hey guys whats up.
I have been thinking alot about how pitchers get their velocity from.
What i have been really stressing for the past 4-5 years was long toss because everyone said it increased your velocity.
But just recently maybe for only 1 month did i really stress attacking my leg muscles. And i mean strengthening them and conditioning them.
I would weight lift on my legs every other day for 1 month. My legs became increasingly bigger and i now felt that i could pitcher much harder and my arm would not hurt as much.
My question:
Do you really need to long toss to get good velocity or could you just strength your legs, abs, and upper body by simply weight lifting and conditioning.
I know you have to throw though of course in order to throw hard. BUt ya wouldn’t this simply work. Just simply weight training.
I do plan on pitching bull pens 2-3 times a week. And play catch every day. But do you honestly need to long toss to increase velocity.
I don’t think so. My own opinion. Comment on what you think and how important long toss is to a pitchers velocity.