How To Pitch Faster While Maintaining/Improving Accuracy!

[@DrewVerdin]

If you are watching this video, you just improved your knowledge and technique of pitching 👏 congratulations and thank you coach for showing people this. I preach this all the time!

[@ithrow276mph]

I’m almost 13 years old and I’m a starting pitcher. These tips really help. Thank you

[@jaxonadrain7171]

As a junior throwing 82, this video alone helped me improve my pitching game. Thank you fellas🙏

[@chrisbalsamo968]

I wish I had a pitching coach in my younger years of pitching. This would have helped immensely.

[@Twistess]

yep, i was just tossed in to pitch because i had an arm but never was taught how to actually pitch. all i knew was to get set and throw the ball

[@timothy4928]

John you are literally changing our boys right now I am a devoted student of yours thank you for all your work.

[@jjleaper7743]

He was my pitching coach when I was with the Mets too. Helped me out alot. Dude is super awesome. Love that guy.

[@ATFprdepartment]

I continue to be amazed at how much there still is to learn even now, as a Varsity starter I think this video is gonna be responsible for a big breakout soon, fingers crossed

[@natelee_8598]

I didn’t know the atf had someone in high school baseball l

[@dochudson7284]

The rolling of the hip while staying back is something I never even thought of until I watched this video I’m trying this out tomorrow

[@bobbylopez5121]

Thank you, Hector! I was a pitcher growing up and I learned to pitch exactly as you described. I never had arm issues and continue to throw hard in my fifties. I have a son in high school who is just beginning to play. I have taught him to throw just as you described for the same reasons. I am going to send him this video to watch to reaffirm that he is on the right path. Great content!

[@SanctuaryGardenLiving]

Love the humble attitude. Always learning!

[@rubenbarrera9320]

Hector what a great video. You were always the best pitching coach I ever worked with. In my 20 years of working with different organizations. Hope to hear from you soon. I'm working a high school and all we have are throwers not pitchers.

[@src0241]

Being a ex Div 1 pitcher this is great info to use for my pitchers in work with on my team. Can never have enough info. Thanks Hector and Madden

[@waterflowzz]

This guy knows what he’s talking about.

[@josephmannix5120]

Not like he was a pro pitching coach

[@me-fe3gj]

@@josephmannix5120 lmaooo

[@tylerbetner]

He played for the Mets

[@k4mz2k30]

Fr though

[@kevinfeder157]

Hd might know what he is talking about but I sure as heck don’t

[@CollegeRecruitsNW]

I agree 100% with Hector, good to know I'm teaching kids right.

[@legendarykitty7498]

Man I wish I could get 1 hour with Hector

[@masoncrockett1157]

litterealy one hour and you would be a even better pitcher. like 2x

[@-n_hunter8403]

Best video I've seen so far..he is correct in that arms are being hurt do to improper follow through..very well put together video..thank you

[@vikingsfan9002]

This is exactly how I learned to throw. I was even told by some the follow through is old school. Thanks Hector you really have some great insight!

[@hipstriker1591]

Great Drills and Tips. I got a 15 year old that has a thunderbolt in his right arm, but he has more velocity hidden in that body. Thanks John

[@brentdhedrick]

Trevor Baeur has that crazy way of slowing down where his arms and legs go flying after he throws

[@benmendez5023]

Holy Crap, this was so helpful, especially with the video you did about 2 weeks ago. Great Vid!

[@Lee85G]

Wish I had this when I played ball

[@johnnyblunt7656]

@Cody Max Lmao

[@ilyaneidir722]

@Cody Max lol whoever created this bot was kind of a genius but they had the right idea with making another bot respond to make it look legit but it just looks even more fake.

[@CinèmonRole]

After watching videos of modern pitchers, eg. Tim Lincecum, he does the same hyper extension leg that you "promote" I think that's what led to his short career. I agree with Hector and being more bent. Watching Tim pitch slow motion, really made Hector's point stand out more. Hyper extending is never something we want to "volunteer' our bodies in. Great video though.

[@christopherharbour7281]

I agree with Hector on everything except for the front leg also. The hardest throwers get the front leg braced the best. That is like really good breaks. That being said, the most important thing is to be pushing on the brake when you throw and not collapsing on the front leg when your throw.

[@_navonildasgupta_3029]

Greetings from Kolkata India 🇮🇳...Wish I could have a coach like u in here!

[@gotch7126]

Good stuff... I can’t wait to use this with my 12u team... Although Cooperstown maybe canceled this summer, which is a total bummer.. we are trying to get into Ripken at myrtle beach the same week.

[@Jake-yx7ct]

Great info. Loved the foot set up for balance. Oh yeah Im 74.

[@Jonathan12717]

That's some awesome stuff. Hector knows his stuff! I can wait to try these feels out ASAP. Wish I could get my hands on one of those pitching targets to $$ it seems like a great tool to work on accuracy with every pitch!

[@davidaglio8829]

Loving these videos with Hector! I think rolling the hip is a big missing key in pitching instruction. Can Hector come to my house to do a lesson with me and my boys? I'll buy dinner. Seriously though, thanks guys for the great content. Keep em coming!

[@shadohhh1862]

Look at dis dudes ball sweat😳

[@244-badnews2]

This is what the kids now of days say ( A JEWEL 💎 ). This guy knows what he’s talking about.

