Do You Have the Skills to be a Starting Pitcher?

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  • @DanBlewett
    @DanBlewett  3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Things I didn't include: strike-throwing ability (crucial!), not being afraid of contact, and more. What else did I leave out?

    • @nelsoncruz184
      @nelsoncruz184 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This was a great video, coach Dan .You cover a lot of ground here . The great Tom Seaver always talked about the worst case scenario that game . Expect the unexpected. May require another video in itself. Thanks for this 👍

    • @Dennis29085
      @Dennis29085 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What are you're thoughts on teaching young pitchers (16-19, amateur league in Europe) pitch sequences, to help go through the first time through the order?

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      this video might help: th-cam.com/video/5JLboc8A-yo/w-d-xo.html

  • @waltnakonechny4548
    @waltnakonechny4548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great stuff Dan, I think one important and undersold element that starters have to deal with is how to handle the fatigue that you know will be coming late in the game. This sort of relates to your point about pacing but what I am referring to here is the ability to maintain control (and command) when you know fuel is running low. That is an art in and of itself. Hitters feast off of low-energy body language. Thanks for putting this together.

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well said! Thanks for watching

  • @f.macmaster2891
    @f.macmaster2891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is another great video. You are a very thoughtful coach.

  • @thelos1331
    @thelos1331 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the video! With a son who sleeps with Nolan Ryan's autobiography and respects how Maddux pitches, you're giving us a better idea of how to fine-tune our game to maximize our success.

  • @humanbeing2420
    @humanbeing2420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I fell in love with baseball when I was about 8 years old, and I wanted to pitch. But when I played organized baseball for the first time, I found that my throwing control was awful. No matter what I did I could not throw strikes. I wasn't a bad athlete in general - I could catch and field pretty well, and my hitting was OK - but I had no control over my throws. With pitching ruled out, I played 2nd base, but in my first game I made something like 5 throwing errors, so they put me at first base, which was fine because I almost never had to throw the ball. I never fixed that problem. I eventually gravitated to tennis and hockey and never played organized baseball after junior high school. Looking back on it, I wonder if I was doing something wrong mechanically that was fixable. I don't remember anyone ever giving me any instruction on fundamentals or anything like that (this was in the late 1970's).

    • @nofurtherwest3474
      @nofurtherwest3474 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah some instruction I'm sure would have helped.

  • @snarsgames703
    @snarsgames703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this video it was really helpfull

  • @shoeshiner9027
    @shoeshiner9027 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm living in Thailand. Now we have baseball in Olympic. I'm going to teaching kids playing baseball, especially in pitching. THANK YOU coach.

  • @moo9067
    @moo9067 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    personally i think that in my league (15u AAA) I just throw hard in the 1st round to see who can keep up with a fastball and who cant then second time ill start mixing between who could keep up and who couldnt

  • @joegeren8099
    @joegeren8099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome job Coach

  • @jsmith3259
    @jsmith3259 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My son is an 11 year old LHP. We were just talking about this very thing over the weekend. I didn’t have an answer for what separates the two. Thank you for putting this information out there.

    • @nofurtherwest3474
      @nofurtherwest3474 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That seems a little young to be worrying about this.

    • @jsmith3259
      @jsmith3259 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nofurtherwest3474 Who was worried?

  • @LongIslandbaseball55
    @LongIslandbaseball55 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m a soft throwing amateur and even at men’s amateur level you need 3 pitches. I also am not afraid of contact like some others are and I know my place as a reliever

  • @Godric_71
    @Godric_71 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was never eager to be a pitcher. I hated the outfield because, no one ever hit the ball out there. I was essentially a garden gnome. Then, i played catcher. I LOOOVED it. Even though i was really small at the time and the equipment didnt fit, i felt like i was contributing.

  • @reallifeengineer7214
    @reallifeengineer7214 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Relief pitcher only pitch one round/inning? I didn’t realize that. I thought some relief pitcher do like the last 2 innings or so.
    (But I don’t that much about baseball)

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      relief can be any number of innings, most common is 1-3 innings.

  • @benji614
    @benji614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Dan, do you know when I should become a PO? Ever since I stepped up on the mound and started pitching, it's become very obvious that I'm a much better pitcher (starter btw) than a hitter, and I've gotten considerably worse at the plate, but better on the mound this summer. I'm going into 14u this spring, but I don't know what would happen to people like me who can't hit and only pitch

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "what would happen to people like me" haha - they don't feed you to the wolves, they just make you a pitcher-only. At some point, coaches will make the decision for you - you'll make a good team as a PO or a lesser team as a full-share player. At that point its up to you which offer you take, and at that point, it'll be decided going forward. Or, if you wanna stop hitting (which, unless they force you to, you might as well keep at it), you can always make that choice too. As long as youre happy, thats all that counts.

    • @benji614
      @benji614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DanBlewettThank you so much, this really helped

  • @d1ddyp0p
    @d1ddyp0p 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For me - don’t make mistakes because you’re behind in the count.

  • @moneymike7762
    @moneymike7762 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What if both curveball and slider are good

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      they arent

    • @brandonoliver7624
      @brandonoliver7624 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DanBlewett scherzer? Jus curious ik not everyone is him but him Kershaw and others throw good curves and sliders

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I discussed major leaguers throwing four pitches in the video.

    • @brandonoliver7624
      @brandonoliver7624 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DanBlewett my fault I probably shoulda waited til after the video to comment lol what are your thoughts about developing a cutter to help against lefties my fastball curve and change are good but I feel a cutter will help give lefties another thing to look at in terms of spin and movement direction

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      if you're in your 3rd year of pro ball sure. Otherwise if you cant get hitters at lower levels out, then your current stuff needs work and isnt very good. College and high school hitters stink.

  • @noahdart4389
    @noahdart4389 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does arm angle matter? I am a lefty stretch-only sidearmer so

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      just matters how well you get people out

    • @noahdart4389
      @noahdart4389 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DanBlewett ok thx

    • @nickjohnson3087
      @nickjohnson3087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@noahdart4389 also though as long as you can keep your arm healthy side arming

  • @ghostface9702
    @ghostface9702 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can answer this without watching the video lol. HELL NO. I used to be a starting pitcher in my last 2 seasons of little league and I SUCKED. I don’t have what it takes, I’m a first basemen and a 3rd basemen, nothing else

  • @ryanschickmusic
    @ryanschickmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You need top velo, nobody cares about the rest of your game or stats at the lower levels. Ask Mike Clevinger

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Casey Mize, the first pick in the draft a few years ago, was not even close to being the hardest thrower in his draft class. So, no. You're wrong, not to mention walking too many hitters at any level means you cant go deep enough into games to be an effective starter. Use common sense before blindly accepting other peoples' ideas.

    • @ryanschickmusic
      @ryanschickmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DanBlewett Mize was undrafted out of high school and it took dominating the SEC in order for MLB scouts to notice him. You're proving my point.

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      um no. You missed the whole point of this video.