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The

essential

AREAS OF

TRAINING FOR

PITCHERSHow To Throw Harder, Throw Safer

And Recover Quicker Than Everybody Else

Andy Powers

Founder, Andy Powers Texas Pitching Institute, LLC & Andy Powers

Performance Baseball, LLC & The Total Pitcher Training Program™

Copyright © 2015 by Andy Powers Texas Pitching Institute, LLC

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means,

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Disclaimer

All drills and exercises and videos in this report are designed to helpdevelop fundamental throwing and pitching skills. It is extremely importantas an athlete or a coach that you execute them with proper technique inorder to avoid possible injury.

Andy Powers Texas Pitching Institute, LLC and all its members disclaimany liability or loss in connection with the information prescribed within thisreport or videos.

To Reduce the Risk of Injury:

- Consult your doctor before beginning any exercise or skilldevelopment program

- Complete a full body warm up prior to starting any program- Complete a proper cool down after finishing any program

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AREAS OF TRAINING FOR PITCHERS

COPYRIGHT 2015 ANDY POWERS TEXAS PITCHING INSTITUTE, LLC WWW.TEXASPITCHINGINSTITUTE.COM

About Andy Powers

Coach Andy Powers is the founder of Andy Powers Texas Pitching Institute, LLC & Andy Powers

Performance Baseball, LLC. Since 2004, 15 of Coach Powers’ players have been drafted in Major

League Baseball. Over 250 of his players have been recruited and played in college

baseball. Three of his high school players received Louisville Slugger All-American Honors. Coach

has worked with former 1st Round Draft Picks and current Major league and Minor League Players,

as well as his numerous relationships and mentors that are considered to be some of the top

pitching minds in the game at any level.

A former Division I pitcher himself, Coach Powers suffered a career ending injury, which ignited a

passion for learning the movements of the pitching delivery. His motivation to get into coaching was

to make sure that any player he comes into contact with, has available to him all the opportunities

and exposures to the game of baseball from all levels, be it high school, college or professional.

Coach is constantly in pursuit of teaching the most advanced methods of pitching, which provides

the highest levels of personal and individual development. Maximizing the unique individual’s

abilities is his primary goal. This determination has driven Coach to develop a "roll up your sleeves

and dive in" mentality and approach to his students. Coach Powers has coached at the highest

levels of amateur baseball with stints at Division I Universities, Junior College, High School and

Private Organizations. Coach is currently an Associate Scout for the Los Angeles Angels of

Anaheim.

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The Realities Of Playing Beyond High School

Average Athletic

Number Number Team Scholarship

Division of Schools of Teams Men Women Size limit per team ** Men Women

NCAA I 300 300 10,359 - 35 11.7 $ 13,986 $ 15,072

NCAA II 264 264 9,956 - 38 9 $ 5,853 $ 7,112

NCAA III 380 380 12,881 - 34 - $ - $ -

NAIA 183 183 6,576 - 36 12 $ 6,512 $ 6,946

NJCAA 386 386 11,323 - 29 24 $ 2,258 $ 2,768

Other Divisions 154 154 4,315 - 28 n/a $ 292 $ 355

Totals 1,667 1,667 55,410 - 33 $ 4,713 $ 5,279

Varsity Athletes (1)

1,667 schools sponsored varsity College Baseball teams during 2014:

Average Athletic Scholarship

** Do the Math! The average NCAA Division I baseball team has a roster of 35 players but only a

maximum of 11.7 athletic scholarships available. This means the average award covers only about 1/3 of

annual college costs and this assumes the sport is fully funded at the sponsoring school. Baseball is anequivalency sport for NCAA scholarship purposes, so partial scholarships can be awarded to meet the

NCAA limit per school. For example, an NCAA Division II school can award 18 baseball players each a1/2 equivalent scholarship and still meet the limit of 9. For more information see our page on scholarship

limits.

