It's just like lifting weights guys if you're in the gym and you stay with 5 pound dumbbells
the whole time yea you might get a little bit cut up but you're never going to be very
strong.
Now if you were to take those 5 pounds and increase your reps a little bit every we or
increase the weight or do both then you're going to see a lot more of a gain in your
biceps not that doing curls is very important for baseball but I'm making the points that
whether you're doing long toss or weighted balls or exercises you have to progress and
trying to keep getting more reps and more weight or one of the other and that's how
you increase your speed.
So there is no magic number whatever you choose to do can work as long as you set out a plan
and try to progress as you go but with that being said I've got four baseball pitching
drills to increase speed that you can implement into.
Like I said it’s a lot of things that it takes to increase your speed but these are
four things that may help.
One we already talked about; weighted balls, throwing weighted balls- yes they can absolutely
help.
There's a bunch of exercises that you can do, drills that you can do with the weighted
baseballs that can help you increase your pitching speed.
Long toss we already talked about long toss.
The thing about long toss is if you're feeling good and your arms are nice and loose and
you're feeling good you got to let the thing fly if you're just out there playing catch
you're not going to gain a whole bunch of speed, you're not going to gain a whole bunch
of velocity you got to let that thing fly when you're feeling good.
Now I was never a big super long toss guy like some guys try to get up to 300 ft I was
never that much of a big long tosser because I was a sinker ball guy.
So not everyone is going to be a long toss guy, I would say like 120 but whether you're
at 120 or 300 or 90 you can still throw with the same amount of effort.
So that's what I'm talking about guys when you're feeling good you got to let that thing
fly okay so let it fly whether you are at 90 ft. or 120 or 300.
I had a team mate in college who would throw from first base to third base and just let
it fly so what is that like a 127ft or something like that and he would just let it fly.
He went from 88 to 94 miles an hour just doing that but he progressed his amount of throws
as he went and he let that thing fly when he was feeling good okay always pushing yourself.
Obviously if you’re feeling sore, tired, and tight or hurt those are some days when
you might not want to push it.
Now two more drills those are the first two; weighted balls and long toss but the second
two drills one is going to be run and gun and the other one is going to be turn and
burn.
So let's talk about turn and burn first.
What we’re going to do for the turn and burns is you're going to back pedal and you
don't have to do this on the mound was just standing here because we are talking about
pitching but actually let me get on the front.
So for the turn and burns your just going to get in an athletic position start back
pedaling, back pedal, back pedal, back pedal turn and burn.
This is great because it helps you stay close because you're going from here to all the
way open and throwing.
So the turn and burns are really great you want to get some good speed when you're doing
it as well you don't want to just go easy, easy, easy, turn and go.
You want to get some momentum going backwards.
So you can work on being explosive when you're throwing it so that's a great baseball pitching
drill to work on for speed.
And another one is running guns pretty much the same thing except instead of going backwards
now you're going forward.
You're going to run it and throw whatever feels comfortable but when you get that much
speed when you're running and creating that much momentum going forward you're practicing
your delivery speeding up so now your body knows what it feels like; your visceral system
knows what it feels like to throw very fast.
So it looks like this and let it fly.
So those are four baseball drills to increase speed weighted ball throws, long toss, turn
and burns, running guns.
Guys I got a lot more baseball pitching drills if you click the link below and I'll send
you over to those.
Thanks for watching, if you like this share and don't forget there's no magic pill for
increasing speed it's about choosing something, working hard at it, letting it fly and staying
committed.
Talk to you guys soon thanks for watching.