Baseball Pitching: The Fix

Baseball Pitching: The Fix


Latest Episodes

S8E6 - Finger “tips” for controlling the fastball: my six-drill plan to increase your feel for the release of the most important pitch in your arsenal
May 14, 2021

The fingers and fingertips are the last body part to have contact with the ball which makes them the most important body part to understand, have feel for, and strengthen. This episode was created to

S8E5 - In-season Troubleshooting: the magical moment before max external rotation
April 27, 2021

In this episode, I share an “eye candy” moment from the mechanics of Giolito and Bieber. Using a detail of their mechanics as a sample, you will learn how to see and understand the shoulder position p

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

Frame BY Frame Analysis of a complicated arm action: understanding the what and why
December 17, 2020

Join me in troubleshooting an arm-action issue. A coach/listener provided video for a consult with me to help him understand more thoroughly what this pitcher was doing wrong. I provide a visual/photo feedback session to explain what he’s doing, why...

A face-to-face video session with D-1 pitchers
November 24, 2020

Our friend to the show Coach Larry Owens from Bellarmine University asked if I would be open to doing a face-to-face video call with his pitchers. The great news is that we recorded the video meeting so I could share it with you as today’s podcast....

Three must-do exercises for the upper back of the pitcher
November 05, 2020

Off-season Pitcher-Specific Training Series starts today Three must-do exercises for the upper back of the pitcher In my off-season training series, you will get: - Specialized exercises with still shots/video that can be viewed at Angel Borrelli...

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...

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