Student Athletes Baseball

High School

Student Athletes474,791

High School

Senior Student

Athletes

135,655

NCAA Student

Athletes32,450

NCAA Freshman

Roster Positions9,271

NCAA Senior

Student Athletes7,211

NCAA Student

Athletes Drafted678

Percent High

School to NCAA6.80%

Percent NCAA to

Professional9.40%

Percent High

School to

Professional

0.50%

Estimated Probability of Competing in Athletics

Beyond the High School Interscholastic Level

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(2) Average Athletic Scholarship is the average amount of athletically related student aid per athlete for

ALL varsity sports sponsored by the specific school. Some athletes receive full awards, some receivepartial and many receive none. Additionally some sports within a school may be fully funded, some

partially and some sports provide no athletic scholarships. Private schools generally have higher tuition

than public schools and the average award will reflect this.

(3) Financial Assistance to all undergraduates includes ALL forms of student financial assistance including

athletic and academic scholarships, grants and other financial aid. “% receiving” is the percentage of allundergraduates who received some form of financial assistance. “Average $” is the average award to

those undergraduates who received some form of financial assistance during the year.

*Source: http://www.scholarshipstats.com/baseball.html

*Source: https://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/Probability-of-going-pro-methodology_Update2013.pdf

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What’s The Point?

My point is simple……

If you have any hopes of being able to break through to the next level, whether itbe High School Baseball, College Baseball or Professional Baseball……

YOU MUST BE BETTER THAN YOUR PEERS ANDCOMPETITION!

Have you ever seen the 12 year old that was ridiculously better than everyone elsein his Little League and all of the parents, including his own, sat in the stands andmarveled and commented about how this kid was going to be a Super Star when hegets older?

Have you ever seen that same kid disappear into the crowd later on as all of hisother peers hit growth spurts and got stronger and worked hard to develop theirskills, while he coasted on the idea that he would always be better than everyoneelse?

If you haven’t, let me tell you, I have…….and it is one of the saddest, mostfrustrating things that I see as a coach…….

I call it……

WASTED TALENT

The kid gets lazy and comfortable, making the mistake that his ability will justgrow with him.

When you watch some of the greatest players of all time play on TV, they make itlook so easy……

You often hear commentators, coaches and teammates talk about how they wereborn with a lightning bolt for an arm, the ability to run like a deer and the baseballIQ equivalent to Einstein.

It is easy to believe that you are either “Born with it, or you are not”.

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What you don’t see……

What the commentators, coaches and teammates rarely mention is what that playerdoes behind the scenes, away from the game on the field……..

I will bet you all the gold in Fort Knox (if it’s still there), that the greatest playersof all time are also the hardest working players of all time.

Am I suggesting that every player in the world can be a Major League BaseballPlayer?

No, only 750 players at any given time get to hold that distinction.

Am I suggesting that every player in the world could play at a level higher thanwhat they otherwise would have played at if they worked intelligently anddeveloped their skills?

Without a doubt…….. YES!

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Why Should You Care?

Competition in baseball has never been higher……..

Athletes are bigger, faster and stronger……..

Access to information is at an all-time high……..

I also believe with those factors, that the opportunity for separating yourselffrom the rest of the pack has never been better…….

I want you to think about this scenario for a moment, take a journey withme…….

I want you to think about the best player on your team (hopefully you)

NOW

How does that player match up against the rest of the league?

How does that player match up against the rest of the city?

How does that player match up against the rest of the region?

How does that player match up against the rest of the state?

How does that player match up against the rest of the country?

How does that player match up against the rest of the world?

You see, when you look at things from 30,000 feet up, you can see that justbeing the best player in the neighborhood doesn’t mean anything.

Every year, somebody gets to be the #1 overall draft pick…..

SO WHY NOT YOU?

