Pitching Fundamentals

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:35:45 +0000

Long time Amherst College Head Coach, Bill Thurston, illustrates proper pitching mechanics in the following videos. Coach Thurston has been the head coach of the Amherst College baseball program since 1966. A widely respected teacher of baseball skills and techniques, Coach Thurston has some excellent insights in these video clips.

Pitching from the Windup

Leg Brace

Arm De-Acceleration

Pitching from the Windup

Leg Brace

Arm De-Acceleration

Proper Arm Path

Cocked Position

Rotational Hitting

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:33:40 +0000

Book Recommendations

By far the leader in this area is Mike Epstein. We highly recommend his books, and videos. Additionally the classic book for any hitter and instructor to go through is Ted Williams’s book “The Science of Hitting”.

Online Resources

Videos

Rotational Hitting: Body Angle

Introduction to Rotational Hitting

Rotational Swing Analysis
This video’s audio is a little rough but is an excellent example of rotational hitting.

Hip Rotation

Baserunning Fundamentals

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:31:52 +0000

Baserunning is one of the most over looked skills in baseball. Maybe you can’t teach speed but you can teach effective baserunning skills. Fast or not, poor baserunning skills will take you out of an inning early and just may cost you a game. On this page we will post videos and links to other websites that will help you develop good baserunning techniques.

Links

Quality Coaching Baseball

Videos

Taking a Proper Lead-off and Double Leg Drive

Variation on the lead-off
Take notice of the open athletic stance

Home to First

Texas Cup 2009

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:56:31 +0000

The 2009 Texas Cup, an MSBL sanctioned tournament, was held in Austin Texas. the Braves entered it’s club team in the 25+ age bracket against 5 other all-star teams from New Orleans, Dallas and Houston. The format was four games in two days. The temperatures exceeded 100 degrees both days which tested everyone’s stamina. The competition was at a much higher level than in our league and we held our own going 2-2. Although we did not make the finals, we found out that we can play a high level of baseball. Some of the pitching was approaching 90 mph. We feel this experience has helped build up our camaraderie and gel as a team.