Pitching Drills by Tom House

[@yenrabjb]

Those "brown dudes" are Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh of the Million Dollar Arm....a reality show that brought two Indian prospects to the U.S. with a Major League contract. People thought it was a joke and they wouldn't last, but Singh has stuck it out and is still in the Pirates system (has been for 3 years now), and pitched 70+ innings as a reliever last year in Class A ball....I guess the verdict is still out, but he has stuck around

[@ErichLRuehs]

Dear Mr. House, I've been playing and coaching baseball since 1973 and you, sir, give some of the best pitching drills I've ever seen. You also seem to have a good demeanor with the kids. Sorry to say many coaches don't. That's so very essential.

[@franklobo5876]

Tom House is the best. I read some of these wannabes coaching comments and laugh. I met Tom 12 years ago when he was at SC. My 10 year old son wrote to SC and asked to be batboy for the UCR series that is close to our home. He ended up not only working all 3 weekend games but going to LA to work the Oregon State series. Tom invited him to workout after the game and taught the both of us VALUABLE lessons that got my son into college and I use in teaching young players to this day. Its all great mechanics and repetition. Haters will hate. Thank you Mr House for your help. One last thing for people that don't know but Tom was involved in one of the most important MLB's milestones. When Henry Aaron hit 715, look closely at the ball. It was Tom House as a reliever for Atlanta Braves catching that ball. He gave it to Hammerin Hank and now sits in Cooperstown.

[@33JDee]

Tom House is a great instructor! I have used his technique and drills for years with my youth baseball teams as well as my high school teams I have coached with great success. His system teaches accuracy and power all in one.

[@USCBeastmode]

I love Tom House one of only a few exceptional instructors that can not only explain a drill correctly but cares about the well being of his players and their arms! He teaches for the love of the game! Kudos to Mr House!

[@solomonmoi9152]

I did all these drills before I even seen this video. It helps your velocity more then anything and leg strength

[@tntkop]

I was watching Million Dollar Arm, which led me to look up Tom House. That was cool that these drills are with Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel.

[@0oJacobxDuelo0]

My Coach makes me and other pitchers do the same drills and it really helps.

[@simpleagain1]

Tom House is the man!

[@davehes2000]

Fantastic videos! Best ive found for sure.

[@TKcrazytrain1]

Tom House is one of, if not the best in the business. All of you people who are bringing up arm injuries, specifically, injuries to people he has worked with, need to do some research. Fact is, 1 in 4 MLB pitcher's will have Tommy John surgery at some point in their career's. That number is increasing by the year for a myriad of reason's. You can have good mechanics, bad mechanics, and somewhere inbetween and you are still at risk. Pitching is a violent motion that is not good on the arm. The mound itself is bad for the arm. It add's forces to the arm that flat ground does not. Arm injuries are a result of wear and tear that happens over time. By the time a pitcher is good enough to get with the likes of a Tom House, or any other PROFESSIONAL, usually the damage has already been done. Kid's playing year round baseball, poor diet, improper physical training, improper mechanics taught by ill informed parents and youth coaches, kid's pitching too many inning's per game and week, etc. etc. etc.. That is to name just a few of the causes. Every kid in the Country thinks they are the next Verlander, and their parents do too. Kids all over the Country are playing for 2-3 Select Tournament Teams, going to showcases, and playing for their high school's. The abuse that their arms are taking is ridiculous. It is all in an effort to be the next Verlander, and the fact is that all of them have a better chance of being struck by a bolt of lightening 2-3 times. I could write a book on how most kid's simply do not have the diet to succeed, even when they think they do, they don't, and that is step 1 to getting the most out of any pitching ability you may have. Most of the things kid's drink these day's makes the ligaments, tendon's, and muscles brittle and stiff. The point is, do some research, and you will see the true reason's so many pitcher's are having arm injuries. I can tell you this, Tom House is not the reason.

[@yeroctke1050]

Travis Kibel Well-stated. When I was a kid way back when, most kids played just ONE baseball season per year. That would be only 2-3 months of baseball per year. If you were good enough to make the All-Star team, then you played an additional 1-2 months. That's it! Five months of baseball MAX per year. The rest of the year we played basketball, football, rode our bikes, went swimming and fishing, or just played streetball and enjoyed being kids. Not a single person I knew had serious trouble with their arm or shoulder. In addition, I cannot recall a single non-contact knee injury - even amongst the girls. Everyone could play multiple sports at a decent level back then. Today, I know of many kids who are, literally, playing one sport all year. I know of several kids who have been playing baseball, non-stop for 2-3 years straight! Travel teams, club teams, multiple-leagues, etc. Just insane.

