The game of baseball cannot begin without the action of a position.

In basketball there is a lot of focus on the point guard. In football there is a lot of focus on the quarterback.

These are important positions, but there is no more important position than a pitcher in baseball.

There is so much responsibility involved with a pitcher. From throwing different pitches, knowing different hitters, fielding your position, selecting moves, controlling the running game, dealing with adversity, mental focus and dealing with fatigue, a pitcher has a lot to deal with.

If one of these important parts of the launch is missing, you don’t have a complete launcher. The lack of one of these components negatively affects all other components.

Most pitchers aren’t advanced enough to be good in all of these areas, however, when you realize the areas a pitcher is weak in, you can begin to attack them and improve.

The mental game in the launch is very important, many times more important than the physical part.

Andy Pettitte, great guy I dated in the Dominican

You must teach your pitchers to think one pitch at a time. It is very easy to dwell on the past or the future, and this inhibits your ability to be your best in the present.

Cues like getting to the top of the baseball, or taking deep breaths and concentrating on executing the pitch, creating motion on the pitch are great for creating the right kind of focus.

Trying to throw harder in times of struggle or getting mad at infielders or the umpire are typical things that make pitching struggle even worse.

Teach your pitchers how to train themselves and watch them develop before your eyes.

PS One pitch at a time, one pitch at a time. A visit to the mound is often very effective in calming a pitcher down. Tell him to get off the mound and focus on mastering the things he can control. What can you control?

1. Your approach

2. Run every throw

3. Attack the strike zone

4. Take a deep breath

5. His body language

Things you can’t control?

1. Where the ball is hit

2. What the referee calls

3. If your fielders catch the ball

4. The conditions of the mound

5. Bad luck

Have your casters focus on controllables and they’ll deal much better with misses and adverse conditions.

train him,

miles