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WHY YOU CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO IGNORE THE

INJURY BUG

Whether it’s happened to you or not, arm injuries appear to be occurring ata higher rate than ever before……

There are several contributing factors as to why we see this, but I don’tthink that it’s a coincidence that when the signing bonuses of MLB draftedplayers began going through the roof, that arm injuries did as well……

Velocity is king in this game…….

People can make arguments that velocity isn’t everything, but the truth is, isthat if you can throw really, REALLY hard, someone, if not a lot of peopleare going to want you……

THE MOST COMMON REASONS FOR INJURY

1. Overuse / Fatigue2. Lack of Recovery

3. Poor Throwing Mechanics4. Poor Conditioning5. Lack of Strength6. Previous Injury

Pain is a terrific indicator that something is wrong……

Soreness is a terrific indicator that you either exerted your body too

much for too long, OR that you didn’t perform the necessary steps topromote the recovery process to begin sooner…….

Fatigue is a terrific indicator that you are starting to break down and lose

the capacity of your muscles, ligaments and tendons to perform a desiredmovement with full competence……

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Something I always ask my clients when we first get started together is:

“Have you ever or are you currently experiencing

any: pain, soreness, stiffness, fatigue, tenderness?”

Rarely do I ever get someone that says “NO” to all of those with completeconfidence……

I believe that most players, coaches and parents have no intentions ofmaking an injury occur, but at the same time, they don’t really have a clueas to what steps to take to greatly reduce the risk of them occurring…….

There is this mentality that has swept the country of

PLAY MORE GAMES, PRACTICE LESS

If you never take the time to develop your skills, to develop and properlytrain your body and your arm, then how can you expect to be able toshowcase them consistently in games?

The answer to this and much more is why I have developed

THE TOTAL PITCHER TRAINING PROGRAM™

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The FIVE Essential Areas Of Training

Essential Area #1

THE DYNAMIC WARM UP

I’m going to guess that I can describe what your pre-game/pre-practicewarm up looks like with relative certainty……

You get on the foul line, jog to centerfield, job back, get in a circle or somelines and you spread your feet apart and reach down one leg and hold it forabout 8 seconds and then you switch to the other leg. You follow thisprotocol for pretty much the rest of your body until it’s time to throw.

If I came pretty close, it’s because what I described is called Static WarmUp, and I would guess that about 98% of every team in this countryparticipates in that kind of warm up regularly.

Your warm up sets the tone for the rest of the day, DON’T SCREW IT UP!

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You see, there are basically two kinds of warm ups:

1) Static Warm Up2) Dynamic Warm Up

A Static Warm Up, basically means that you are intending on warming upand stretching the muscles through little to no movement.

A Dynamic Warm Up means that you are intending to warm up and stretchthe muscles through movement.

Think about it this way……

A rubber band is a lot like a muscle and when you pull on it, it stretches…..

Imagine now, that you are stretching a “cold” muscle……

It is entirely possible that you could pull the muscle so far, that it doesn’tbounce back to its original state, and then once you place some additionalstress on it through running or throwing, it could be more than the musclecan handle…..

The very reason you were stretching the muscle ended up being the veryreason that you may have gotten hurt…..

I’m not against Static Stretching, but I am against it as part of a warm up.

Research has shown that putting yourself through a Dynamic Warm Up,prior to activity, leads to much more productivity and preparedness for theathlete.

In a Dynamic Warm Up, you are constantly moving your muscles,increasing the blood flow and allowing them to lengthen out at their ownpace.

Once more, if you can implement Dynamic movements that complementthe throwing athlete, you are preparing yourself even better for that day ofwork.

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Essential Area #2

ARM CARE

Arm Care is essential to playing this game at a high level or a longer periodof time…..

Let’s face it, if your arm hurts, it’s no fun to play…

There are so many different ways that you can warm up, strengthen andloosen up your arm…..

One critical component that I want you to understand is that the strongeryour arm is, the more stabilized it will be…..

The more stable the joints of your arm are, the elbow and shoulder, themore you decrease the chances of injury…..

