You Can Throw Harder: an Engineer's Approach to Developing More Velocity

This is a book totally focused on concepts that will allow a baseball player to throw the ball with more velocity, coupled with the best chance of preventing injury. You Can Throw Harder is intentionally kept brief to maximize the reader's ability to grasp the important elements of a solid throwing technique. The book has been written for coaches, parents and players. It provides a detailed discussion of the author's most effective teaching techniques as well as a thorough presentation of the most common faults that prevent young players from achieving their optimal arm speed. The chapter on drills offers a step by step method that has proven very successful in the instruction of a large number of young players. A section of the book provides off-season conditioning ideas and specific stretching and strengthening exercises for the shoulder, back and legs. Paul Shuey, setup man for the Cleveland Indians, is the primary subject analyzed throughout this book and a set of three throwing sequences is included in the appendix. It is the author's sincere hope that this work can be used to help players achieve their optimal throwing performance. Player's that achieve improved arm speed will hopefully increase their enjoyment of the game of baseball.