It’s no mystery that one of the keys to successful pitching is a consistent release point. While I do believe that the term “repeatable delivery” is a bit of a stretch, and that many times inconsistency in your arm slot can be a major cause of difficulty in repeating your delivery, I believe we need to dig a little deeper and look closer down the kinetic chain to lower half pitching issues. Continue reading “5 Lower Half Pitching Issues Preventing a Consistent Release Point”
It’s been a crazy year for everyone, but that didn’t stop us from continuing our efforts to develop great ball players while educating the community at the same time. Here are the top received blogs of 2020. Continue reading “Best of 2020… Strength Training, Pitching and Hitting Articles”
Last week I posted a “before and after” shot of a proprioceptive drill that I use with our athletes to train anchoring the lower half in order to create a more stable platform at the hip and to actually allow the athlete to “feel” what we are attempting to train during a common throwing drill that we use with most of our throwers. It received such a great response that I decided to explain it in slightly more detail. You can view the post here: Continue reading “Creating Lower Half Stability to Create Upper Half Mobility”
Whether we’re talking about throwing velocity on the mound or exit velocity at the plate, improving and better utilizing ground reaction forces with a lead leg block is paramount. Training the lead leg to both produce and accept force will help to create a stable base and facilitate hip and torso rotation up the chain. Continue reading “How to Create a Better Lead Leg Block”
The following list of exercises (intermediate / advanced) go hand-in-hand with the article published by Inside Pitch Magazine in the January / February 2022 issue… Continue reading “Exercise Videos for Off-season Training (Intermediate / Advanced)”
The following list of exercises (novice) go hand-in-hand with the article published by Inside Pitch Magazine in the January / February 2022 issue… Continue reading “Exercise Videos for Off-season Training (Novice)”
This article is about correcting a mechanical issue with mobility/stability drills. It is NOT meant to replace adjustments in timing in the delivery by a coach. We always try to coach the athlete into better positions to help feel and move more efficiently on his own before going back to the drawing board / assessment. Continue reading “2 Great Exercises to Help You Post-up”
Please enter your information below to receive a Zoom access link and password to the recording of this webinar. Please make sure to check spam as it might end up in your junk mail! Continue reading “Zoom #3 — Weight Room Strategies to Improve Pitching Velocity (Part 2)”
Today, I want to review how to help stabilize and protect pitchers and baseball players’ UCL (also known as the Tommy John ligament) with several exercises we perform here at RPP. Continue reading “How to Protect the Baseball Player’s UCL”
With gyms continuing to be closed all over due to COVID-19, and athletes not having training facilities at their disposal, we are providing PHASE 2 of our programming. Continue reading “3 and 4-Day Programs (w/ and w/o equipment) — Phase 2”