Not only that, but the muscles act as the “BRAKES” for your arm…..

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YOUR BODY WILL ONLY ACCELERATE WHAT

IT CAN SLOW DOWN

Here’s a scenario that I often use when I’m talking to my pitchers……

I first ask them, what is their dream car?

Often I get answers like a Lamborghini, Ferrari or Bugatti……

These are all very fast cars, and they are cars that most of us will neverdrive……

So I tell them to imagine that I just handed them the car of their dreams forthis one chance in life and that they could do anything they wanted withit……

BUT, just before they get in the car, I tell them “By the way, this car has theWORST brakes ever known to man!”

If you’re intelligent, HOW FAST ARE YOU GOING TO GO?

Your answer should hopefully be “Not Fast” and you would be right……

Now, take the same scenario and just before the player gets in the car, I tellthem…..

“This car has brakes on it that were just developed by NASA….they are thegreatest brakes the world has ever seen!”

NOW HOW FAST ARE YOU GOING TO GO?

If you’re like me, you are going to let it fly and the answer is simple……

Because I know that I will be able to stop myself, which will keep me fromgetting hurt……

The body and the arm operate under the same concept…..

Your body will not let it hurt itself if it can help it……

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Essential Area #3

Strength & Conditioning

This is an area of training that I believe is widely misunderstood andineffectively practiced…..

In my experience, when you are talking about Strength & Conditioning toplayers, especially those in High School, there is a poor understanding ofwhat the body needs to most efficiently throw a baseball…..

There is also a gross misconception as to what you are supposed to looklike as a pitcher…..

Think about this simple equation for a second……

VELOCITY = ARM STRENGTH (+) ARM SPEED

In other words, how strong your arm is and how fast you can move it at thesame time will translate into the velocity of your throw…..

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Because of raging hormones, the sudden interest in girls and poorinformation, a lot of players that I see believe that when they get in the weightroom that they need to turn into Arnold Schwarzenegger.

It’s impressive and I don’t think that anyone would argue that if you lookedlike this that you would lack for the Arm Strength part of the equation…..

But how fast do you think Arnold here could move his arm?

And if we are supposed to strength train with this idea in mind, then howcome these guys are some of the hardest throwers to ever play the game?

They don’t exactly look Schwarzenegger-like

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The truth is, is that we want to build, what has become a popular termrecently, “Functional Strength”……

The idea that we want to build strength and stability in the areas that weuse most to throw a baseball…..

I agree with this approach, but I want to take it another step forward…..

I want to build that strength, maintain or increase its mobility at the sametime, and make it more explosive……

I believe that there is a time and place for the weight room kind of strengthtraining……

But that is where most people stop, it’s all about getting HUGE…..

I want to take the new found strength in the weight room and then put it inan environment that asks you to be as explosive as possible.

Remember…….

VELOCITY = ARM STRENGTH (+) ARM SPEED

Please don’t misunderstand me, by no means am I implying that the entirethrowing process is dependent solely on the arm…..

FAR FROM IT……

In fact, a phrase I like to use a lot with my athletes is that

“We want the arm to be a FACILITATOR, NOT a GENERATOR”

On the conditioning side of it, the typical and accepted manner ofconditioning for baseball players, especially pitchers, is to do a lot ofdistance running.

The mantra behind the distance running is that by running for miles andmiles, you are developing your stamina, which will translate into lastinglonger in games. There is also a notion that by running long distances, that

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you are “flushing” the system of lactic acid. I’m going to prove to you thatboth common approaches are VERY wrong.

Consider this for a moment……

90% of a baseball game is played in 2 seconds or less (a pitch is deliveredand nothing happens)……

When action does take place, the average time it takes to go from home to1st base is 4 seconds……

One could argue then, that the longest any given play in baseball wouldlast would be about 15 seconds, an inside-the-park homerun or anextended run down……

Neither of which are very common AND the only person running the entiretime is the baserunner…….

