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Research-backed reads for pitchers.

These articles are written for baseball pitchers, coaches, and parents. Each post is informed by pitch design sources, baseball biomechanics, sports medicine research, and practical player-development constraints.

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Free Pitching Mechanics Analysis

Verify your email for one adult pitching video preview and a downloadable report.

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Guides

Free Pitching Programs & Training PDFs

Explore age-specific throwing, strength, plyometric, conditioning, and clinician-led planning resources.

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Free Calorie & Macro Calculator

Use the Pitch AI Plan calculation without an account.

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Youth development

Free Velocity Building Program for Youth Pitchers

A free 4-week youth pitching foundation: age-appropriate throwing practice, basic strength, recovery checks, and a printable PDF.

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Youth development

Free 10U Velocity Building Program: Start with Throwing Skills

A free 4-week 10U pitching template centered on coordination, target games, bodyweight strength, and recovery—not weighted balls.

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Free 13U Velocity Building Program: A 4-Week Transition Plan

A free 13U pitching development template for the move toward the full-size field, with controlled strength work and a weekly workload log.

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Youth development

Free 14U Velocity Building Program: 6 Weeks of Foundations

A printable 6-week 14U throwing and strength framework with recovery decisions, movement quality, and no guaranteed velocity claims.

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Youth development

Free Middle School Pitching Program: A 4-Week Beginner Routine

A free middle school pitcher development plan designed around school, other sports, basic movement skills, and manageable practice.

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Throwing

Free High School Velocity Building Program: 6-Week Foundation

A free high school pitcher training template combining two strength sessions, low-volume power practice, throwing coordination, and recovery.

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Throwing

Free College Pitcher Velocity Program: 6-Week Training Framework

A free college pitcher development framework with strength, power, conditioning, and throwing-load coordination for a six-week block.

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Strength

Free 6-Week Strength & Conditioning Program for Pitchers

A free generic pitcher S&C template with two weekly full-body sessions, exercise cues, progression decisions, and a printable training log.

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Power

Free 4-Week Beginner Plyometric Program for Baseball Pitchers

A low-volume introductory plyometric template for pitchers, emphasizing landing control, full rest, and progression without depth jumps.

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Conditioning

Free 4-Week Conditioning Program for Baseball Pitchers

A free conditioning template separating easy aerobic work from short, rested accelerations, with a four-week progression and PDF log.

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Strength

Free 4-Week In-Season Strength Program for Pitchers

A low-volume in-season lifting template for adult pitchers, with flexible scheduling around appearances and no unfamiliar maximum lifts.

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Throwing

Free 4-Week Throwing & Command Practice Program

A free regular-baseball command practice template with four weeks of target tasks, session notes, and a printable PDF. No weighted balls or added high-intent work.

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Return to play

Return to Throwing: Free 6-Week Clinician-Led Planning Workbook

A free return-to-throwing planning workbook with clearance questions and a six-week tracking log—not a universal rehabilitation program.

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Coaching

How Pitch AI helps pitching and baseball coaches

See how in-person and remote coaches can connect athlete tracking, programming, readiness, schedules, and video feedback.

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App Comparison

Pitch AI vs Ace Pitcher: which app is better?

An honest, category-by-category comparison of programming, arm care, mechanics, pitch design, training content, data, and value.

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Tools

Baseball AI pitching tools guide

Compare baseball AI, pitching apps, radar guns, speed guns, pitch trackers, pitch counters, pitch design systems, and throwing programs.

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Pitch Design

Pitch design workflow for baseball pitchers

A practical pitch design workflow for profiling the pitcher, testing pitch shapes, managing workload, and validating results.

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Pitch Design

What pitches should you throw from each arm slot?

A guide to matching pitch shapes to high, three-quarter, low three-quarter, sidearm, and submarine arm slots.

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Pitch Design

Why adding another fastball shape can help pitchers

Learn why a sinker, two-seam, cutter, or second fastball shape can expand a pitcher's arsenal.

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Pitch Design

How to throw a sweeper

A sweeper guide covering arm slot fit, grip variables, release cues, and common pitch design mistakes.

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Pitch Design

How to throw a cutter without duplicating your slider

Learn when a cutter helps, how to test cutter grips, and how to keep it distinct from a slider.

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Pitch Design

Splitter or changeup: which offspeed pitch fits you?

Choose between a splitter and changeup based on fastball shape, hand action, command, and arsenal needs.

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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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Guides

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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Guides

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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