Roger Clemens's mechanics for analysis!

You need to meet him in person. What makes him so good????

1. He's as big as a barn door.
2. He's built like a derrick.
3. He's been gifted with a "strong, quick arm".
4. He works his tail off.

Of all of these, #4 is the most important.

He still wants it.....bad! Being born with the God given tools and a nasty attitude, uh .... presence, on the field does not hurt either.

He is tall and wide. I followed him through the gate at a youth tourney in late December a few years ago. He has to turn sideways to get those shoulders through.

I think the big key to his success as a power pitcher is that he works out like there's no tomorrow. I forgot the link but I have seen part of his workout regimen and to say the least it is hard. A misnomer about Roger is that he is fat. Roger ain't fat, he is freaking strong as an ox. And on the mound, he pushes off the rubber so hard. I would not be surpised if Roger goes this good for at least one more year.

He has also never pitched for the NY Mets.

That doesnt hurt either.

Does anyone have a copy of his workout regimen?

A little trivia.

As a highschool pitcher he never threw any faster then 82 mph!

Just a little hope for all you HS pitchers that don't throw hard now but with a few more years of maturaty probably will

...as long as you mature to 6-3 250 lb. of twisted steel and razor ribbon.

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As a highschool pitcher he never threw any faster then 82 mph!

Is that true?

"When Clemens was a high school sophomore, his fastball did not top out much above 80 mph. But Maiorana immediately noticed an uncommon dedication and work ethic.

Maiorana usually spent Sundays during the season mowing the grass of the school's baseball diamond, and he sometimes found Clemens there running alone or long-tossing alone. After practices on weekdays, Clemens, who did not have a car, usually ran from the ball yard to his house; Maiorana once followed his pitcher home to make sure he wasn't running through congested intersections, and measured the course at one mile.

Clemens was the school's third-best pitcher as a junior before becoming the ace as a senior. Years later, Spring Woods pitchers would often run on the same paths. They called it the "Clemens Mile."

"Whatever extra he needed to do, he did it," Maiorana says. "A lot of that was just self-inflicted."

Clemens credits his mother, Bess, for teaching him the value of hard work. His stepfather died when Clemens was 9. It was Bess who raised and provided for Clemens and his five siblings.

"I've been surrounded by very good women -- strong women and strong-willed," Clemens says. "I get my will from my mother. My father passed away when I was 9, and she worked three jobs. I helped her stack coolers and vacuum warehouses when I was from 12 to 15 years old.

"I know that the six of us that she had . . . I know we drove her crazy. I don't know how she kept her sanity. She's a remarkable woman, and she's a big part of my life. But I get all my desire and my hard-headedness from her, for sure."

Competitive nature

Clemens' competitiveness has been evident all his life.

In one game as a senior, Maiorana recalls, Clemens added a little extra velocity to his fastball because pro scouts were there to evaluate the opposing pitcher.

By the time he reached Texas after a year in junior college, he touched 90 mph on occasion, remembers Cliff Gustafson, the Longhorns' former coach. Clemens topped out at 93 or 94 by his second year there.

"He was very intense," Gustafson says. "When he started a game, he intended to finish it."

micdsguy,

What book or magazine are you quoting?

Yeah, I should have never posted that without linking to the source. Don't want to sound like Dibble. But the article is real, at least

http://www.astroszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2493&goto=nextnewest

I like this line also......

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Harold Reynolds, the former second baseman-turned-ESPN commentator who faced Clemens from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, says Clemens "wasn't just a thrower, he was a pitcher," a guy who could locate his pitches exactly. Still, Clemens could scare the daylights out of hitters.

Note, not a thrower but a pitcher!

Notice how aligned his elbows are?

Clemens has that rare combination: God-given ability, incredible competitiveness, an enviable work ethic, and unwavering confidence. He is a joy to watch, and I only wish that all my pitchers had the toughness and passion for success that Roger STILL has after all these years!

I don't think that Roger Clemen's was gifted/given anything, such as a "strong, quick arm." The fact that he had the strong desire to excel at pitching made him keep trying over and over different ways to throw until he figured out his best way. Of course he didn't concsiously tell himself "this works, but that doesn't." He wouldn't allow himself to throw any way but the one that worked, which was very hard and with control. Because of his extreme intent and desire, he made himself develop a strong, fast arm.

I agree with that last statement

I'm willing to bet that if you didn't know who he was and we all posted a video of his mechanics there will be many that will have all kinds of remarks of how to correct this or that. To many experts if ya know what I mean.

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I'm willing to bet that if you didn't know who he was and we all posted a video of his mechanics there will be many that will have all kinds of remarks of how to correct this or that.

Yeah, and how he needs to get to the gym and do a few situps.

Yep

Just like Babe Ruth