Baseball Pitching: The Fix

Baseball Pitching: The Fix


Latest Episodes

S8E4 - In-season Troubleshooting
April 13, 2021

Incomplete rotation to the plate Timing Stretch vs. Wind-up stride differences… …are the topics discussed in this episode of The Fix. Troubleshooting a pitcher’s issues during the season must be done

Situations and Solutions for Off-Season… and… Should You Emulate a MLB pitcher that You Like?
October 23, 2020

With the unusual circumstances of the 2020 spring, summer, and fall seasons for baseball pitchers, coaches and pitchers find themselves asking questions about readiness for the fall, shutting pitchers down when if feels like they’ve been shut down,...

The 2020 MLB Post-Season Play-offs: take home messages that I saw and heard loud and clear
October 08, 2020

In this special episode, Coach Larry Owens from Bellarmine University and myself talk about two topics that are critical to the development and success of our pitchers (and are often overlooked and/or underplayed as being important). There are no...

“Three-up and three-down”: a topic line-up you do not want to miss
September 16, 2020

MLB pitching injuries: why are there so many? Creating and planning your cycles of training between now and the beginning of the 2021 season…plus…the special recruitment obstacles facing our graduating high-school seniors. The importance of the...

Get a Grip
August 18, 2020

The season opener begins with the podcast’s newest addition, Coach Larry Owens, and his segment called the “Top of the First”. Larry talks about a topic that is near to him: youth pitchers being overused due to back-to-back games and how the...

A Special Pop-Up Episode for Coaches
April 23, 2020

The Fix: a special pop-up episode covering -Re-entry into baseball -Creative ideas for handling a short summer season -How to organize a throwing/pitching program when the start date is not certain -Two deadly pitching-motion flaws that can be fixed...

How to Plan for a Safe Re-Entry and a Great Comeback when baseball returns
March 20, 2020

In this episode, I brought together three expert coaches: Ed Sprague, Director of Player Development, Oakland A’s Larry Owens, Head Coach, Bellarmine University, Kentucky Andy Tarpley, Head Coach, College Park High School… …to discuss all the...

The Baseball Pitching Stride: Drills, Exercises, Teaching Methods, and more
February 20, 2020

The Baseball Pitching Stride is one of the most misunderstood parts of the pitching motion. In this episode, along with my guest, Coach Larry Owens of Bellarmine University, we talk everything stride: the stride phase from beginning to end, the issues...

High School Coaches’ Pre-Season Questions: Asked and Answered
January 27, 2020

In this special Pre-Season Series, with my guest coach Steve Harrow, and emails from two high school coaches Brent and David, we cover the issues that come up for coaches during this time of the year: how to create the pre-season calendar for getting...

When position players also pitch: differences in mechanics and some warning signs of trouble ahead
December 23, 2019

In Part Two with Coach Steve Harrow as my guest, we talk about the differences in position-player throwing mechanics and pitching mechanics. And with many position players in high school also pitching, I teach about the common errors that can be made...