Baseball

I am the hitting and pitching coordinator for our grade school's baseball and softball programs. In the hope of helping people, and keeping them from having to reinvent the wheel, I am trying to document everything that I have learned about pitching and hitting.

Hitting

I have put together a number of essays about hitting that describe my approach to teaching which involves Rotational Hitting mechanics...

• The Hitting Mechanic
  • Rotational Hitting
• Truth in Hitting
• The High-Level Swing
• Professional Hitter Analyses
  • Albert Pujols Swing Analysis

Pitching

I have put together a number of essays about pitching and other resources that touch on my philosophy and approach to pitching and proper pitching mechanics...

• Pitching Mechanics 101
• The Epidemic 
  • Executive Summary
  • Position Statement

One of the things I have been focusing on is looking for patterns in pitching mechanics that lead to increased injury risks. Some of the patterns I have found are...

• Inverted W
• Inverted L
• Inverted V

I have put together a number of Professional Pitcher Analyses, including pieces on...

• Matt Harvey's Pitching Mechanics
• Mark Prior's Pitching Mechanics
• Michael Wacha's Pitching Mechanics

The person who convinced me that there may be a connection between pitching mechanics and injuries is Dr. Mike Marshall. Because people sometimes have a problem understanding exactly what he is talking about, I have put together a set of documents to acquaint people with his ideas...

• Dr. Mike Marshall: My Current View

Hitting and Pitching

I recently put together a piece that looks at the hitting and pitching mechanics of a number of members of the St. Louis Cardinals...

• Cardinals 2015 Recommendations

Coaching

I have put together some pieces that lay out my philosophy to coaching baseball...

• Indian Ball Official Rules