[@RickWeber]

All good points. I would also add that when we, as kids, only played on one team, we did not worry about pitch counts. We could throw as much as we wanted to, knowing full well that our arm would get good rest in the offseason. Nowadays, the powers that be think they are helping kids by imposing restrictive pitch counts. However, these kids never let their arm rest, because they are playing 3-4 seasons per year. If you ever want to hear a unique opinion on pitch counts, listen to Nolan Ryan's take on it. Short version, he does not believe in them!

[@reavesmo8060]

Tom House thinks that elite pitchers release the ball with their glove in front of their glove side foot. He preaches it constantly. A 12 year old could watch an MLB pitcher for 10 seconds and figure out this is total bullshit. Nonetheless, this is a centerpiece of House's teaching. It's part of keeping things "equal and opposite". This is beyond ignorance, bordering on mental illness. He also teaches "showing the ball to second base" despite the fact that durable pitchers like *Ryan* don't do that. He also continually tries to associate himself with Nolan Ryan's success despite not meeting the man until he was 42. And if he had bothered to watch a slow motion video of Ryan a single time he'd realize that 90% of what he teaches is bullshit that causes injuries. Ryan, Maddux, Glavine, Rivera, Clemens, about any durable elite pitcher you can think of is a living testament to House not knowing what he's talking about. If you still believe House knows what he's talking about, then pretty please, go to the search bar and type in the names of any of the pitchers I've mentioned and see for yourself. No "equal and opposite", no "show the ball to second base", no "glove in front of front foot". It's almost like a person who had never seen baseball was asked to watch a pitcher throw for 20 seconds and describe what he saw from memory. Insanity, and it's *BAD* for young arms.

[@drewjancik3524]

Reaves MO g

[@adamgross5257]

Tom house trained both Prior and Anthony Reyes at USC. Both had their career end in their 20s due to constant shoulder injuries and yet people said Prior had perfect mechanics and Reyes very sound mechanics it seems based on their pitching coach House saying so but he is not independent.

[@reavesmo8060]

He teaches harmful stuff.

[@byronembry8948]

Outstanding information!!

[@EcatMagoo]

It would be helpful if you would give an explanation as to why this drill is beneficial.

[@pascalmoll4834]

the first one is to lead with the hips second one is for hip shoulder separation as well as the rest

[@33JDee]

So right!!

[@dink0011]

What's the arching of the back for at the end of the wall drill

[@KarimGonzalez]

Damn it Victor!

[@mercedesdejesus9774]

does this work for dennis ekersley

[@MigTave]

is any of those 2 players from india in this video?

[@ashton4577]

Yes

[@sandyblond20]

With the 'traditional' pitching technique with a severe lateral fly-out, the Brachialis muscle can only eccentrically contract the elbow. The consequence of this instruction is to lengthen the coronoid process that reduces the flexion range of motion. When pitchers unnecessarily and excessively stress their coronoid processes, their coronoid processes enlarges. Consequently, these enlarged coronoid processes decrease the flexion angle of their elbows. To prevent the loss of the flexion angle of the pitching elbow, pitchers cannot use the Pectoralis Major muscle to drive the pitching arm in a curve-linear pathway. With a straight-line pathway from start to finish to the strike zone, pitchers need the Latissimus Dorsi muscle I to move the upper arm to vertical and Latissimus Dorsi II to inwardly rotate the upper arm.

[@matthewberish7894]

Okay people I'm about to make you all look like idiots. First off Tom House was not fired by USC, he retired from coaching (besides the NPA). Pitchers lifting with there elbows didn't cause their injuries, the fact they either threw all arm (Prior/Ryan) or throw so damn hard (Strasburg, Wood, and Zumaya) is why they got hurt, throwing 90+ mph puts your arm at its stress limits, every pitch at that speed has a chance at causing injury,'regardless of how you throw

[@tylerwest3642]

I think those are the guys from million dollar arm

[@TVNDON]

they are. he tells dinesh to bend his knees more at one point.

[@prun8893]

Fight on.

[@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733]

Did he say "fanny"?? Wtf

[@jdfromfla]

Prior's career was cut short by colliding with Bryan Giles in the base paths (To which Dr. James Andrews said that his shoulder injuries were injuries he's only seen in traumatic fall incidents) and the very next year he took a liner off of his pitching elbow which caused a crush fracture...you House blamers need to find a new strawman arguement..this is old and settled.

[@regionman]

There is some merit to what I am seeing but the knee drill and the rocker drill need to be eliminated. It is anatomically impossible to achieve maximum forward release while keeping the pitching side foot planted. Once the glove leg strides and plants, the pitching leg MUST drive forward off the rubber, pitching hip then shoulder rotating forward of the glove hip and shoulder to obtain maximum release velocity and maximum forward release.

[@poliferran4803]

I agree, 90 degrees, what?