Now This……

There are 3 energy systems in our body and this is how and when theyoccur:

System #1

ATP/CP* – occurs during the 0-15 seconds stage

System #2

Anaerobic/Aerobic** – occurs during the 15 seconds to 2 minutes stage(Lactic Acid is produced)

System #3

Oxidative Phosphorylation*** – occurs at the 2+ minutes stage

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*ATP/CP as an extremely focused amount of an energy burst. Sprinters work in this

energy system.

**Anaerobic/Aerobic is where the Lactic Acid is produced. It is meant to provide a

higher burst of energy, but the ability to sustain it for a longer period of time.

Distance sprinters work in this energy system.

***Oxidative Phosphorylation is where speed is not as important as longevity.

Marathon runners work in this energy system.

Now, which one of these energy systems sounds most applicable andsimilar to playing baseball?

I would argue that there is really never a reason to leave the ATP/CPenergy system when we are training, yet we are constantly having ourpitchers train in the later stages…..

Which one looks more athletic and explosive?

Let’s practice how we play…..

Let’s train to go as hard as we can, for a short period of time, recoverquickly and do it all over again……

Doesn’t that sound like a better way?

I don’t know if any of my guys can run a mile, but I do know that they cancompete for 7 innings without getting very tired…..

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Essential Area #4

Throwing Drills

Now that you have spent so much time and energy getting your bodywarmed up, loosened up, stronger and properly conditioned, it is time tothrow a baseball…..

The whole reason we have gone to all this effort is to be able to throw abaseball more efficiently with more velocity and less arm stress…..

Inside the Total Pitcher Training Program™, there are several differentthrowing drills starting at Low Intensity and going all the way to HighIntensity……

The database for throwing drills is always being updated as well, if itappears to be a drill that makes sense…..

In terms of actually throwing a baseball, everyone has their own style ofthrowing, because each of us are built differently…..

No two pitchers are the same, so to train them the same is foolish…..

Having said that, there are some specific points within the delivery of athrow that I believe are critical to the efficiency, output and overall health ofthe arm….

At this time I’m going to go into some different “check points” of throwing abaseball, but how you achieve these “points” will be unique to you and yourstyle……

Do not try to force yourself to look like the examples if it’s not you….

I am convinced, that even though throwing a baseball is an unnatural act tothe way the body is designed, that when it is done right, according to theindividual, that you will know it by “feel”…..

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Hips/Leg Drive

The ability to create energy and momentum begins from the ground up…..

The lower half is the strongest part of your body…..

The more it generates, the more it relieves the responsibility on your arm….

The critical link in the chain are the hips/center mass area……

If you have poor hip activation, or lack much hip mobility, the amount ofmomentum and energy that you generate with your lower body will onlyseep through to your upper body, instead of fly through it and gain evenmore energy……

The hips and leg drive may be the most important area to focus on when itcomes to throwing a baseball because so few are really good at it. Insteadof “driving” towards your target, the lower half is more so just coming alongfor the ride.

One way that I try to describe this to my pitchers is:

“Go to the plate because you WANT to, NOT because you

HAVE to”

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Obtuse Elbow

Going back to Geometry, there are 3 types of angles basically, a RightAngle, Obtuse Angle and an Acute Angle…..

The Right Angle is, of course, 90 degrees…..

The Obtuse Angle is anything greater than 90 degrees…..

And the Acute Angle is anything less than 90 degrees…..

I believe that the most optimal and safest position for your arm to be inwhen your front foot strikes is in an Acute Angle position……

Here’s some examples, Peavy above has had a career riddled with armissues……

Below are Clemens and Maddux, two very different styles, but look at theirarm positioning at foot strike. Heck, look at them entirely, they are almostidentical in every way and were not plagued by arm issues…..

