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@rolandpellarodriguez2640

3 жыл бұрын

Como lanzar que no me duela el codo

You put out great content but I think this may be my favorite. Went over a few of these with my 9 y.o. and wow I think he got some insight into his own body mechanics. The simplicity of the drills is what makes them great but I grew up with basketball so I didn't know many of these. Thanks so much.

I never was a big fan of towel drill. I'm going to try this water bottle drill. Thanks for the pointers on behalf of my 15U team Dan.

@DanBlewett

Жыл бұрын

Glad to help

Dan. This was an awesome video. The further demonstration of the rocker is spot on. I love how this is easy and explainable for youth pitchers to understand. And we will replace the towel drill with a water bottle. In Winter we take the baseball away and throw with a football on occasion. Technique and body alignment still apply. I would like to see someone do a complete Winter program for athletes who just finished Fall ball and want to rest their arms but still work on the fundamentals until March with a ramp up timeline. With your network I’m sure this can be packaged into a subscription that most would purchase and follow. Also a weekly Q and A live to answer questions and provide testimony. Really target that 11-18 year old looking to get better. Thank you for your content.

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching - throwing a football is great, good to mix in for sure - good throwers are good throwers. I'll think about the longterm plan!

Great video. I coach pitching and those last 4 drills should really help me with my players. When I played youth ball, I remember going to camps using some of the bad drills. Thankfully I didn’t use them with my players because I’ve watched many of your videos.

wrist drills are for beginner players only and it is to fix the kids or adults who are throwing a cut fast ball calling it a a fastball. When I see that I put them on the wrist drills. You are correct that it is a waste of time with experienced players.

@DanBlewett

2 жыл бұрын

no theyre a waste of time with all players, because they dont actually fix anything

Thanks for the drills!

Thank you. Helpful. Cleared up several issues with the bad drills.

@DanBlewett

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Thanks! I've been coaching my son since Tball. Now that he is a freshman in HS, it's time to expand our knowledge.

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

That is awesome!

Thanks Coach

Great drills!

These pitching drills are amazing. Started working on these with an advanced 11 year old pitcher and the refinement is terrific! Thank you!

Good stuff. 👍

Thank you for those drill demonstrations. The water bottle drill peaked my interest immediately. My friends 10 y.o son's palm on the follow through tends to be facing up, which I believe is called supinated, and not facing down, pronated is the term if memory serves me right. So an hour ago, after just a couple of attempts with the half-filled water battle, he was pronating. Hopefully, that is an OK extension/addition to your water bottle drill. Anyway, decades ago I was told that after every type of pitch, the palm should start facing down so as not to place undue stress on the elbow, and maybe they mentioned the shoulder also.

@restinpeacekobe2411

3 жыл бұрын

That’s how I used to work on my arm and I didn’t even know it. 😎 all those fake throws to friends with a water bottle will have paid off when I get to 110mph pitches

I really like the way all your drills employ a high short circle and, I think, eliminate most TJ problems in the future.

I understand the critiques about the L-drill, but I think a lot of (especially youth) coaches actually use a variation that has the kids starting in more of a T-position, with a much more slight bend in the elbow, baseball starting above the shoulder and facing up and away from the body (but not necessarily towards center field), and the glove out front facing more downward ("equal and opposite") but the glove arm mostly extended. As the baseball comes forward, the glove gets pulled in towards the body and tucked into the armpit while you replace the shoulders. My primary goal in this drill is to break the short-arming habit especially in younger players. As the kids get older, I have them start with the baseball in the glove and work through the full downward break of hands up into that T-position. But for the younger kids I start them there to hammer using their full range of motion. Would either of those still make the list of bad drills?

@DanBlewett

10 ай бұрын

drills where the arms are stationary are basically not useful. Having a goal for a drill doesn't mean the drill actually accomplishes that goal. I would not do any L or T drills with young players.

Great video Dan! There are as you know a ton of pitching drills out there. And it's hard to know which ones are the best. You've got the knowledge and experience. And I trust your recommendations. I plan to work on these with my sons, and also with my kids in the Spring. Thanks so much!

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Appreciate the comment as well.

@davidaglio8829

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanBlewett I enjoy them all. If you're taking requests, I'd like to see a video where you go through the basic pitching mechanics the way you would for very young pitchers. As a coach of 9-10 year olds just getting started, I know we don't want to complicate things. At the same time, I want to get them off to a good start based on solid fundamentals. Keep up the good work Coach Dan!

