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Does Lower-Body Strength Increase Pitch Velocity?

Does Lower-Body Strength Increase Pitch Velocity?

Pitchers use their legs, and faster pitchers often show different lower-body forces, muscle size, and test results than slower ones. Both statements are well supported.

Does Lower-Body Strength Increase Pitch Velocity?

Pitchers use their legs, and faster pitchers often show different lower-body forces, muscle size, and test results than slower ones. Both statements are well supported.

Pitcher walking to the mound for an early morning start.

Road Less Traveled: Corbin Burnes - The Work B...

After a season that exposed the limits of talent and adrenaline, Corbin Burnes rebuilt his pitching approach—and the routine he used to prepare for the next start.

Road Less Traveled: Corbin Burnes - The Work B...

After a season that exposed the limits of talent and adrenaline, Corbin Burnes rebuilt his pitching approach—and the routine he used to prepare for the next start.

Pitcher lifting weights during a training season

How Should Lifting and Throwing Fit Together?

The fall weight room should build the capacity the season will spend — not become a separate project that leaves a pitcher too fatigued to complete the throwing his role...

How Should Lifting and Throwing Fit Together?

The fall weight room should build the capacity the season will spend — not become a separate project that leaves a pitcher too fatigued to complete the throwing his role...

Baseball pitcher throwing with shoulder anatomy shown

How Long Does It Take to Build Arm Strength?

Most pitchers can see measurable changes in shoulder endurance or throwing velocity within 4 to 8 weeks. But no study establishes a number of weeks that makes a pitcher "arm...

How Long Does It Take to Build Arm Strength?

Most pitchers can see measurable changes in shoulder endurance or throwing velocity within 4 to 8 weeks. But no study establishes a number of weeks that makes a pitcher "arm...

A baseball scout’s hands hold a radar gun and handwritten scouting notebook in the foreground as a young pitcher delivers to a batter during an evening game on a high school or college field.

Justin Verlander: The Number That Never Moved

He added nearly seven miles an hour in college and walked exactly 43 batters three years running. Different parts of a pitcher develop on different clocks, and some parts of...

Justin Verlander: The Number That Never Moved

He added nearly seven miles an hour in college and walked exactly 43 batters three years running. Different parts of a pitcher develop on different clocks, and some parts of...

Pitcher discussing throwing session with coach.

The Audit: What Pitcher Is Actually in Front of...

Two pitchers can report on the same day, be the same age, and still need different first weeks. One may have thrown twice a week through the break. The other...

The Audit: What Pitcher Is Actually in Front of...

Two pitchers can report on the same day, be the same age, and still need different first weeks. One may have thrown twice a week through the break. The other...

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