This post was written by Tyler Anderson, then volunteer assistant coach at Saint Louis University and now pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Lindenwood University. Saint Louis finished 35-22 with the third most wins in a season in program history. Heading into my first season at St Louis...
A common line of argument against training with weighted balls goes something like this: “Weighted balls only train the arm. Good pitching training trains the athlete to use the whole body to accelerate the arm to the target, minimizing injury risk.” This line of thinking makes some fundamental assu...
Casey Weathers was the first round pick of the Colorado Rockies (8th overall) in 2007 after putting up incredible numbers at Vanderbilt – striking out 75 over 49.1 innings while allowing fewer than one hit + walk per inning pitched. Casey was throwing 95-97 MPH at the time with a wipeout slide...
This is Joe Marsh in 2008, pitching for his alma mater – Campolindo HS. Campolindo HS has been a perennial powerhouse in the national high school baseball rankings for years. This would lead you to believe that Joe was some sort of elite pitcher throwing gas from the mound and taking the ball...
The title says it all – we released our free Weighted Baseball Training Velocity Development Program. Go pick it up!
Update July 2016: At the time of publishing we made the claim that underweight balls were safer than 5 oz baseballs. After years of continuing research and validated research by other third parties, we now know that underload throws are more stressful. For more on this read: Weighted Baseballs Safe...
