by David Grossman | May 4, 2014 | Throwing & Catching
There is a section for catching drills. And there is an in-depth report about teaching kids how to throw. This section, however, is about drills where the focus is on both throwing and catching. Diamond Drill Have a player at P, C, 3B, 2B, and 1B. Pitcher throws to...
by David Grossman | Apr 11, 2014 | Team & Situational
Strength and Conditioning There are so many exercise web sites out there that I really don’t want to repeat them. The key is to do some light running before stretching to get some blood flow to the muscles. Also I do not advocate throwing to warmup. I tell kids to...
by David Grossman | Apr 11, 2014 | Pitching
This drill has many variations. It is outstanding to teach players to get their entire throwing arm into the throw. If a player is short arming their throws or only using their wrist to throw, the towel drill can correct it. No ball is used in the towel drill. You...
by David Grossman | Apr 11, 2014 | Pitching
Player stands opposite another coach or player. Players face each other torso to torso (belly button to belly button so they are looking directly at each other). Start at a distance of about ten feet and then move back as the player begins to throw accurately. Thrower...
by David Grossman | Apr 11, 2014 | Pitching
This drill goes through the entire throwing motion. As the name indicates, it includes the motion in the previous drill and adds the earlier parts of the throwing motion (especially hip rotation) to have the thrower experience the entire package of throwing mechanics....
