I look forward to 210 FPS video of Feliz and Holland!

This is my second year with the program. The parents up here are actually quite fine.

I’d like to know how old you recommend a kid to be before they start throwing curves.

First of all, my pitchers should be on a long toss, conditioning, and wrist weight program three months prior to the start of the season – I designed a custom program for them. As high school kids are wanton to do, only one of them not playing winter sports (those kids were exempt) took it seriously, so he throws 75-80 pitches per game. I will be working with him individually and giving him the most attention on fixing his mechanics, as I’ve told the kids that I’m only interested in helping those who are willing to put in the work when the coaches aren’t watching. Freshmen typically come around in a year after they lose in a few blowouts and figure out how much work it takes to compete in our division.

Now that I’m off that tangent, I’ll address your question – they typically come in throwing a fastball, curve, and sometimes a changeup. I’m extremely impressed if their hands are big enough and they’ve mastered the concept of throwing an offspeed pitch; typically the best pitchers come up through Select ball throwing just a fastball/slider or fastball/curve combination.

When I work with pitchers individually, after five lessons, they’re equipped with a physical fitness program that they must do on their own as well as the grips for two fastballs, two breaking balls, and one offspeed pitch – which ones they end up using is a personal decision of theirs. I let pitchers and catchers call their own games and throw their own pitches; I try not to get involved in the details of a game – that’s their time.