There is one more thing I’d like to emphasize on the release! I used to play travel ball for a team and my coach was a former MLB pitcher and he had taught me that every time you throw when you stretch the glove out as you are winding your arm back, as your arm comes forward to throw make sure that you tuck that glove into your body with force to create more torque with your shoulders for more velocity!
Dude this is the comment that fixed me. I was out tossin the ball with myself the other day and had the same problem ive had since before highschool ball. I had the power just threw it in the ground and if not in the ground in didnt stay in the air until the target and it strained the hell out of my arm. Tried this today and im chucking softballs at full speed with minimal stress accurately.
My coach is making my team do homework and he said your channel would help. I play all over the field and I miss throws to the right a lot and this helped me. Thank you.
Justin. Thank you for all of your great videos! I am a first year Little League (7-8 y.o.) coach and these videos have helped me tremendously. The way you break each fundamental down into steps from the basic, beginning steps and progress to the end has helped me show my kids the proper way to play baseball. My hat's off to you, sir. I just wish this stuff was around when I was younger to help me be the player I wanted to be. My parents never had the $ to send me for private lessons or camp, so I never realized my full potential. I hope I can help the children in our community to realize theirs with the help of your tutorials.
It would be cool if you did kinda "how to keep in baseball shape" in the off season (assuming its winter/cold outside) 👍 loved the vid, i'm havin a hard time transitioning out of side-arm. Hoping to use these tips to improove my game!
A huge thank you from baseball junkie mom to 3 boys. My oldest son is 8 and just pitched his 1st game last night (got the W with 4 k's in the last 2 innings) and I'm so unbelievably proud of him! He is 4'7" and 50lbs so tall/skinny guy. I'm a huge Indians fan and I can't help but picture him as the next Andrew Miller with his long skinny legs 😄. Anyhow, his Dad isn't involved much so I need all the help I can get teaching him the proper way to fire them in. God Bless!
Great video Coach Justin! I thoroughly enjoy your instructive videos and how much you focus on the player's natural motions and health of the player. Great work sir!
Do you think you could go over some drills for a full infielder fielding to throwing, with crow hops and follow through. I’m having trouble with the follow through. Thanks
Hey coach, been watching your videos for a while now, very helpful! I do have a bit of a question though: I'm a catcher, and sometimes (usually later into the game when I'm tired) when doing my arm circle to throw down, my hand kinda comes up and hits my helmet. Any thoughts/suggestions?
Two things - First, I'd make sure that you're square to your target when you throw. Sometimes when you get tired it's easy to not totally square yourself off and have your feet open. When you don't square yourself off, it's easier for your hand to come up and hit your helmet. Next, focus on getting your arm up. I'd bet as you're getting tired you're allowing your elbow to drop causing your hand to hit your helmet. Keep your arm up high and you'll avoid that!
Well guys at 26 y/o I'm pretty embarrassed lol. last summer playing in a softball league I was not impressed with my ball speed and after every game it felt like someone took a ball pein hammer to my elbow. I was at work looking forward to softball this summer and was curious about what was going on. I knew it was obviously my form but I wasnt exactly sure....now I know lol. I was watxhing a composite bat review and this was in the suggested glad I found this. Thanks for putting these vids up. They help more people than u probably even realize. I even played baseball as a kid, I did alright but still had problem with elbow pain lol
I know I’m late but I’ve been making some errors and I’ve seen this and hitting but I was wondering if you had a video on how to properly field a ground ball
Thank you so much I am moving from softball to baseball my dream is to be one of the first female players in professional baseball. I have experience with batting and fielding but i need to learn baseball pitching I practice everyday and I really hope I do well when baseball season starts up.
@Tylor Cameron Thank you!! I had that same problem when I was moving up in softball to a bigger distance If you get lots of practice it will be better another thing is too work on arm strength for speed I hope you get it solved!
Im a noob in throwing, any tips on to improve throwing the ball straight? Cus when I throw I just throw it like 30 degrees to the left instead of straight where I need to throw
I played on baseball teams for four years as a kid and never got this kind of advice. Throwing was really the only skill I had trouble with. Was always straining my arm muscles/tendons and never got the throwing speed I needed. Wish I had youtube back in the 1970s!!!
Yeah I'm a tennis player I was just doing a comparison today to see the throwing motion in baseball is a matter of fact the same as it is in tennis the same motion I wanted to see the similarity between the throwing motion and baseball and the motion of the service in tennis and that's what we did we looked at all your component parts your kinetic chains we went through with all your grips and your weight transfers and all that and we what we found out is what I thought in the first place the mechanics are the same
Hey Justin! I play third base (60-90) and my coach has been telling me that on my throw from third to first I am doing a full windup which takes to long.Are there any tutorials to help me throw from my ear instead of taking a full windup?
