There is no secret that pitchers’ hips take a pounding coming down the mound during the long season. Identifying hip-related issues and addressing them should a part of every pitcher’s repertoire. Included below are also four mobility drills that can aid in the improvement of hip mobility.
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Too many pitchers at all levels either treat their pre-throwing or warmup routine like a hassle or simply do not do it properly. The warm-up program below is meant to provide you with a comprehensive protocol like that being done by top professional ball players. Arm care for pitchers and a proper warm-up program before a game should take 20-25 minutes. Since every pitcher is different, this arm care and warm-up program for pitchers is designed to cover all the bases. Feel free to click each exercise for a “how to” video on proper form.
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In the E-book below, we are going to review how we help stabilize and protect pitchers and baseball players’ UCL (also known as the Tommy John ligament) with several exercises we perform here at RPP. By following this protocol, we can help stabilize the injured elbow and prevent injury recurrence both before the initiation of a progressive throwing program as well as after.
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There is certainly no shortage of baseball band exercises for pitchers. There are so many floating around that it can make your head spin. We use band exercises for pitchers as a part of our pre-throwing routine and over the years we have refined them down to what we believe to be the min / max of what you should be doing.
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There are 10 topics that every pitcher’s strength training program MUST ADDRESS. These topics are easy to incorporate in any training program and when incorporated properly can help increase your velocity.
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Although most pitchers think of a pre-throwing warm-up routine when it comes to arm care, many aren’t aware that a post-throwing arm care and recovery protocol is just as important. Basically, it should involve a cool down circuit and soft tissue work that can be performed in 20-25 minutes. The primary purpose is to help restore lost mobility during the outing.
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During the past several years, we have been rehabbing many ball players sent to us by various well-renowned surgeons in the NY/NJ area with great success. Today, we are going to cover a topic that unfortunately has become more mainstream than ever, What to Expect after Tommy John Surgery? We’re going to review what goes into bringing a pitcher or position payer back from Tommy John surgery as QUICKLY and as SAFELY as possible.
“Do Pitchers Repeat their Mechanics?” is a question you often hear with strong opinions on both sides. Luckily, we have a motion capture system here at RPP which allows us to measure movement with a high degree of accuracy. And, we have an answer to the question!
You may have heard of the “Laminar Express” as Trevor Bauer used to call it, or the Seam-Shifted Wake (“SSW”) as it has been called more recently. During the past few years, we have begun to really understand the seam-shifted wake. If you’ve been wondering what it’s all about and how it impacts pitcher’s ball movement, this article is for you, as we cover:
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In Part 1 of this article, we covered in great depth the optimal metrics for an MLB fastball based on “slugging averages against” during the 2021 season. In Part 2, we are going to cover the optimal axes for:
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