advice needed

How tall and heavy are you?

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My fast ball is clocked at 56-57

What gun was used and how many tries did you get? Carnival guns almost always read low due to lack of a mound and zero warmup time.

For a start, read thru past messages on this group. Lots of good info.

ht 5-81/2
wt 310

i was using a pitching tunnel at my local batting cages i was warmed up i had already been throwing for about 30 min.

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ht 5-81/2
wt 310

You weigh 310 lbs? Our coaches are always after the kids to gain a few pounds. You may be an exception

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Originally posted by micdsguy:

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ht 5-81/2
wt 310

You weigh 310 lbs? Our coaches are always after the kids to gain a few pounds. You may be an exception

You got scammed! PG knows of a place that sells great baloney sandwiches!

All kidding aside steve you need to see a doctor ASAP if that is yourin fact your true weight---forget your baseball you have a problem that can bring about a heart attack!!!!

Yeah, I figured he was scamming. I started to recommend a "sure fire" daily regimen to gain 10 mph in a month:

1) easy three mile warmup run
2) running a dozen 400-meter sprints at 80% effort
3) 12 60-yarders with speed below 8 seconds each
4) And an hour of plyometrics

Then I thought he might REALLY be 310 pounds and I killed him!
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I've certainly known 17 year olds who top out in the mid-50s, and we had a kid on our HS team who was about 270 pounds.

ok i understand that 310 is not the bast weight for a baseball player let alone anyone i've been working on dieting and lost 22 pounds (yes i was 332)in about 4and a half weeks i will continue untill i reach my goal weight (250-260)
heres a pic of my team in september the day we won the lowwer east side championship
I should add that i was wereing my coaches uniform cuz min was lost
and hes about two sizes smaller lmao
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vi...1&imageID=1270517640

copy and paste link!

steve,
If that is really you I apologize, but honestly don't worry about the velo, it is important that you get in better baseball shape and if you have the suff after that, it will come.

Saw your myspace stuff..booze and baseball? Babe Ruth did it but I'm not sure if you can. It's not a mixture for success.

I clicked thru your slide show: Too much obscenity and booze. On the other hand I'm utterly impressed with anyone who builds and flies RC planes. Welcome to HSBBW!

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As for getting in shape, I'd start with a daily program of walking. There's lots of medical evidence that brisk walks can do just about everything running can do (just takes longer).

Look into entering some of those weekend 5K charity walks and try to improve your time over several of them. (You probably should run this regimen past your doctor first)

You may find that your pitching speed improves dramatically as you lose weight. Leg strength is vital in pitching, but your legs are struggling just to hold you up now.

Of course do some long toss and much later a few sprints to develop explosive power.

thanks for the addvise
p.s. those arent r/c planes ther control line (way cooler)lol jk