Over the past summer I have spoken to numerous parents/ players wanted to either A. Increase their velocity or B. Gain weight the proper way.
I thought it would be a great opportunity to give a little insight to my personal experience with gaining weight and velocity.
A lot of questions come to mind right away:
Do I long toss?
How far is too far?
How long to I take off during the winter?
If I play two sports, how do I properly rest my body?
What supplements do I take?
All of these are great questions and all have very indirect- case-by-case answers. What worked for me in the past certainly might not work for you. The best advice I can give on arm strength is never compromise your throwing motion. If you have to alter your mechanics to reach 250 feet, bring it back to 200. The goal is to mimic your throwing motion as if you were throwing from your position.
The further you long toss with improper mechanics, the higher percentage you risk of getting injured. No bueno.
Weight gain is something that is slowly starting to be done properly in certain high schools. Guys, baseball don’t care how much you can bench press. The girls do but your career doesn’t. What purpose does “maxing out” on bench press do but put a serious amount of stress on your bicep tendon? It also serves as a great way to tear your labrum. Lightweight mixed with a lot of reps is usually a safe bet. Your nutrition is the key ingredient to gaining weight.
With all that being said, I do offer consulting on both of these areas. This usually allows me to ask the important questions that are usually left unsaid while trying to gain weight and/or arm strength. Another method I have been recently tackling with parents are a list of questions they wrote up, which we go one by one until they are all answered. I currently do not write throwing programs but I will not turn you down if interested.
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P.S. I am currently in the process of writing three e-books regarding nutrition, arm care and strengthening and weight gain and flexibility. Please contact me if these would be of interest to you and your family. I will send out the e-books free to the first 15 people to get back with me. Offer stands until the e-books are released. Thanks.
