It goes back further but starting in April '09 CASon threw 81-82 in a game for a couple innings on a Friday and then on Sunday at a college camp was 85-86 and touched 87. In June at a college camp he was 85-87, mostly 86-87. A couple weeks later at a showcase he was 82-85 and touched 86. In August he was 85-87 then as summer went on and he pitched a bit too much the velocity dropped off. After not pitching much in the fall he was only 81-83 at a college camp in late November (it was cold and windy) and while trying to throw for velocity in the pen a few days before that camp couldn't break 84. We worked on a few things and in early December he was able to throw 85 and touch 87 and 88 in the pen throwing for velocity. A few days later at a college camp he was 81-83 in a bullpen situation. We made some changes in his motion designed to help his control at that point knowing that he'd lose velocity temporarily as the video from the last two sessions showed his head dramatically turning off target at release. In late February during a game he was 86-87 on his last couple warmup pitches then worked 84-85 and touched 88 with decent control. His first outing in March was 83-86 with good control. His next outing he decided to move to the left side of the rubber to get more movement and struggled with control a bit and was 81-83 for most of the outing but to one batter when he felt in control he was 84-85 and touched 88. The next outing he was 81-83 and struggled mightily with control then in his second inning of work moved back to the right side of the rubber and mostly got his control back but never got the velocity over 84. 3 days after that 3 inning 40 to 45 pitch outing (yesterday) he tried to throw for velocity in the pen and was 80-83 and topped at 84.
Every pitcher has their velocity vary to some degree and I was just wondering how many others had dealt with something similar to this?
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