Baseball Pitching: The Fix

Looking for Velocity in All the Right Places Need I say more. Continuing the discussion from my last podcast, you will see photos, examples and drills that demonstrate the importance of releasing the ball as close to the plate as possible. Jacob and I also discuss the continued injury epidemic in the baseball world and I talk about my take and experience as a troubleshooter of the pitching motion, inserting some light into this very dark topic. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

Pitching Injuries: Avoid These Two Lower Body Mistakes I found my inspiration for this first episode from an excellent article about the dangerous state of pitching injuries.  While there were many differing opinions on why injuries are on the increase, I thought it was time for me to talk about how I solve injury issues and arm problems on a day-to-day basis in my work as a pitching motion troubleshooter. You will be learning about specific errors in the pitching motion that render a pitcher more vulnerable to injury and hopefully, new ways to look at your pitchers. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

Creative Ideas for On-the-Field Pitcher Development If you’re on the field during these Fall months, it’s a perfect time for pitching coaches to get creative and focus on some of the individual skills and details that can easily be overlooked during the season when velocity and throwing strikes take-up all the attention. Along with my co-host Joe DeMers, I share some thoughts and offer some ideas on how to make the next few months extra-productive for you and your pitchers. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

Pitching Velocity and Injuries: one does not have to lead to the other In today’s podcast, I wanted to offer a perspective on ways to offset the current trend in elbow injuries as a result of increased velocity. There are things to think about, approaches, training, and hope that I offer to pitchers and coaches to inspire a full-scale effort to keep our pitchers safe as they continue to pursue the one thing that is not going away: a faster fastball. Links from today's episode: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/velocity-at-what-cost-mlb-s-hardest-throwers-keep-succumbing-to-tommy-john-surgery/ar-AA1g23GN  https://www.instagram.com/p/CxIZ7ZJLfmk/  Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

Off-Season Training…Do Not Miss This Phase of Your Development In this month’s podcast, I talk about the benefits of off-season training and present some guidelines for things to consider when making decisions and creating a schedule. You do not want to misuse the valuable time you have at this important time of the year. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

Making sure your muscles are ready for the job that you are asking them to do is the most basic responsibility you have, and it is solely up to you, the pitcher.  Most injuries are caused by a muscle or muscle-group not being recovered, fatigued, too weak, or being used improperly. In this podcast, I highlight the most dangerous and common errors I see pre-pitching on the field as well as faulty or missing training methods in the gym.  My intent is to provide food-for-thought to help you make informed decisions on a day-to-day basis as to how to take the best care of your pitching health and your pitching future. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com

With nothing but the best to Jacob deGrom’s future and his return to pitching, this podcast is dedicated to the importance of efficient and correct joint mechanics to protect all of our pitchers from the pain of what we just witnessed from one of MLB’s best pitchers. The Late-Arm Syndrome at SFC and MER is discussed at length with a checklist of symptoms and causes. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

Velocity and Forearm Injuries & Everything You Need to Know about the Sinker With photos of the forearm/wrist/fingers, Angel discusses the vulnerability of the forearm and direct and indirect ways you may be making it more prone to injury. Joe discusses everything about his best pitch, the sinker, and has photos demonstrating all the possible grips along with thoughts and information on how and when to throw it. Click Here for YouTube Video Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com

In this episode, Angel teaches you how to connect the dots between the location of some the most common areas of soreness and the most likely part of the motion causing the problem. With early detection and reinjury-prevention being the goal, you will be given a roadmap as to where to look before your soreness becomes an injury. Co-host Joe DeMers explains the new NCAA recruiting rules and we discuss why we love them so much. Joe shares some of his most personal experiences with the original rules. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

Pitchers skipping bullpens or not going deep enough in their bullpens are often times errors of the way a pitcher is thought of, or should I say, not thought of, in terms of his development. This is a thought-provoking episode that coaches and pitchers do not want to miss. Co-host Joe Demers talks about the effects of the MLB rule changes and talks with us about the latest hot pitch…the Sweeper. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com

Timing/speed of the stride and the sequencing of the arms with the stride are discussed as pitching motion priorities and the first-line of evaluation when the pitcher is having location and/or velocity issues. Angel welcomes new co-host Joe DeMers, former Minor League pitcher, to The Fix.  Joe makes his debut in The Inside Pitch segment by talking about the new rule changes for pitchers and hitters from a perspective that only a pitcher can give. In Angel’s Out-Pitch segment, you will learn about a muscle that is seldom discussed (but now in the news) as a major player in elbow health.  She talks about the one exercise pitcher’s need to do all year round for injury prevention. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com

Unlocking the Pitcher’s Potential: a few mistakes you don’t want to make I have unfortunately witnessed things throughout the year that in terms of performance and science, can be counter-productive to a pitcher’s development.  And while I know that there is never any intent to interfere with a pitcher’s potential, it is really easy to miss some of the details.  In this last episode of the 2022 season, I give some food-for-thought on a few issues about which I feel warrant awareness on the part of pitchers, coaches, and parents. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

In this arm-saving episode, we will discuss the side of the story that no one talks about or, better yet, warns you about. Signed as a Sophomore and forced to retire as a Senior due to injuries, Ian shares his mistakes, choices he regrets, and gives advice to the all-too-common situations that pitchers often find themselves in during their pitching career. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

S9E06 - Baseball Pitching Velocity: Your Seven-Step Checklist The title says it all. If you can't answer "yes" to these seven questions, the good news is... you haven't seen your max velocity potential. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

Bullpens are Sacred: Seven Ways to not waste Precious Time  In this second episode of my Summer Series of short podcasts designed to give you right now ideas for right now improvements, I talk about how to reinvent your bullpens with targeted ideas for practice. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

Locating your Pitches:  a right-now suggestion for a right-now improvement Velocity doesn’t matter if you can’t locate your pitches. This episode will walk you through a solution that I use in my sessions that gives immediate and noticeable improvement. Velocity doesn’t matter if you can’t locate your pitches. This episode will walk you through a solution that I use in my sessions that gives immediate and noticeable improvement. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

The Rotation Phase of the pitching motion transfers the energy into the pitching shoulder, elbow, and wrist.  Efficient rotation includes the segments, their sequencing, and their separation.  Squaring-up-to the plate with power and efficiency affects the velocity and the location of the ball. I go into depth to help you understand it and feel it.  Included are drills and exercises to teach the motion to yourself or your pitchers. Click Here for YouTube Video Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

Understanding the role of the shoulder girdle muscles and its relationship to the shoulder can be complicated.  By using photos and drills, I explain how adding “feel” for this concept can improve velocity, the way you use your acceleration muscles, and help you create an easily repeatable arm action and release point. Click Here for YouTube Video Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com

How do you get from your back leg to your front leg as you move downhill?  If you don’t know the answer, then you may be leaving MPH on the mound instead of getting it to the ball. The skill of weight shift, which is how the stride is initiated, is one of the most widely unknown and mysterious skills of the pitching motion.  “Use your legs” should be “use your hips”. Find out how to create an efficient stride in this episode with the most unbelievable photos. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com Click Here for YouTube Video

On your road to improved performance during this pre-season, don't forget to improve the specific angles and positions of each phase. The more efficient your body positions...the greater you can enhance your ability to improve your velocity. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com