Originally Posted by Coach_Mills:
I do know this, Tom House's work outs consist of weighted balls, however, he NEVER has the pitchers throw them. They are more or less used as weights to strengthen the shoulder. I'm okay with that aspect because a pitcher is simply getting weight training in the form of holding a baseball. Now, as far as throwing a weighted ball, refer back to my first post...
The weighted ball program developed by the National Pitching Association, i.e. Tom House and James Evans does include throwing weighted balls. My son did the program this past year. He had some increase in velocity but nothing more than what I think he would have had from just getting a year older.