My son is a high school sophomore that just made his varsity baseball team and will be one of three starters this year. He's 6'3", 155 lbs and people tell me that he throws low-mid 80s (he hasn't been on a gun in 2 years...when he was throwing low to mid 70s and was 8" shorter). He features two fastballs (2 and 4 seam), a pretty good change up, and a curve that I have advised him to use sparingly if at all. His high school graduated two kids last year that got drafted (mid 20s rounds) and both received D-I scholarships so I am guessing that his coaches are pretty good. Nevertheless, it can't hurt for him to try to gain an edge.
I would like to help him improve (while being cognizant of the high risk of injury) but there is so much conflicting information out there that I don't even know where to begin. He watches a lot of video of other pitchers and coaches talking about pitching but I am concerned that he will end up adopting useless or dangerous technique tweaks that will harm his progress.
I've seen all sorts of tools and aids for hitters (swingtracker comes to mind...which I might buy to help him with his hitting) but haven't really found anything for pitchers outside of medicine ball workouts and some leg exercises.
Curious what's out there in the way of info, coaching, clinics, work-outs etc. He will be pitching this spring (HS) and summer (American Legion). After that he will be off for almost 7 months and he would like him to make the most of that time off to improve for when he comes back as a junior so that he will be able to showcase his talents to college coaches. His goal is to be a major league pitcher (even more so now that he heard what Porcello just signed for) but I suspect he would be quite happy pitching against the Sox in Ft. Myers for BC or Northeastern in a few years.
I know we have a lot of great baseball minds here and a bunch of former players, curious if any of you have thoughts on what a HS sophomore should be doing to make himself a better pitcher.
I would like to help him improve (while being cognizant of the high risk of injury) but there is so much conflicting information out there that I don't even know where to begin. He watches a lot of video of other pitchers and coaches talking about pitching but I am concerned that he will end up adopting useless or dangerous technique tweaks that will harm his progress.
I've seen all sorts of tools and aids for hitters (swingtracker comes to mind...which I might buy to help him with his hitting) but haven't really found anything for pitchers outside of medicine ball workouts and some leg exercises.
Curious what's out there in the way of info, coaching, clinics, work-outs etc. He will be pitching this spring (HS) and summer (American Legion). After that he will be off for almost 7 months and he would like him to make the most of that time off to improve for when he comes back as a junior so that he will be able to showcase his talents to college coaches. His goal is to be a major league pitcher (even more so now that he heard what Porcello just signed for) but I suspect he would be quite happy pitching against the Sox in Ft. Myers for BC or Northeastern in a few years.
I know we have a lot of great baseball minds here and a bunch of former players, curious if any of you have thoughts on what a HS sophomore should be doing to make himself a better pitcher.