Former Big League Scout Todd Blyleven believes the key to having good control for a pitcher is having good direction to the plate.    An easy way to make sure you are having good “direction” is to focus on having good balance.    Finding a good balance point and...

"The Indians' Trevor Bauer has been one of the top prospects in baseball leading up to spending the majority of the 2014 MLB season in the big leagues. When I asked him about the biggest pitching lesson he learned that has helped him over the years, I was very...

In this week’s blog, Otterbein pitching/strength coach Johnny LaCorte talks about engaging your lower body when throwing off the mound.  Coach LaCorte talks about how pitching is a kinetic chain: it starts with your feet and ends with the ball coming out of your...

  This weeks interview is with journeyman, left-handed pitcher Rich Hill.   Hill's advice to young pitchers is all about control, a word synonymous with pitching, but a different type than you might be thinking.   It involves mentally controlling what...

What is the number one cause of command issues for early age pitchers?  According to former Chicago White Sox pitcher Stew Brase, it’s all about direction.  In this video post he also covers the six things that makes a “complete” pitcher.  All of these together are...