Should pitchers throw year round in baseball? How should they plan their workload? And, does having small hands prevent a pitcher from learning a changeup? Lastly, coach Dan explains why pick off moves are underrated and under taught, and what pitchers should do about it.

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Transcript: EP98 – Year Round Throwing Do’s and Don’ts; Does Hand Size Matter in Throwing a Changeup? Plus: Pick Offs

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Welcome back to the dear baseball gods podcast. I’m Dan Blewett. This is episode 98 and today’s episode. We’re gonna cover number one year round throwing. What does that look like? Obviously right now it’s the fall. So hopefully you’re listening to this episode in September, October. Uh, if you’re not, it’ll still be relevant next year, but it’s a great time to talk about what you should be doing in the fall.

And should you be tapering down your throwing? Should you be taking a break? All that sort of stuff. So we’ll cover that today. We’re also going to cover a major change up myth, which is, do you have to have big hands to throw a change up effectively? I just listened to a youth baseball podcast. I heard a pitching guy.

Perpetuating this myth. So we’re going to kind of come back at him here. Uh, and lastly, let’s talk about pick offs. Pick offs are overlooked, underrated, something that needs to be practiced.

Okay. So first thing, if you’re a parent or if you’re an athlete and you are a pitcher or your son is a pitcher, Throwing and your year long throwing regimen is important. It’s important to map out your year and understand when you’re going to take breaks when you’re not what you want to do. And also sort of like,