Thank you very much this video helped me a lot

@DanBlewett

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Thank you for the content and for sharing these drills. I’ll definitely try these outs with my son during the off season while we tweak mechanics. Any suggestions for reinforcing staying behind the ball? I’m going to incorporate a clean fuego ball with your lawnmower drill and see how that feels. Thank you again, I appreciate all your stuff!

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

Video on that is coming soon.

it helped me a lot thanks.......

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that

Dude this was awesome!! Made me laugh on some of the bad drills

@DanBlewett

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

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At first I wasn’t on board with NOT doing the finishing drill. My young pitchers struggle with not bending at the waste and it’s a good drill to reinforce the proper finishing position and forces them to bend. However the lawnmower/square hips drill are a good substitute. Heel toe is my #3 progression with triple leg lift balance drill being #4. What are thoughts on the Step Back drill? Thanks for the content.

Rocker drill (the one you did correct) is good but I like having them throw from what I would call position 2 meaning they've already landed from the set. And they are there statically. Especially for young ones I show them that they still need to be weighted back on the mound shoulder level driving osed shoulder to the catchers nose. I never want them to feel over their front toe until a finish at all. Shoulders level and ripping after position two. That's the finish. I actually have them warm up like this pre game and pitching sessions and they know when they haven't hit it. I don't even have to say anything because they now know the feel.

Connection ball drill is very useful for kids with long extended arm actions that put a lot of stress on anterior shoulder and medial elbow. Helped me fix an 11 year old kid. Maybe saved his arm down the road. Ball under armpit is good for what you said (staying connected) and putting the arm in a more mechanically advantageous position to avoid potential arm injuries. Trevor Bauer swears by connection drills.

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, it can be useful but I find it clunky, awkward, and often just not a good, useful drill for everyone because of it.

Love seeing the downtown park backdrops in your videos.

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

More to come now that its nice out here in the District

Appreciate this review and approach of good v bad and your reasons for opinions. I agree about the wrist flip for anyone above youth, but I might ask if you have any thoughts about helping the very young kids with getting behind a ball- I would typically lay them on back and flip balls in air to get used to spinning a baseball as an education tool rather than a mechanical drill per se. Thoughts? Also, I like the good rockers as a diagnostic tool for guys who spin off with front side/glove arm too- I think your comment about a drill has to have a purpose is absolutely spot on. Thanks for the content!!

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

Good question, thanks for asking it. The majority of kids Ive worked with spun the ball properly, and those that didnt needed a grip adjustment as first potential fix, then mechanical. I just come from the school of thought that it doesnt need to be a standard fundamental teach - why not see if kids can get behind the ball first? More than half can, in my experience. Then trouble shoot and explain to the rest, and its usually about mechanics (front side pulls open, hand gets around the ball and cuts it, etc.) not so much a lack of understanding. Flipping into the air from their back does make sense as an explanation - agree there. Just dont think flips should be a consistent part of any throwing routine. Will do a full video on this.

@KuiperBaseball

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanBlewett thanks for the two cents. I have coached mostly older kids (HS and college with some 12-14 mixed in) and agree that I don’t like the drill for them. I’m now helping my sons teams at the 9-10y level and finding that most of them have struggled with the concept of getting behind the ball. I do think your water bottle drill can give them a great visual of spin axis whereas most of the kids say they can’t see rotation well. I’d hate for you to do a vid all on a topic that might only apply to very young kids but kind of you to even consider. Appreciate the note and all the content

Would you recommend the square hips drill for working on a slider

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

yes

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@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the offer, but KZread doesnt have community subtitle editing as a feature anymore. Thanks anyway!

@YCG0326

3 жыл бұрын

oh that's so sad... by the way are you running your personal baseball coaching or institute? I really want to fix my pitching style with your coaching.

Coach Dan, first of all that you for all the helpful content. What would you say are the most important considerations for coaches/players to keep in mind for pitchers doing flat ground work vs. being on the mound. It seems like if they execute proper mechanics exactly the same on flat ground then they will throw it higher in the zone, (say 6-10in or the height of a mound?). I hope that question makes sense, thank you.

@DanBlewett

2 жыл бұрын

Not really. Pitchers aren't robots. Don't forget that it's a human throwing the ball, who has a goal in mind (hitting the mitt or target) regardless of mound vs flat. They'll adjust.