Yes that's true because what happens is if you fully straighten that arm and you've got that that Palm up you you are in a weaker position and you have a possibility of getting a tennis elbow that's when the elbows going to start chipping away and I seen some guys that it does it you'll start the bone will start chipping away from your elbow joint because you're an incorrect position and what you're doing is correct you're 100% right because you don't have it almost straight but not quite and so where that pressure is if your arm is fully straight and guess where the pressure is going to go it's going to go on that elbow that's why you get tennis elbow or baseball elbow but if you have it slightly bit and do you have that Palm down then you're in then you've eliminated the possibility of injuring your arm at the pro league and that's the same as tennis exactly
Again you're you're right on the money bro because a lot of people are out there on the tennis court and they're all worried about pronation and they don't even know what pronation is but when you throw a baseball you pronate but that's where the problem comes in and let's see if you can hit on that problem of this is where the whole problem comes in with throwing that ball we were talking from the upper half up okay you got the bottom right but you missed a couple details on the bottom that are critical and now you're going into the upper half and now you're going to you start your what you're saying right now is on the money let's see if you can
Every time I throw a baseball, it goes a certain distance then dives almost straight down like I’m throwing a slider/curve, even when I grip it like you show at 0:45. I’ve never been able to throw super far or get any zip on my throws because of it.
Re. (150006800319101265101146). What's up? I checked this one out too. I have a question on how to accurately come up with the ball on third base, and gloving an infield grounder going towards the bag, gloving it cross my body. then trying to make a planted foot to turn and throw to 1st base without buckling my knees or twisting up my ankle. Do I make a 360 turn or choke the ball and hold it, or make a turn and hope that I don't make a wild throw.
Great video kid. You need to throw it though. You never threw it. Throw it to a wall or any target that the kids can see. So I'm telling you what you tell your kids: THROW THE BALL! LOL! Love your style, we're subscribers now. Good job.
Hey coach can i email you a video of me throwing a baseball? I really need your help coach. Your hitting videos are golden i have seen them all. They all make hitting way more simpler and more fun because i can hit the ball to all fields with plenty of power and ive become more consistent! I play outfield and am a senior in highschool. Im committed to a top ten junior college in the country. Right now im as strong as i have ever been and im even more flexible. I just dont know why i cant throw 90 from outfield yet. Please let me know. My throwing mechanics are the best they have been i just dont know how to get my legs into it. Please respond.
Right when you talk in court we're talking stomach the stomach is a critical thing and tennis if you pack in 30 40 50 lb overweight it's it's hardly unlikely you're going to play a tough three setter I mean you might be able to win the first set but after that you're you're about 50% by the time you get to the second set by the third set 20% Max is left man because that core week
Yes it's a kinetic chain and l power and tennis comes from the ground up exactly right you look at the big players the big servers a bomb lendall Boris Becker the best in the business what do you see happening
Yeah when you're choking the ball too tight the balls choked you don't want that in tennis either and there's reasons behind that because the most of the power and the service from this detail
Ultimate Baseball Training idk I just need to be ready in time and my best idea is watching your vids every other day playing catch for 20 mins and maybe going to the batting cage on weekends, so is that fine or should I do other stuff too
Thanks for watching! This isn’t a video targeted towards pitchers, just position players looking to improve their throwing mechanics. Appreciate the feedback!
I noticed he never threw the ball once. Going through all the details is good but why not the complete throwing of a baseball and then show it in slow motion?
People can into a lot of trouble they're serving motion is incorrect even top professionals do it wrong I've seen people serving big serves only to have in a few years they've got tennis elbow shipping of the elbow and they end up having to get surgery or they just have to quit tennis all together in fact actually serving underhand because of so much bone chipping improper service motion is the cause of it take a look at the way a baseball player throws the ball
There is one more thing I’d like to emphasize on the release! I used to play travel ball for a team and my coach was a former MLB pitcher and he had taught me that every time you throw when you stretch the glove out as you are winding your arm back, as your arm comes forward to throw make sure that you tuck that glove into your body with force to create more torque with your shoulders for more velocity!
Dude this is the comment that fixed me. I was out tossin the ball with myself the other day and had the same problem ive had since before highschool ball. I had the power just threw it in the ground and if not in the ground in didnt stay in the air until the target and it strained the hell out of my arm. Tried this today and im chucking softballs at full speed with minimal stress accurately.
My coach is making my team do homework and he said your channel would help. I play all over the field and I miss throws to the right a lot and this helped me. Thank you.
