10 Tips To Throw A Baseball Harder

I played baseball my whole life. At my peak I was only able to hit 85 mph. (Low 80’s consistently.) I always wanted to know what it felt like to throw 95. I worked my tale off in college to be the best version of myself. I remember after my freshman year my pitching coach was brutally honest with me. He said “you’re not power pitcher and you’re never going to be one.” I told him “I’ll work harder.” He hit me with, “no matter what you do you’ll never throw in the low to mid 90’s, we need to find another way to get outs consistently.” Location and movement was my way on to the field. Dropped my arm slot and learned how to throw a two seem fastball with good movement in to righty’s and tale away from lefty’s. My sophomore year I led the team in ERA and innings pitched. My point is most pitchers out there will never throw in the 90’s. Sure, you can absolutely increase your velocity with hard work and taking care of your arm from an early age. Really it comes down to if your lucky enough to be born with the muscle twitch it takes to create the arm speed to have high level velocity.

Loved this one. So much gold information in such a short video. Thank you sir!!!

Sometimes I miss a piece of the instruction. But I heard and saw, this time, how not to presenting my chest till foot fall is a game changer. Thank you Dan!

I’m a 4 time All American. 5’11” 210 right topping out at 95. It’s capped hard work

Great stuff, Coach Dan.

I think this will help a lot thanks I have a game today

#1 velo killer for most people is probably opening up too early

For me massive velocity after running distance, sprints, weight program, cutting hand splitting wood saw mid 90s at 22 23

These apply to throwing a foam Dodgeball as well

can you do a video with 3 exercice about the weak muscle that we need to train ??? pls for the rotator cuff and forearm....

Hey Dan my question revolves around growth spurts for boys and how it affects their overall game. What has been your experience? Do most boys adjust and return to their original form after getting accustomed to their new height/weight/strength. Thanks.

11) don’t drive your momentum forward with your legs 🦵

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What do you think about "throwing your hip home" at the end of your release? I feel a lot of young pitchers are afraid of falling over and looking like a dunce if they really let loose and, instead, hold back at the end. I tell/told them that their feet will take care of themselves and they won't fall. That is not to say I believe they should get sloppy with their plant foot. I have heard other coaches say not to do that because it puts the pitcher in a bad fielding position. My thought is that I am more concerned with the pitcher pitching well than any fielding they may do. Thoughts?

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Hi Dan. You certainly did not blow it. You like to give good advice to kids, and they really appreciate it!

I lost all my fingers playing with fireworks . I’ve always wanted to learn how to throw a palm ball . Any ideas how I could do it ?

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You can't teach someone who throws 65-70 mph to throw 90. You're either born with or you're not. My fastball was like most pitchers changeup. 65-70 was as hard as i could throw when i played