Need to increase speed in the next year

65 mph is like really slow, especially for a 17 year old. Are you sure that is all you throw once you are warmed up? 65 mph is slow for pretty much any place on earth.

I was warmed up i was in like september the last time i clocked myself and its not slow up here the fastest some can throw up here is 67mph and yes i klnow its slow thats why i want to get faster but i want to do it right so thats why i'm asking for help.

thanks,
Dalcma

Start here:

www.jaegersports.com. Get "thrive on throwing cd and some bands and start throwing every day and see where you get. After this get some lessons.

Alright i'll look around here to see if theres those bands around here to see if i can get them.

Thanks,
Dalcma

I would reccomend lots and lots of throwing- build up the stamina and strength to throw and condition the arm to have good memory. It would not surprise me one bit to see you back here in 6 months telling everyone you gained an easy 10-12 mph in velocity or even higher.

I would however check the gun you are using, sometimes they can give weird numbers. Last year in a tournament they had a fast pitch contest and my son and another (13 year olds) tied for the hardest at 68 mph, A day before that in a game these same kids were clocked on a different gun throwing almost 10 mph harder. Come to find out, the gun used in the contest was only accurate up to like 30 feet away and the guy was like almost a 100 feet away using this particular gun.

I may be way wrong here but I am guessing that even in Canada they throw pretty close tot he same velocity as they do here where I live in Idaho. The average 17-18 year old pitcher in my neck of the woods throws around 80-82 mph. No varsity pitcher I have seen around here throws 65-ish- that is way slow.

Check the gun or something.

No its just us we dont have any good pitching coachs they're just coachs that know how to play the game not all the advance stuff so ya thanks i've started throwing alot more lately so lets hope i get better