That's awesome! Glad to hear it helped! Keep working hard 👊🏼
Love these videos but i dont play baseball... Im just using this to mess with my friends with snowballs
Lol that's awesome
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO
give this person a contract !
And o bet you smoke them every time
I just want to see how far I can throw and be able to defend myself during dogeball
Justin. Thank you for all of your great videos! I am a first year Little League (7-8 y.o.) coach and these videos have helped me tremendously. The way you break each fundamental down into steps from the basic, beginning steps and progress to the end has helped me show my kids the proper way to play baseball. My hat's off to you, sir. I just wish this stuff was around when I was younger to help me be the player I wanted to be. My parents never had the $ to send me for private lessons or camp, so I never realized my full potential. I hope I can help the children in our community to realize theirs with the help of your tutorials.
Thank you so much for the support Joe! I really appreciate it. I’m glad the videos have been helpful! 🙏🏼
Bro I like ur vids but u need to demonstrate on ur vids , like throw the ball and show ur mechanics or actually swing the bat .
It would be cool if you did kinda "how to keep in baseball shape" in the off season (assuming its winter/cold outside) 👍 loved the vid, i'm havin a hard time transitioning out of side-arm. Hoping to use these tips to improove my game!
Good idea! Thanks so much for watching!
JJ STUDIO nhhhh
JJ STUDIO now, we have to improve your grammar.
A huge thank you from baseball junkie mom to 3 boys. My oldest son is 8 and just pitched his 1st game last night (got the W with 4 k's in the last 2 innings) and I'm so unbelievably proud of him! He is 4'7" and 50lbs so tall/skinny guy. I'm a huge Indians fan and I can't help but picture him as the next Andrew Miller with his long skinny legs 😄. Anyhow, his Dad isn't involved much so I need all the help I can get teaching him the proper way to fire them in. God Bless!
You're welcome, Sarah! Thank you so much for watching and I'm happy to help!
Uh too specific
Arguably the most helpful throwing advice I’ve ever heard
Great video Coach Justin! I thoroughly enjoy your instructive videos and how much you focus on the player's natural motions and health of the player. Great work sir!
Boom! Thanks Brodie! Happy to hear that. It's always the goal to keep it natural and have fun. A player's health should be top priority
Thx for the videos. I know nothing about baseball and my son has started playing. You videos are a huge help to us!!
Great video. My son plays on a D2 Travel team and has developed some bad habits. This is going to be a big help.
Thank you! Next year (freshman) I am trying out for baseball and I am always going off to the right. This helped me so much thanks!
Do you think you could go over some drills for a full infielder fielding to throwing, with crow hops and follow through. I’m having trouble with the follow through. Thanks
Yes I can. Thank you for watching!
These videos helped so much just from watching one Will help
Thank you I am coming back from a shoulder injury and this helped me a lot
I just recently got to know baseball, since it isnt common in my country. I really love training pitching, so these videos are awesome in my opinion
I've watched a lot of Your videos and use Your drills to teach My Son, and He's improved. Is there a way to send videos to You and get feedback?
So glad to hear he has improved! You can send me an email and I can try to take a quick look
Ultimate Baseball Training That would be awesome! Thank you for the response. What email address can I send it to?
Really appreciate the way you break this down..... very helpful.
Hey coach, been watching your videos for a while now, very helpful! I do have a bit of a question though: I'm a catcher, and sometimes (usually later into the game when I'm tired) when doing my arm circle to throw down, my hand kinda comes up and hits my helmet. Any thoughts/suggestions?
Two things - First, I'd make sure that you're square to your target when you throw. Sometimes when you get tired it's easy to not totally square yourself off and have your feet open. When you don't square yourself off, it's easier for your hand to come up and hit your helmet. Next, focus on getting your arm up. I'd bet as you're getting tired you're allowing your elbow to drop causing your hand to hit your helmet. Keep your arm up high and you'll avoid that!
Yay domt newd to explain all that
Can you do a video on situations in the outfield?
Yes! Good idea!
Well guys at 26 y/o I'm pretty embarrassed lol. last summer playing in a softball league I was not impressed with my ball speed and after every game it felt like someone took a ball pein hammer to my elbow. I was at work looking forward to softball this summer and was curious about what was going on. I knew it was obviously my form but I wasnt exactly sure....now I know lol. I was watxhing a composite bat review and this was in the suggested glad I found this. Thanks for putting these vids up. They help more people than u probably even realize. I even played baseball as a kid, I did alright but still had problem with elbow pain lol
Good viewing angle of everything coming together at 7:40
you really helped me to do a lot better
Thank you
Thank you , thank you, for an aging softball player I need this .
