Losing Speed Between Outdoors and Indoors
This week reader Ron asked about his daughter’s drop-off in speed when she moves indoors for winter practice. Hear my thoughts in today’s video!
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Advanced Exercises to Improve Speed and Pitching Velocity
In this week’s video, I demonstrate three exercises to improve speed and pitching velocity. These exercises are alternatives to “traditional” speed training exercises like the Olympic lifts, plyometrics and track drills and don’t require much space or equipment.
Read MorePitching Power: Where Does it Come From?
Great question from one of our readers about where power actually comes from in windmill pitching.
Read MoreImprove Your Speed and Running Technique
This week, I’ve assembled a running-specific workout program for you to complete on your own. The program is a free PDF-download that includes warm up, core strength, running drills and leg strength exercises that require minimal space and equipment.
Read MoreQuick Tip: Indoor “Distance” Drills
The weather has been beautiful here in Pittsburgh, and I’m hoping it will hold out for a while yet so my girls can continue practicing outdoors as much as possible! But regardless, the post-work daylight hours are getting shorter, many people struggle with changing field use permissions in the fall, and it’s going to get chilly eventually.
Read MoreThe 3-Step Speed Plan
Have you been working hard at improving your mechanics, but growing frustrated by not gaining as much speed as you’d like to? This plan is for you.
Read MoreHow to Vary your Pitch Speed
Hey everyone, I’m back! Watch today’s video to learn about the importance of changing speeds when you pitch, and how to do it.
Read MoreSpeed loss: are you fighting gravity when you pitch?
Do you feel like you’re not getting the right amount of speed for the effort you’re putting into each pitch, and/or do you tend to miss high a lot? I’ve seen a number of new students lately, and noticed that most who are struggling with these issues have something in common: they release against gravity.
Read MoreProgressive long toss
We’ve talked about progressive long toss before, but today I’m going to include a demonstration!
Read MoreWhat kinds of exercises are college softball players doing?
HI everyone, I’ve officially become Fastpitch Power’s Instagram guru! The other day, I was exploring Instagram and came across the official account for the Tennessee Lady Vols Softball team, one of the top colleges for softball in the nation. I was happy to see some pictures of their girls in the gym! Check out some of the photos below!
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