Fastball
How to Throw a Fastball
When you're learning how to throw a fastball, you must master a few techniques involving grip, hand placement and pitching mechanics. Let's go over some of the basics.
Should I Train With Weighted Baseballs?
Weighted baseballs have played a role in the development program of many pitchers. But despite the success stories, their use remains a hot topic in baseball circles. Weighted ball training [...]
Want to Improve Your Lead Leg Block? Do This in the Gym
Give these a try and see how they help improve your on-field work.
How to Throw Harder: 4 Exercises to Gas Up Your Fastball
The game's on the line. The other team's best hitter is at the plate. You peer in for the catcher's sign, twirling the ball between your fingers behind...
Why Pitchers Need to Understand Hip and Shoulder Separation
Pitchers want to throw heat. One of the main factors in a pitcher's velocity is the torque that's achieved through hip and shoulder separation. This term refers to the act [...]
How Jordan Hicks Built a Body Capable of Hurling 105-mph Fastballs
Baseball has a new velocity king, and his name is Jordan Hicks. Hicks, a 22-year-old reliever for the St. Louis Cardinals, threw four of the five hardest pitches registered in [...]
10 Great Ways to Increase Your Pitching Velocity in the Weight Room
In the world of pitching, velocity has become how most pitchers are initially judged. Unfortunately, there is no single thing I could tell you to do to increase velocity, as [...]
Fastpitch Softball Pitching Tips for Beginners
As a parent or coach of a new fastpitch softball pitcher, finding consistent fastpitch softball pitching tips for beginners can be confusing. In this...
Mets Pitcher Noah Syndergaard Gained 17 Pounds of Muscle During the Winter
New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard can throw the heat. Among qualified starters in the MLB, "Thor" threw the league's fastest average pitch at 97.1 mph. Along with his blazing [...]
Kevin Love Could Throw a Baseball 90 Mph as a High School Freshman
In an NBA Finals full of storylines (LeBron's revenge, the Warriors looking to put icing on the cake of a 73-win season), the tale of Warriors guard Klay Thompson's and [...]