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
same here. Amazing video. Was wondering what's the best softball grip?
What's amazing is that the serve in tennis and a baseball pitcher are the same all the secrets of the motion power identical
It’s working thanks coach justen
Great job.
Thanks Grady!
Really important to demonstrate proper follow through and deceleration. Very important for good arm health.
I know I’m late but I’ve been making some errors and I’ve seen this and hitting but I was wondering if you had a video on how to properly field a ground ball
Awesome Video and really helpful
I’m happy to hear that!
Thank you so much I am moving from softball to baseball my dream is to be one of the first female players in professional baseball. I have experience with batting and fielding but i need to learn baseball pitching I practice everyday and I really hope I do well when baseball season starts up.
@Tylor Cameron Thank you!! I had that same problem when I was moving up in softball to a bigger distance If you get lots of practice it will be better another thing is too work on arm strength for speed I hope you get it solved!
How's it working out?
Ty i just started base ball and myfirst ever base ball game is this thursday
Im a noob in throwing, any tips on to improve throwing the ball straight? Cus when I throw I just throw it like 30 degrees to the left instead of straight where I need to throw
It’s the way your gripping the ball or your throwing mechanics
Thanx for info
Great video bro!!
great video
What drills do you recommend to help my 9 year old actually take a stride?! He is developing a habit of falling backwards and not taking a big step.
Good stuff
I played on baseball teams for four years as a kid and never got this kind of advice. Throwing was really the only skill I had trouble with. Was always straining my arm muscles/tendons and never got the throwing speed I needed. Wish I had youtube back in the 1970s!!!
Yeah I'm a tennis player I was just doing a comparison today to see the throwing motion in baseball is a matter of fact the same as it is in tennis the same motion I wanted to see the similarity between the throwing motion and baseball and the motion of the service in tennis and that's what we did we looked at all your component parts your kinetic chains we went through with all your grips and your weight transfers and all that and we what we found out is what I thought in the first place the mechanics are the same
Hey Justin! I play third base (60-90) and my coach has been telling me that on my throw from third to first I am doing a full windup which takes to long.Are there any tutorials to help me throw from my ear instead of taking a full windup?
Yes that's true because what happens is if you fully straighten that arm and you've got that that Palm up you you are in a weaker position and you have a possibility of getting a tennis elbow that's when the elbows going to start chipping away and I seen some guys that it does it you'll start the bone will start chipping away from your elbow joint because you're an incorrect position and what you're doing is correct you're 100% right because you don't have it almost straight but not quite and so where that pressure is if your arm is fully straight and guess where the pressure is going to go it's going to go on that elbow that's why you get tennis elbow or baseball elbow but if you have it slightly bit and do you have that Palm down then you're in then you've eliminated the possibility of injuring your arm at the pro league and that's the same as tennis exactly
Thanks an great video
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
GRIP
GROUNDED
INLINE
GATHER/LOAD
FINGERS DOWN
FOLLOW THROUGH THROW
POINTED TARGETING
Well done...
Great video. This really gave me a lot to think about. I'm going to go over this with our 8-9 year old fall ball team. Thank you!
This video was so usefull
Great video!!!
Thanks man!
Literally just learned more then my pitching coach has told me over 4 weeks
I hurt my elbow and I’m coming back in 4 days and this helped
Thanks it helpt my son
Again you're you're right on the money bro because a lot of people are out there on the tennis court and they're all worried about pronation and they don't even know what pronation is but when you throw a baseball you pronate but that's where the problem comes in and let's see if you can hit on that problem of this is where the whole problem comes in with throwing that ball we were talking from the upper half up okay you got the bottom right but you missed a couple details on the bottom that are critical and now you're going into the upper half and now you're going to you start your what you're saying right now is on the money let's see if you can
so good to see that video
Can you explain pronation in a throw? Thanks
Good video bro really good now i know what to do for throwing drills and all of that really great bye
Thanks man!
Keep it up really think u da best coach man and u should acually be a coach i really mean it
I learned so much
Every time I throw a baseball, it goes a certain distance then dives almost straight down like I’m throwing a slider/curve, even when I grip it like you show at 0:45. I’ve never been able to throw super far or get any zip on my throws because of it.
Justin always has the quality leather swag!
Beginning ex’s to warmup and protect elbow and rotator cuff injuries
i need to work on just moving my body when i throw im throwing all arm
Can you make a video of how to teach a kid who has never thrown a baseball how to throw? That would be very helpful!