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The idea behind it is relatively simple……

Throwing a baseball is a rotational move and when you rotate, you arerotating around an axis in your body…..

Anything that revolves around an axis inherently wants to fly away from itas it is put in motion…….

I believe that when your arm is in an Obtuse Angle just before you rotateforward, that your forearm and hand are more inclined to want to fly awayfrom your body during rotation……

In doing so, this can place increased stress on the elbow, shoulder orboth.....

Multiply that stress force with what is already present in a throw throughexternal rotation and others and you could be cooking up a recipe forproblems……

By keeping the arm in an Acute Angle position, it allows the elbow andshoulder to relax a little more during rotation……

It cushions the elbow and shoulder…..

It also allows for faster acceleration which will allow the arm to hopefullytravel further before release and will increase velocity……

On a side note, if you are a Right Angle guy, this is acceptable, but beaware that you are at the limits of what I have found to be ideal…..

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Firm Glove Side

As you can see with Nolan, from the moment he starts forward in thedelivery, into rotation and through release, his glove has basically stayed inthe same position the entire time……

I believe that it is critical for so many reasons that the glove establishes astrong direction towards your target and then virtually “locks in” at that spotas you continue the throwing process…..

Establishing a strong front side direction allows you to “set the tone” for thatthrow…..

You are saying that I want to go “right there” and NOT that you want to go“in that area somewhere”…..

A misconception taught a lot out there about the front side, or glove side, isthat as you start to rotate forward with your throw, that you want to pull yourglove backwards because this will cause you to rotate faster…..

WHAT A DANGEROUS APPROACH

Pulling your glove will most likely create an early release point and that, inturn, places an increased amount of stress on the elbow, shoulder orboth….

If you are around a guy telling you to pull your glove, find somebody else….

And if you are doing it, STOP IT…..

So what do you want to do instead?

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Here’s the idea, when you begin to rotate forward, you want to bring yourchest to the glove…..

This allows the glove to move very little. It creates an environment whereyour torso can move over your front leg as it stabilizes to allow you to getyour arm through to release a lot farther in front…..

These are all a whole lot healthier positions to be into…..

Here’s an example of a poor glove side, you should not be surprised toknow that this guy’s career has also been riddled with shoulder and elbowissues…..

By the way, this is the same guy with two different organizations…..

Apparently neither one of them can figure out what is causing him to be onthe DL so much……

Here’s a picture that might hit a little closer to home for you to see…..

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Deceleration

As I mentioned earlier in this report, the greater ability you have to slowdown, the faster your body will allow yourself to accelerate…..

At the end of the day, we all want to throw harder……

CHICKS DIG IT

There are many out there that will argue that the Deceleration Phase ofthrowing is a natural occurrence and to intentionally practice it is a waste oftime…..

To these people I counter with the notion that “Isn’t breathing a naturaloccurrence as well?”

And if so, then why do athletes go to Breathing Coaches?

The answer is simple. Even though it may be a natural occurrence, doesnot mean that we can’t make it happen better……

The Lamborghini that we talked about earlier comes out of the factory withbrakes on it, and I’m guessing that those brakes are pretty good…..

But is it absurd to think that I might be able to put an even better brakingsystem on that Lamborghini?

Let’s think about it a little differently….

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The more time your arm has to slow down, the better off you will be……

Can we at least agree on that?

What is better, driving 70 down the highway and slamming on your brakes,or going 70 down the highway and gradually slowing down?

You’ll stop either way, but which is going to provide better long term, overallhealth of the vehicle?

Unless you are just trying to be stubborn, you know that the gradualslowing down is the better option, and in order to gradually slow down, youneed time…..

When you look at Nolan in the picture above, I think his arm position is amajor reason why he was able to pitch for so long, throwing so hard,without any major arm issues…..

Compare to these guys…..

