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Research-backed reads for pitchers.

These articles are written for baseball pitchers, coaches, and parents. Each post is informed by peer-reviewed biomechanics and sports medicine research, with practical takeaways you can use.

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Guides

Baseball pitching app guide

Learn what a pitching app should do for training structure, mechanics feedback, workload control, and arm care.

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Baseball throwing program guide

See what belongs in a throwing program and how pitchers should think about progression, intensity, and recovery.

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Pitcher training guide

Learn how serious pitcher training connects mechanics, workload, recovery, and velocity goals in one system.

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Guides

How to throw harder guide

Get a practical overview of the training decisions that usually matter most for velocity development.

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Velocity

How to improve velocity

A practical guide to improving velocity with better structure, mechanics review, and recovery decisions.

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Throw harder

How to throw harder with better biomechanics

A practical look at pelvis-trunk sequencing, trunk rotation, and why velocity gains usually come from whole-body coordination, not one magic cue.

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Arm care

Pitching workload and arm health

A research-backed guide to innings, intensity, fatigue, and why arm care needs workload control, not just recovery drills.

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Mechanics

Why video review matters for pitching mechanics

What the biomechanics literature says about trunk timing, kinematic sequence, and why good video review should change training decisions.

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Mechanics

Pitching mechanics: what actually matters

A more scholarly look at the kinetic chain, pelvis-trunk timing, velocity, and why mechanics should be studied as a system.

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Youth Development

How to develop youth baseball pitchers

A practical guide for parents and coaches on long-term development, specialization, and healthy progress.

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Safety

Safe pitching guidelines for amateur pitchers

Research-backed workload and recovery guidance for youth, high school, college-age, and adult amateurs.

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Bio-Banding

What bio-banding could change in youth baseball

Learn how maturation-aware grouping could improve fairness and development in youth baseball.

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Nutrition

How baseball pitchers should think about nutrition

A research-backed guide to energy intake, protein, carbohydrates, hydration, and recovery.

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Throwing Progression

How to properly progress a throwing program

Learn how to build throwing volume and intensity without random jumps that create avoidable problems.

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Workload

How much time off should a pitcher take?

What the research says about innings, months pitched, fatigue, and planning meaningful time away from high-intent throwing.

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