Watched my son pitch last weekend and taped some of it. The one thing I noted was that his velocity was dramatically increased from a winter ball camp he went to last year. So, I went back a little further- back to last fall and looked at some tape from then. I noted that his velocity was indeed higher at that point than it was at the winter ball camp months later.
There is some argument over how much velocity gain happens with various factors. What I noticed though is that a lot of perceived gain is merely nothing more than just regaining velocity you once had. We speak of "jumps" in velocity but I think it is a lot more linear than we think. I could say that my sons velocity jumped 7 mph in 3 months and whereas this is true in one sense, if I go back to last fall it has only increased 3 mph.....interesting!
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