Maybe it’s just me, but if the brakes of the arm are on the back, then all ofthese positions look to me like they are putting a lot of responsibility on theback of the shoulder…..(Also, look at their gloves and the fact that all ofthese guys have had arm issues)

When you can bend your arm, instead of keeping it straight, you buyyourself time…..

When you bend your torso down, instead of keeping it up, you buy yourselftime…...

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When you rotate your torso around your front hip, instead of stopping, youbuy yourself time…..

On top of that, when you can strengthen the muscles on the back of yourarm and back, you provide the ability for them to absorb more force andenergy…..

The combination of these two components create an environment whereyou are putting yourself in a great position to not only increase velocity, butto also do so in a manner that reduces risk as much as possible…..

At the end of it all, isn’t that what we all want?

To be able to play this game at the best of your ability, with freedom in yourthrow and pain free?

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Would You Like To See More Growth In Your

Game?

Are you currently trying to figure out how to throw harder, throw withoutpain, take your game to the next level?

Well, what are you waiting for?

Let’s take a look now and show you how to tie all of this informationTOGETHER so that it works as a cohesive system to make you startmoving towards becoming the pitcher that you want to be!

READY?

How To Put It All Together?

THE 5 ESSENTIAL AREAS OF TRAINING FOR PUTTING YOU ON THEPATH TOWARDS BRINGING YOUR GAME TO A NEW LEVEL!

The following is a simple Bell Curve that connects all five of these trainingareas together to work as a system.

Dynamic Warmup

Arm Care Warm Up

Strength & Conditioning

Low Intensity Throwing

Moderate Intensity Throwing

High Intensity Throwing

Cool Down

Training Complete

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If you follow this simple map from left to right, you simply prepare anddevelop your body and arm down a path of unavoidable improvement!

Each area of training serves the purpose of moving you into the next phaseof training.

This is the EXACT system I’m using in my business, and it really comesdown to these five areas of training.

But now that you know WHAT you need to do, you’re presented with a few“challenges”, like…..

How do I start doing this training?

What do I do and what do I use?

What if I want to learn about other areas of pitching also?

Well….welcome to the Total Pitcher Training Program™. Over the nextfew days, I will be sharing with you THREE powerful (and free!) trainingvideos that will address all of these questions and more!

I’ll show you how to get started and work through the program easily andeffectively so you can start improving your career, TODAY!

Here’s a quick peek at what you’ll learn over the next few videos…..

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FREE VIDEO #1: The Dynamic Warm Up

In Video #1, I’ll introduce you to the concept of the Dynamic Warm Up. Plus, I’ll showyou the exact Dynamic Warm Up that I use to prepare my pitchers!

FREE VIDEO #2: Strength & Conditioning

In Video #2, I’m going to dive into HOW TO train like a baseball player. Iwill show you some specific exercises that my clients use on a regularbasis that have been directly responsible for many of the increases thatthey’ve experienced!

FREE VIDEO #3: Throwing Drills

In Video #3, I’ll take you past the “run of the mill” throwing drills and showyou the explosive drills that truly lead to more velocity! Plus, I’ll show youhow to incorporate these drills in a progression format that creates moreresults, faster!

The 3-Part Video Series:

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The Total Pitcher Training Program™ is a DVD set training program withan accompanying companion manual, designed to take you step-by-stepthrough the Training & Development Process, so you can transform yourabilities to another level with the latest information available TODAY!

In addition to the Core 5 Areas Of Training Sections, there is also a lotmore information in the companion manual, on several different topics, andsome guest chapters by nationally recognized coaches like Alan Jaeger,Perry Husband and Tim Dixon.

As a member of the program, you have the opportunity to join a PrivateFacebook Page that is only for like-minded individuals, as well as an abilityto submit questions to me, where I will do my best to answer as many as Ican.

Over the next few days, you’ll not only receive FREE Training, but alsoMORE information about the Total Pitcher Training Program™ and howyou can take advantage of this year’s enrollment!

Here’s to your success!

- Andy Powers

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