A number of years ago I came across a Progressive Pitching Program that a number of successful college coaches were using. Like any pre-season throwing program it had two distinct phases. Phase 1 was primarily an “interval throwing program” with a specific number of tosses at set distances (45-60-90-105-120 ft.) and very much mirrored the [...]
College World Series - The Best Of Omaha 2009THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
By: Eric Sorenson
I do this column every year once I finally get back from Omaha and it always seems to be a hit with you college baseball freaks out there. So while we are now just 14 or 15 games away from the CWS turning from the College World Series at Rosenblatt [...]
THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
By: Eric Sorenson
And it’s Coach Paul Mainieri and his LSU Tigers!
As the great Beano Cook once said, as you get older you start to cheer for people more than you do teams.
No statement could be more true for Paul Mainieri, the head coach of LSU. In his third year on the [...]
Quote: “A bat at its widest is 3 ¾ inches in diameter; some pitchers throw the ball more than 90mph; and the distance from the pitching rubber to home plate is 60ft 6in. This means the batter has 2/3 of a second in which to uncoil and get good wood and full body into the [...]
How many catchers “actually” throw 1.90 to 2b? The true answer is NOT MANY!
With that in mind, I am going to attempt to give you some hints on right-handed pitchers shutting down runners at 1b.
In actuality, very few catchers have the physical ability to throw 2.00 to 2b, let alone 1.90. Granted, there are some [...]
By Pat McMahon, University of Florida Head Coach
Through our conditioning plan in the off-season, we are laying the foundation for the upcoming campaign. It is comprised of strength and conditioning, nutritional guidance, speed training and agility work for both the entire team and the individual. Our goal is to be as sport-specific and individual-specific as [...]
