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just recently, while a friend and i were playing catch, he noticed something in my delivery and tweaked it a little bit. soon he had me popping the mitt and we got a hold of a radar gun, which had me throwing up to 85mph off of a mound. if i can do that in my sorry shape (6'1/2", 240 lbs, wide frame, lots of fat) i know i can get into the 90's if i put a little effort into getting stronger. well, what do you have for me?
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General physical fitness has little to do with how fast you can throw a baseball, but losing some weight and strengthening your core couldn't hurt. The only way to throw a baseball faster is to increase your arm speed, and to do that, you need to improve your mechanics.
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i've always read that for most power pitchers, the majority of the power (and velocity) comes from their legs.
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Yeah, that's definitely true.
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He won't disclose too much about his exact routine, but in reading you get the feeling that legs & core are critical in his regimen. Build the lower half to take as much stress off the arm/shoulder as pitching is a very unnatural motion for the shoulder.
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He won't disclose too much about his exact routine, but in reading you get the feeling that legs & core are critical in his regimen. Build the lower half to take as much stress off the arm/shoulder as pitching is a very unnatural motion for the shoulder. Roger Clemens workout [/ QUOTE ] chemical assistance doesn't hurt either |
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Roger Clemens workout [/ QUOTE ] chemical assistance doesn't hurt either [/ QUOTE ] Allegedly.... [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] |
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Long toss builds arm strength.
However, I'm of the opinion that, if you're fully developed, you won't be able to add much speed to a fastball. Tons of work for nominal gains. I would suggest working on fundamentals to gain control and off-speed dominance. |
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