Baseball Pitching: The Fix

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

Getting your arm and pitching motion ready for the upcoming 2022 season should be your number one priority during this month of the off-season, and your throwing program should be more than just distances and volumes. In this episode I talk about how to create your calendar as well as develop your pitching skills every time you throw a ball. Plan now to be the best pitching-version of yourself so you can get to where you want to be in 2022; get after it now. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  http://GymScience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

Exotic pitches, side-arm vs over-arm throwing, and determining stride length, are just some of the teaching moments taken from viewing the MLB playoff pitchers. Don't miss this extended podcast which includes photos and exercise-ideas to get you started with training all your pitches in the gym. See the pictures and videos on YouTube Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com  http://GymScience.com  https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com 

In this episode, I talk about the importance of looking at how well a pitcher hits his "spots" in his delivery before you decide to adjust something that doesn't look right to you. You will get tips on how to make this determination. Coach Larry Owens and I also talk about the complicated issue of the pitcher's position on the rubber (arm-side or glove-arm side) and the latest new trend where catchers are setting-up with one knee on the ground. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com http://GymScience.com 

In this episode, I answer questions from coaches regarding pitchers throwing BP and the ongoing issues around running. Coach Larry Owens hosts a discussion on some of the new policies and procedures with which the MLB is experimenting in the Minor League System: wider bases, pick-off moves, and much more. Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com http://GymScience.com 

In this episode, Coach Larry Owens and I discuss the lost art of pitching inside and the moving of the mound back to 61’6”. My line-up of topics included: Why asking youth pitchers to throw as hard as they can is dangerous My personal request to coaches to rethink the traditional running program that is used for pitchers and position players Middle-finger strength: it’s relationship to location Email Angel at angel@gymscience.com https://GymScience.com