lifts pitchers should avoid

Sark21 ,
As you know , there are many beliefs and ideas
on how to train pitchers during the Off-Season ,
as well as during the season . I am just going
to give you information on how I've done it for
the last 17 years . I do believe that the Off-
Season is the time for performance enhancement.
We will work to improve three main areas :
1)IMPROVING VELOCITY : this is where we try to
improve not only our top end velocity , but more
importantly , raise our consistency . For
instance , we had a lefthanded pitcher who was
81-83 during Fall Ball 2 years ago . The next
year he was consistently 86-87 , and last year
he was 89-92 . This year our goal is to get him
pitching between 91-93 for atleast 5 innings .

2) VELOCITY ENDURANCE : this important in two
ways . First , we want to see our pitchers be
abe to maintain their first inning velocity into
atleast the fifth inning . Second , we need to
make sure that our pitchers are able to take the
hill every fifth day with their best stuff.

3) RECOVERY TIME / INJURY PREVENTION : If you
have a good program , it must work on both
these areas .

Over the course of a long season , I think that
a good In-Seasopn Program , is equally as
important as a good Off-Season program . Our
In-Season workouts are not the same as our Off-
Season , because during the season we will do a
light uperbody to help increase your recovery
time , but we will still stay fairly aggressive
on our lowerbody . This is why you will see the
majority of my pitchers throwing harder at the
end of the season , then at the start . Fatigue
should not be a factor at the end of the year.
If you see my In-Season workouts , they will
take anywhere from 30 minutes a day , up to an
hour depending on how many optional exercise a
pitcher decides to add . I do agree with you
that a lot of coaches back off weight-training
as the year goes on , but I personally don't
agree with it , but I do respect their views ,
and whatever they feel is best for their own
pitchers , is what they should do . My thoughts
are also related from a pitchers point of
view , especially sense that is what I did in
college , and I have found that it has aided me
greatly with my programs . I am sorry that this
post is so long , I just wanted to answer your
questions the best that I could ,
Best Wishes ,
Kerry

I recently found out that college coaches do not want pitchers lifting a bat and swinging it in a rotational manner at an incoming object.

Kerry, Thanks for your reply. It is not far off from what I believe is the best way to handle pitchers.

"Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger, it's motivation." Roger Clemens

rz1 - Now that's funny! I think we resemble that remark.

Rosenboom - great info

Mr. Rosenboom, that is some great information!!!


Thanks

Mr. Rosenboom, the lying extensions you are referring to are most commonly known as "skullcrushers" or "french presses" (if done with dumbbells). Just thought some people might understand better if they knew that.

The future ain't what it used to be.

In response to RZ1's comment about swinging a bat and pitching. If you are pitching a 5 day rotation and then take a lot of swings you are working your arm too much. Even though you may have great pitching mechanics and hitting mechanics using your legs and hips for rotational power; you still can put too much undue stress on your arm doing both often.

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Originally posted by The Pitching Academy:
In response to RZ1's comment about swinging a bat and pitching. If you are pitching a 5 day rotation and then take a lot of swings you are working your arm too much. Even though you may have great pitching mechanics and hitting mechanics using your legs and hips for rotational power; you still can put too much undue stress on your arm doing both often.

No kidding, that's why pitchers can only use Fungo bats.

Two things I would not let my boys do:

Heavy bench presses
Lat pulldowns (any weight) (shoulder impingement)