Any help ,advice or inspiration would be appreciated .
My son is a redshirt freshman at a mid major.
As a HS senior he was 6’3 170 sat upper 80’s and touched 90-91 occasionally.
He has never been hurt.
Now , after a RS last year, he is 30 lbs heavier and stronger. Works out religiously and follows a pitchers workout program.
However his velo has not followed suit and has even regressed some, which is causing a great deal of frustration ,stress and insecurity . His grades and work ethic are strong.
The PC is a numbers guy and doesn’t ever work on mechanics. His local PC isn’t nearby .
He started working with Driveline remotely a few weeks ago. Seems to like it but progress is early on. We talked about him going up to Seattle for a week after the season work at the driveline facility. He seems up on that idea and pitching local this summer to work with his PC.
Based on what I can see with my somewhat untrained eye , his mechanics look more robotic than athletic right now. Like he is forcing. Not enough lower half push of the rubber. Very mechanical..
Does anyone have any thoughts or advice or better yet -possible solutions?
Obviously the stress is real
he likes the school and wants to help the team and keep his place on the team. He envisioned himself a 1-2 starter and now he just has to fight to even try to make the travel squad and not be relegated to a Coaches afterthought.
Nobody said it was going to be easy.