Solo Long Toss

You can throw into bp netting so you don't have to track all those balls.If your bp netting is set up that high enough so you can simulate long toss

He can throw the length of a gym by putting an X of tape on a far wall about 15-20 feet up (as long as it's cinderblock).  The trajectory is similar, he can start close and work his way back, and the ball comes back to him.  Use a rubber ball.  Find a machine ball that is the same weight as a normal ball.  Works fine.  It's how I had my guys long-toss when the weather was too cold/bad.

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Check out JH's post and watch the video.  I've never tried this but seems like it could work.  The guy who came up with the drill sometimes posts on here I believe.

Not having a teammate to throw with has been a fact of life for my son as well. 

He can throw into the backstop so you know the distance and it is easier to collect the balls. 

My son did a lot of his winter throwing at a batting cage,  He would hit, then throw. He would also throw to his dad outside. My husband would throw it back until the distance got too great, then he would just drop the balls in a bucket. 

I have a picture this winter of my son throwing into his pop up net on the driveway. You can see where he had shoveled the snow to clear room to throw. I love that picture! Where there's a will, there's a way. 

Good luck to him.

JH's post is a perfect solution. You can also get sand balls here and throw them against a solid wall. My son's college program has pitchers use them with a program similar to Ron Wolforth's for velocity improvement. Wolforth should have a program.

http://oatesspecialties.com/velocity-c-30.html

When I did long toss with my son there was apoint were I couldn't throw the ball back as well, I would roll it like a bowling ball, if I didn't my arm would have fallin off.

All,

Great ideas, we are blessed with decend weather living in NC. But the posts provide lots of practical alternatives.

I was demoted from active long tosser to "ball shagger" when my son turned about 13 or 14. This has proved best for my arm.

Thank you!

The sock drill is a great idea

http://youtu.be/N2o0DRZ7xnw  Indoor long toss in Seattle this winter.

I would also like to personally endorse the TAP sand-filled balls that BOF mentions above.  We have a set of underweight, 5 OZ, and overweight balls so that my son never has to sacrifice a throw day to bad weather.  He used the sand filled balls against the cinderblock wall in our basement this offseason with good results.