[@fastballusa]

The Wall Drill - Just wondering.... Why would a pitchers shoulders be level at release? Don't you want to release further in front? From what I see the healthier pitchers have the throwing shoulder much closer to the catcher than the not throwing shoulder. Why are the gloves in front of the body? If you watch a back view of hall of fame pitchers they are the glove arm on the outside of the body. Putting the arm and glove in front actually stops rotation which then encourages an earlier and more stressful release. The chest to glove thing is NOT a good teach. Watch Steve Carlton. Watch Goose Gossage. Watch Nolan Ryan. The glove arm is on the outside of the body not in front. STOP OVER TEACHING. Young dominican pickers don't get goofy instruction like this. They develop naturally just like we did in America back in the day. Amen.

[@ADotJosh]

These drills are not full body drills...they are to teach you how to separate your mechanics.

[@TKcrazytrain1]

During the pitching motion, there is a point (at foot strike) that the glove arm is in front of the body about even with the front knee. There is some give and take in exactly where between the knee and front foot. I have watched countless thousands of hours of film on professional pitchers and this is almost always the case. That wall drill is just one exact point in the motion. It is mimicking where it would be at foot strike. In full motion, you would continue on your follow through and it would rotate around as your shoulders square to the plate and you follow through into it. You would be moving into your glove, not pulling glove in. It would end up by your side and close to the body at finish. Nolan Ryan works closely with Tom House, and has for a very long time. Go watch some film on Nolan Ryan and you will see this same exact motion. None of the pitchers you mentioned had their glove outside of the body at foot strike. Also, young Latin American and Dominican players do get instruction like this. In fact, they probably get more instruction like this than American players because they can be in MLB camps at a much younger age? Why? Different labor laws and they are not subject to the draft. Teams can develop them at very young ages and then sign them when they are ready. Teams will not do that in America because the player is subject to the draft. Teams are not going to develop players for other teams who draft them. You need to do some homework Mike....Amen.

[@fastballusa]

The fact that we are coaching kids in the Dominican is great bcs now we can screw them up just like we have for years here in America with over instruction such as this drill. I guarantee you Nolan did not do this growing up or do this as a pro. My point quite simply is stuff like this is what's killing the development of players. We suck the athleticism right out of people with over coaching and under training. Just my opinion I will have to do my homework and research the over technical instruction going on compared to natural learning.

[@anthony452]

%80 of pitching comes from upper body??? uhhhhh what?

[@Mark8.34]

+Marik 444 without a body part such as an arm u cant throw whatsoever

[@anthony452]

+Jesus Decamps ...obviously. power is usually generated with legs though.

[@jakeherington7237]

Marik 444 ur very arrogant. 80% of our velocity comes from torque in our hips and shoulders. This is actually very well known in the pitching world.

[@sandyblond20]

Give us a report on your son too Tommy. How's his range of motion?

[@whatskrakeninsports7241]

Dude shut the fuck up lmao

[@evanoliver1918]

Can anyone explain what the science and reasoning of these drills are?

[@alexthomas3930]

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[@CarloAntonio10]

It is about when and how it occurs, that is the problem with House's method. House teaches pitchers to bring their elbows behind their shoulders in a non-motion dependent fashion waaaay too early in the delivery. This creates a huge amount of unnecessary stress on the shoulder.

[@matthewberish7894]

Also Verlander is injuries, not arm related or serious but once again, learn facts before you speak.

[@sandyblond20]

Fred Corral openly admits that he's injured guys out in these motions under his auspices. Coach Mills before he met his much anticipated demise and death killed his sons career as a pitcher. Lots of guys are learning to deviate away from the harm you inflict under the auspices of MLB/USA.

[@joehofmann9766]

Brent Pourciau is the man everyone check him out. Way better than House

[@ExposClassics94]

Joe Hofmann true but he dosent speak in a vernacular the way Mr House does

[@TheMitmit03]

Screw Brent, look up Kyle Boddy

[@sandyblond20]

Tell everyone what is was like to not even be wanted to pitch without even getting paid anymore in the show. Did mlb throw you under the bus? Were you injected with bone dissolving and human tissue dissolving steroids?

[@hamiltontrash8170]

I don't care how many MLB pitchers this guy talks to or has worked with...this stuff is silly.

[@whatskrakeninsports7241]

You’re trash.

[@fwgenesis9693]

But it’s not

[@sandyblond20]

Why don't you ask for an injury report from your subscribers Tommy and learn for yourself about this occurrence with all the lame motions you impostor pitching coaches only teach here?

[@MegaJusWright]

this looks like crap.

[@rldrax7066]

MegaJusWright no u

[@CarloAntonio10]

"The longer your back leg stays on the ground the further (farther?) your release point is towards the target." What a bunch of incoherent jibberish, it is hard to believe that this man has a PhD in anything. This just goes to show that most baseball instructors either don't know what they are talking about or are really bad at giving precise and accurate explanations when communicating their ideas.