•  Tore Rotator Cuff at 18 - Freshman in college •  Returned to College Baseball •  Played European Professional baseball –  European Championship

•  Developed 3X Pitching Velocity Program •  Played Independent Minor League Baseball at 26 –  consistent 91-92mph – topped out 94mph

•  Pitching Coach/Trainer – Consultant to college and MLB baseball

1.  Stop Playing all year long Pitchers in this study demonstrated an increased risk of elbow and shoulder pain with an increased number of pitches per game and with an increased number of pitches over the course of the season. Stephen Lyman,* PhD, Glenn S. Fleisig,*† PhD, James R. Andrews,* MD, and E. David Osinski,‡ MA- Effect of Pitch Type, Pitch Count, and Pitching Mechanics on Risk of Elbow and Shoulder Pain in Youth Baseball Pitchers - THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE, Vol. 30, No. 4 © 2002 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine - From the *American Sports Medicine Institute and the ‡American Baseball Foundation, Birmingham, Alabama

2.  Take 3-4 Months an off-season to develop better pitching mechanics It takes thousands of reps of the new pitching mechanic movements before it can be programed into your motor coordination for use in a game. If you continue to add in reps of old pitching mechanic movements during this training then you will either never replace the old movements with the new or it will take many times longer to develop the better pitching mechanics.

3.  Learn How to Use Your Legs and Core more than just your arm Kibler and Chandler calculated that a 20% Decrease in kinetic energy delivered from the hip and trunk to the arm requires a 34% increase in the rotational velocity of the shoulder to impart the same amount of force to the hand. Baseball and tennis. - Kibler WB, Chandler J. - In: Griffin LY, editor. , ed. Rehabilitation of the Injured Knee. St. Louis, MO: Mosby; 1995:219-226.

4.  Generate more ground reaction forces Linear wrist velocities at ball release correlate highly with maximal posterior push-off shear force, a representation of “leg drive,” indicating that forces generated early in the pitching cycle with the lower extremities contribute to the throwing velocity. The maximum vertical GRF averaged 202 +- 43% BW approximately 45 milliseconds after stride foot contact. A correlation between braking force and ball velocity was evident. Characteristic ground-reaction forces in baseball pitching - MacWilliams BA, Choi T, Perezous MK, Chao EY, McFarland EG. - Department of Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. - Am J Sports Med. 1998 Jan-Feb;26(1):66-71. LOWER-EXTREMITY GROUND REACTION FORCES IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL PITCHERS - JOHN A. GUIDO, JR1 AND SHERRY L. WERNER2 - Out-Patient Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine Division, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, Louisiana; and 2Sport Science Unlimited, Arlington, Texas

5.  Increase Your Stride Length and Speed in an investigation of six professional baseball pitchers found that increasing the stride length to 85-90% of their body height to be associated with an increase in throwing

velocity in four of them. A method to determine stride length for baseball pitching. - Montgomery J, Knudson D. - Appl Res Coaching Athletics. 2002;17:75-84.

6.  Use More Drive Leg Calf Power In phase 2, trail leg musculature elicited significantly greater muscle activity compared with phase 1. In phase 3, the trail leg musculature generally elicited the highest muscle activity for all 5 muscles tested during the first 3 defined phases of the pitch. Lower extremity muscle activation during baseball pitching - Campbell BM, Stodden DF, Nixon MK. - J Strength Cond Res. 2010 Apr;24(4):964-71.

7.  Increase Forward Trunk Tilt and External rotation The FAST group achieved greater external rotation of the throwing shoulder during arm cocking. The FAST group also moved the trunk farther forward during the delivery, demonstrated by increased knee extension and increased trunk tilt forward. Kinematic Differences Between Highly-skilled And Less-skilled Baseball Pitchers - Glenn S. Fleisig1, Tomoyuki Matsuo2, Rafael F. Escamilla3, Steve W. Barrentine1, and James R. Andrews1 - 1. American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Alabama - 2. School of Health & Sports Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan - 3. Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Car- olina.

8.  Separate the hips from shoulders at front foot strike the high-velocity group had a separation-timing mean difference of 23%, whereas the low- velocity group had a mean difference of 17%. Baseball Pitching Biomechanics in Relation to Injury Risk and Performance - Dave Forten - baugh, MS, Glenn S. Fleisig, PhD,* and James R. Andrews, MD. - Sports Health. 2009 July; 1(4): 314–320.

9.  Extend the front leg before pitch release The type A pattern was typical for the high velocity group (69%), but only occurred in 9% of the low velocity group. Comparison of kinematic and temporal parameters between different pitch velocity groups. - Matsuo T, Escamilla RF, Fleisig GS, Barrentine SW, Andrews JR. - J Appl Biomech. 2001;17:1-13.

10.  Measure Your training Progress

Birthdate: 1/17/1991

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height/Weight: 6-2/185 These numbers are estimates from a bull pen session in the stretch (Medium Leg Lift).

•  L to FM = .34 secs

•  FM to FFS = .71 secs

•  FFS to PR = .15 secs

•  SL at FFS = about 6.5 feet

•  BF to Rubber at FFS = 6 inches

•  RP to FF = +10 inches

•  Sep at FFS = 60-65 Degrees

•  MERFTA = 47 Degrees

•  L2XPR = YES

•  Bauer average velocity 2011 = low to mid 90's

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