@jasoncarter9356

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanBlewett Easy enough thank you for such a quick reply.

Love your stuff Dan-come over to Primetime in Alexandria and come help tighten some boys up

@DanBlewett

2 жыл бұрын

I'm always available for clinics, but I don't do individual lessons; I'm too time-constrained. Email me through danblewett.com if that's something that might make sense.

Yo hablo español tus enseñanzas muy buenas good

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

Gracias!

¡Gracias!

@pedrovalarezo8353

Жыл бұрын

Your book ptching isnt complicates ..is great.fungernauls ideas is 90+ for good Basic mechanic. Tks

@DanBlewett

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much - I'm glad you've liked the book!

I have a thrower who starts his arm too far out and pulls it forward with his bicep. Water bottle drill helps. Any recomendations?

@DanBlewett

2 жыл бұрын

I can't really give specifics not working with a player myself, but tinker, see what works.

No big L drill 😮OMG! I learned that drill in college. At all?

@DanBlewett

11 ай бұрын

no

Hey Dan I am wondering if throwing a tennis ball could be good in practice or good because it would force you to throw harder and faster because it is less aerodynamic than a baseball. Also I am 13 and love your videos

@DanBlewett

Жыл бұрын

its fine to do as a fun thing - boucing against a wall for fielding practice, etc. but at full speed, no, it's not really good throw tennis balls full speed. theyre too light

May be a dumb question here, but is it better to do these from a mound rather than flat ground? Or does it really even matter. My 9yo loves pitching and is getting pretty good at it (threw a 4 inning no hitter two weeks ago and won the game 11-0, sorry just so proud of him I had to include lol). I was a college level distance runner, not a baseball expert, in any way shape or form, so I'm piecing together proper ways to help him outside of practice.

@DanBlewett

25 күн бұрын

it's a reasonable question. some could be done from the mound, but none are intended to be done from one. biggest reason is just that most of a pitcher's throwing - warming up, playing catch, etc. - is done on flat ground, usually the outfield. And, the point of most drills is usually independent of the surface, meaning slope vs flat isn't relevant to what the drill accomplishes.

Biggest thing I need help with is trying not to trip while on the mound haha

@restinpeacekobe2411

3 жыл бұрын

It’s good to practice rolling around the mound. Make some butterflies with your arms as if the mound was made of snow. Then, and only then, will you be one with the mound.....

@ashton4577

3 жыл бұрын

@@restinpeacekobe2411 do you have any idea what your talking about

@quaniklp1279

2 жыл бұрын

@@ashton4577 Do you have any sense of humor xD

I think the towel drill works better for 6-8 yr olds as it is difficult for them to grasp a bottle of water as u ask

@DanBlewett

Жыл бұрын

Sure maybe

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I was just thinking. is it throwing baseball, same as throwing football? I think it has same motions.

@DanBlewett

2 жыл бұрын

similar, but not exactly. similar to how an infielder throws

@robertlong1333

2 жыл бұрын

I need advice.. I coach 7th/8th grade baseball team.. lot our pitcher's walks lots of batters.

The rocker drill is done better by lifting the front leg . your rocker drill promotes a bent front knee and And the front knee in front of the heel. IMHO

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

nah

What if you want to be a salt bae meme guy? do you still skip the wrist warmup?

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

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@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

Inwoong you are the BEST! I really appreciate you being a part of my community here and helping me reach Korean players. I stopped translating the subtitles but the titles are key and I'm thankful for your help.

@0315Jeffrey

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanBlewett The videos in your channel are very useful so I also hope many baseball players in any level can access them too.

@YCG0326

3 жыл бұрын

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Love all the drills but the bottle drill. The water never moves the right way to get the proper hand movement

If your not throwing down hill to a catcher 60' 6", or whateverr the distance is from the mound to home plate (depending on age) than its worthless and absolutely ridiculous.

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

what in the world are you talking about

This guy doesn’t know how to throw at all

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

I was an All-Star twice in six pro seasons - how about you?

@restinpeacekobe2411

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanBlewettdude you don’t know how to throw, that’s why you don’t show where it’s going! Sounds like you are throwing at a leather couch on the field.

@DanBlewett

3 жыл бұрын

filming a video with one camera alone at a public field. why would anyone care where the ball goes? are you okay? Maybe get a glass of water and sit down.

@restinpeacekobe2411

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanBlewettbro. I’m just trolling 😎.