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Reply to "The "intent" to throw hard"

Intent to throw hard breeds one to throw harder. I honestly believe that. Competetion between hard throwers also is the same and instills intent to throw hard in a pitchers veins. There has never been such a thing as a pitcher who at one point or another doesn't giddy up their fastball with the intent of throwing it harder. It is those times that build velocity. Similar to a weight lifter, if he never tries to lift more, he never will be able to.

I have always told my pitchers that if they want to throw harder, they have to practice throwing harder- it really is that simple. Intent to throw harder is the number 1 criteria for someone who wants to throw harder and ends up throwing harder. Pitchers who throw hard don't just get that way from being lazy with no effort or intent.
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