How Pitching Is Taught

Most pitchers learn from their pitching coaches.  Most pitching coaches learned from their pitching coaches.  The information is passed around often without being questioned.  It must be right, we assume, it’s what we were taught.

Well, what if it’s not?  My guess is that if you go to 10 pitching coaches, you will get 10 different thoughts on the way pitchers should be trained and ultimately throw.  But has anyone stopped and looked at the video of how the best in the world do it?

Well, I have.  Through a great video software program called Right View Pro and it has changed the way I have coached my college pitchers.

And it’s worked.  At Sacred Heart University where I am the pitching coach, our three starters pitched complete game victories in our conference tournament, propelling us to the NCAA Regional at Clemson University.  In those three complete nine inning games, those pitchers gave up 1 run, 1 run, and 2 runs!  Something must be working.

SHU Baseball After Sweeping the NEC Conference Tournament!

SHU Baseball @ The Clemson Regional Opener.

In short we teach our pitchers with the 90% rule.  That is, all good pitchers share 90% of the same mechanical similarities that make them good.  Good means they throw hard, their ball moves, and they locate.  Good means they play after high school. Good means they pitch in college.  Good means they carry their team in college.  Good means they play after college.  Good means they play baseball for a living!

Want to see what it looks like?  It looks like this!

These guys are pretty good, right?!

and it looks like this.

and it looks like this…

I have been asked recently to present my pitching mechanical analysis at the Mohegan Sun World Baseball Coaches Convention, at the Keeping the Overhand Throwing Athlete Healthy program at Moore Physical Therapy, and at many training facilities in the area.

Now for the first time, I am making my program available to the public.  The public of pitching coaches, of pitchers, and of parents, and friends who understand the drive to excel, to become as good as we can.

The D1 Pitching Mechanics Video Covers…

• The proper way to use momentum, gravity, and the earth below you to throw at your maximum velocity.
• What throwing a hail mary in football can teach you about the pitching delivery.
• Why stride length adds velocity and how to train and learn to stride longer.
• The 90% rule for big league pitchers.
• Some common flaws and ways to fix them.
• Drills to throw hard, with movement, to spots.

Still Shot of the D1 Pitching Mechanics Video

This video will inspire you to work hard and to work smart to better yourself on the mound.  There is no feeling in the world like being on the bump, carving people up, by throwing the ball hard, changing speeds, and hitting spots.  Baseball is the most mechanical of sports and small changes in your mechanics can product big results.  This video will, without a doubt, get you closer to your potential.

Yours In Baseball,

Coach Mazzoni

 Only $19.95