Hey there 👋! I want to know If I should throw 100 or50 a day
Where do you live
Thanks this helped a LOT with my throwing to frirst base from the infield
Love it
Should you throw a tennis ball with a four seam grip?
reallyy got me to learn how to throw harder
Is the throw supposed to change with distance like 10 feet away and then 90
The motion of the arm i mean
Re. (150006800319101265101146). What's up? I checked this one out too. I have a question on how to accurately come up with the ball on third base, and gloving an infield grounder going towards the bag, gloving it cross my body. then trying to make a planted foot to turn and throw to 1st base without buckling my knees or twisting up my ankle. Do I make a 360 turn or choke the ball and hold it, or make a turn and hope that I don't make a wild throw.
Great video kid. You need to throw it though. You never threw it. Throw it to a wall or any target that the kids can see. So I'm telling you what you tell your kids: THROW THE BALL! LOL! Love your style, we're subscribers now. Good job.
Is the player on his shirt hitting left handed or right handed (really focus on it and you’ll see it both ways)
Catcher tips
Would this help my 9 year old son?
Hey coach can i email you a video of me throwing a baseball? I really need your help coach. Your hitting videos are golden i have seen them all. They all make hitting way more simpler and more fun because i can hit the ball to all fields with plenty of power and ive become more consistent! I play outfield and am a senior in highschool. Im committed to a top ten junior college in the country. Right now im as strong as i have ever been and im even more flexible. I just dont know why i cant throw 90 from outfield yet. Please let me know. My throwing mechanics are the best they have been i just dont know how to get my legs into it. Please respond.
Excellent video! If you're not throwing the ball like this then you're doing it wrong.
Can I get in touch with you so I can send my video of me throwing so you can make changes
Rest yes the tennis grip on your service that's the key if you don't have the right grip professional tennis is out of the question
So tell me how to check your grip when you catch a slow roller at shortstop and need to fire to first to get a fast runner. No time!
Well you got to get used to it 😂
Whenever i throw ,my arm go dead for few seconds and feel extreme pain in shoulder Please help 😥😥😥😥
Hey man, there's a big difference between SORENESS and PAIN. If you feel pain in your shoulder after every throw, I'd go see a doctor.
Vikas Pal look into TOS (thoracic outlet syndrome). It pinches ulnar nerve
I have more trouble with velocity than anything with a Baseball. Not really that I can't throw hard, but I can't throw with good velocity.
can you draw two diagrams explaining how to throw a baseball
Right when you talk in court we're talking stomach the stomach is a critical thing and tennis if you pack in 30 40 50 lb overweight it's it's hardly unlikely you're going to play a tough three setter I mean you might be able to win the first set but after that you're you're about 50% by the time you get to the second set by the third set 20% Max is left man because that core week
Haven’t even watched the full video yet and already found out I’m doing stuff wrong (choking the ball)
1:38 and then break the tv.
I’m 11 and the ball is to small for my hand so I throw with three fingers on. Is that ok?
Yes
If I watch another throwing tutorial video where the coach never throws a ball I’m gonna go crazy.
Yes it's a kinetic chain and l power and tennis comes from the ground up exactly right you look at the big players the big servers a bomb lendall Boris Becker the best in the business what do you see happening
Guy looks like Brayden Schenn
I can see a little resemblance
Yeah when you're choking the ball too tight the balls choked you don't want that in tennis either and there's reasons behind that because the most of the power and the service from this detail
Now that's old school
This new style pitching is blowing arms out and I like old school over the shoulder but out side the elbow garbage
Can you make a 1 month video to improve
I have tryouts in about a month and I'm still pretty rusty
You mean like a 1 month workout? I'd recommend going through all of my videos.. that should help knock some of the rust off!
Ultimate Baseball Training idk I just need to be ready in time and my best idea is watching your vids every other day playing catch for 20 mins and maybe going to the batting cage on weekends, so is that fine or should I do other stuff too
Ultimate Baseball Training or do you have any specific vids of yours I should watch
Does it matter which way the horseshoe faces on a four seam grip ?
dis was helpful
No it wasent
You said the velocity hacks were free..
This is what limiting a pitchers potential looks like
Thanks for watching! This isn’t a video targeted towards pitchers, just position players looking to improve their throwing mechanics. Appreciate the feedback!
I noticed he never threw the ball once. Going through all the details is good but why not the complete throwing of a baseball and then show it in slow motion?
I have a game tonight
People can into a lot of trouble they're serving motion is incorrect even top professionals do it wrong I've seen people serving big serves only to have in a few years they've got tennis elbow shipping of the elbow and they end up having to get surgery or they just have to quit tennis all together in fact actually serving underhand because of so much bone chipping improper service motion is the cause of it take a look at the way a baseball player throws the ball
Make your channel in hindi to baseball