How to Improve Your Pitch Speed

The most impressive and attention-grabbing stat for both baseball scouts and viewers is the speed a pitch reaches on the radar. Just like developing movement on your pitch, you can enhance the speed of your fastball through proper training and practice. Adding a couple more miles per hour to your pitch results in less reaction time for the batter. Throwing a blazing fastball causes the batter to jump into the next pitch to compensate for reaction time. A complete pitcher has a full arsenal that the batter has to contend with, allowing the pitcher to keep him guessing.

Instructions

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      Train your entire body with weights to improve your delivery. Use kettle bell exercises like the kettle floor presses to train the muscles of your arms and shoulders together. The kettle bell clean, kettle bell swing and kettle bell windmill also incorporates the legs and strengthens the core, which are also used in a pitcher's delivery. These motions support synergy within the body, which is exactly what is required in efficient pitching. Practicing with weighted baseballs allows you to add some strength to your exact throwing motion.

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      Eat 30 grams of protein every three to four hours to support muscle repair and get at least 48 hours of rest between sessions. Drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water and take a multivitamin every day. These are all essential steps that help the body to repair itself. Without proper nutrition, the body will break down, and you will become weaker and become prone to injury.

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      Practice your motion and film your practices so you can critique your movements from an outside perspective. Proper mechanics are vital to achieving maximum velocity. Throwing a pitch out of sync causes draw on your momentum and results in a waste of motion.