Baseball pitching motion analysis, troubleshooting, and performance based on science, featuring pitching motion troubleshooter Angel Borrelli and hosted by Joe Janish. Joe interviews Angel -- a kinesiologist with a Master's Degree in Exercise Science -- on a regular basis, discussing the prevention and treatment of baseball pitching injuries, as well as science-based performance tips for baseball pitchers, coaches, and parents of all ages. More information on Angel can be found at http://gymscience.com.
From Pitching Styles to Warm-ups and Everything In-Between: Tips to Take Advantage of Every Moment For Improvement
This episode is filled with small things you can do and think about today that add-up to improvements tomorrow.
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Fastball, Change-Up, Slider: Using Kinesiology to Improve your Ball Release
Knowledge is power and in this episode, Jacob and I discuss some of my troubleshooting tips for ball release issues that can help some of the most common ball flight errors for the fastball, change-up and slider.
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Finishing Your Pitch: The Most Overlooked Part of Your Motion
Seven muscles of your shoulder, elbow, forearm, and fingers work harder in the deceleration phase of the motion than the acceleration phase. You will learn what you can do right now to improve this part of your pitching motion and how it translates into better velocity, better location, and most importantly, injury prevention.
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Troubleshooting The Glove Arm
When is the last time you thought of the glove arm as a major player in location, velocity, and timing of the pitching motion? It’s possible you never thought of it because it is the most overlooked body part in the entire delivery. In this podcast, I will teach you how to see what you’re looking at as well as the three most common flaws, and how to troubleshoot the possible causes. I’ve got two throwing drills that you will love!
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In today’s episode you will see four exercises that will give you feel for the muscles responsible for accelerating the ball. Starting with an easy floor movement to an advanced movement in the gym, do these exercises to find your velocity muscles.
Be sure and go to Angel Borrelli Pitching on YouTube to listen and see today’s “videocast”. https://youtu.be/zctmBPW3vyw
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The Most Important Arm Angle/Timing During the Pitching Motion With photos and videos, this episode discusses the importance of the arm angle at stride-foot-contact and its effect on acceleration and ball release. Injuries, late-arm depictions, and ideas for identifying and correcting a flaw in this phase of the motion are included in this very comprehensive teaching moment.
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https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com
Watch this episode here: https://youtu.be/bNAvN68HB-0
Location Accuracy and UCL Protection: four must-haves for your training arsenal
This episode provides unique information about the finger and forearm muscles for location accuracy and explains, through exercises, how to improve your control and at the same time strengthen the important muscles surrounding the UCL.
See the drills on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/x9AQ8iJCJbw
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https://AngelBorrelliPitching.com
Pitching Mechanics and Training Methods: the connection to the current elbow injury epidemic
Looking at mechanics and training methods as possible contributing factors to the pitching injury crisis is not only necessary to understand the entire scope of the situation but also to eliminate blind spots that keep us from finding solutions. Don’t miss this podcast with video demonstrations that, I guarantee, will give you food for thought.
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Looking for Velocity in All the Right Places
Need I say more. Continuing the discussion from my last podcast, you will see photos, examples and drills that demonstrate the importance of releasing the ball as close to the plate as possible.
Jacob and I also discuss the continued injury epidemic in the baseball world and I talk about my take and experience as a troubleshooter of the pitching motion, inserting some light into this very dark topic.
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Pitching Injuries: Avoid These Two Lower Body Mistakes
I found my inspiration for this first episode from an excellent article about the dangerous state of pitching injuries. While there were many differing opinions on why injuries are on the increase, I thought it was time for me to talk about how I solve injury issues and arm problems on a day-to-day basis in my work as a pitching motion troubleshooter.
You will be learning about specific errors in the pitching motion that render a pitcher more vulnerable to injury and hopefully, new ways to look at your pitchers.
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Creative Ideas for On-the-Field Pitcher Development
If you’re on the field during these Fall months, it’s a perfect time for pitching coaches to get creative and focus on some of the individual skills and details that can easily be overlooked during the season when velocity and throwing strikes take-up all the attention. Along with my co-host Joe DeMers, I share some thoughts and offer some ideas on how to make the next few months extra-productive for you and your pitchers.
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