quote:Originally posted by baseballpapa:
This may be worth nothing but...
The gun not only gives him feedback and pushes him, but he also sometimes gets out of his mechanics trying to over-throw. When he does the gun shows him it did not come out faster.
Every high school kid in Texas throws 90 until I gun them.
Actually I think it is worth a lot. I know that a lot coaches are now focusing on "intent" to throw hard. I think this is one of the benefits of Long Toss since a player can see how far you are throwing and it provides immediate feedback without a gun.
Regarding the second point, this holds true in sports, business, almost anything in life "if you want to improve something -measure it"
BTW you have stumbled on one of life's fundamental truth's and HSBBW's number one pitching theorem "ask dad and subtract 7"