[@damntoofunny1832]

The velocity of the gravity. Yes

[@josephmannix5120]

Very helpful

[@cesarperezgallardo5042]

Great info.

[@146136]

Wow this is some great information. Thanks John!

[@stevemerril1485]

Great info... thanks!

[@Steele44320]

Wow great info

[@nancysmith9487]

Great mechanics... tutorial

[@brentquigley1842]

I was wondering how much velocity you think is leaked in a typical highschool pitcher. I know that better mechanics helps improve velocity and that improving strength is important however if someone maintained strength, then how much velocity could they add just by improving mechanics.

[@YouGoPro]

Depends on how many/how big the leaks are. I’m pretty confident in saying that almost every high school pitcher has 3-5 mph they could get out just by fixing a few things in a quick session. But the real magic is staying consistent with the “plugs” and continuing to build on top of that. The best I’ve done personally is 11 mph in one hour but this guy was doing ALOT wrong. It then took us a month to continue to maintain that gain. He ended up throwing 16 mph faster consistently than he did in only 3 months prior. But that is not typical. I’d be confident to say I could get at least 3 mph out of every high school aged pitcher given a short amount of one on one time.

[@Bourdois]

Great video and information from both with a lot of knowledge.

[@ljtowers5161]

That was heloful, I wasn't pivoting my back leg enough

[@yoham9586]

Same I throw like I went from like 57 to 65

[@isaacandeastonshorts6631]

Whenever they switch off talking they switch in between my earbuds its like they are each in an earbud talking to me like shoulder angles lmao

[@Kit-Nit]

and they also are lefty explaining to the righty :|

[@nancysmith9487]

Nice job... Unleash the tiger in you

[@treaprodz]

He sounds like dream

[@mattsandlin1229]

Good video... not to long so a youngster can actually learn from it.

[@mr.o4610]

Who made that portable mound?

[@edgarvazquez3191]

This is how I was taught in 1989.

[@TheJerryRiders]

I wish I could have watched this video before getting tendinitis in my shoulder

[@lukeriha6667]

I strained my UCL

[@TheJerryRiders]

@@lukeriha6667 yea about 3 years ago I did that too. I had to go through tons of physical therapy to get it back to health but now it’s my shoulder so I don’t know what to do next

[@forest-qh7jf]

great technical tips, but title's misleading.

[@Pvwl]

Ya

[@dg22]

Please add Closed Captioning...no sound card at work

[@slagg8959]

How do you translate this into slide step?

[@TheRoadLessChosen]

2:16 the moment you pick up the front foot and begin to drift forward the leg should quickly internally rotate. “Rolling the hip” imagine taking a baked chicken and rolling the leg to rip it off at the joint.

[@jc3productions362]

I also disagree with the point about him saying front leg bracing is bad. Front leg bracing is normal, healthy, and lots of times needed if you want max velo. Think about hitters. How many hitters do you see that hammer the ball consistently on a soft front leg? Very few if any.

[@hectorberrios3411]

Please do not misinterpret front knee bracing that I explained. Not every pitcher does it, even in this day and age. The intention is to give pitchers other alternatives that have been successful in great pitchers. Many are after velocity, but can’t function once on the mound, because they pigeonhole themselves on power. deGrom & Baur wouldn’t be the pitchers they are if it wasn’t for their ability to command power with finesse. Hope that can clear up any misunderstanding. If lead leg block works for you, I’m all for it.

[@ekoller]

Who is this?? Why doesn’t he say who he is in the video or the description? I’ve seen a few of his videos and they’re great but I have no idea who this is.

[@hectorberrios3411]

My name is Hector Berrios. Pitched and coached for 23 years in professional baseball.

[@ekoller]

@@hectorberrios3411 Thank you! Sorry to give you a hard time about it. As I said, your videos are great but you didn’t promote yourself in it. Thanks for responding. I’ll keep keep looking out for your content

[@SantanaOutdoors813]

Worked the piss out of him 🤦🏻‍♂️😂🤣

[@abismaellatorre5579]

My son just started playing 2 years ago after playing soccer til he was 16, Can I share a video of my son pitching and tell me what he needs to do to improve and what I need to do to help him?

[@anthonyclaudino7588]

shut up

[@matthew-zh5wb]

@@anthonyclaudino7588 tough

[@georgelandis22]

@@anthonyclaudino7588 who hurt you

[@陳廣銘-q6r]

Have you found a Taiwanese translation? Many people in Taiwan can't be able to grasp your videos.

[@Alexbaseball8]

Why is the no-no square area wet?

[@Ryker_baseball66]

Sweat

[@Alexbaseball8]

That was my brother

[@kep8873]

POV: your 4 seamer was 50mph at the baseball tryouts

[@wade2ride]

Great video, but next time split the sound to both speakers. Black shirt is on the left channel and The guy in the blue is on the right channel. .... LoL! That's annoying to listen to but other than that great video!!!

[@betterdays771]

✅👍

[@EdgarGonzalez-cb9ll]

Im 14 and i can only pitch at 53 mph i hope this geñps

[@Dylan-kw8pz]

I couldn't disagree more at 8:50 the shin angle creates more of a fold at the hips and therefore extension

[@agent1121]

Bad breaks and texting at a changing red light..! Sounds like a bad drivers ed course/vid 😆

[@JoshWilliamsHunting]

Why is brodie wearing a tball glove

[@treehousesd]

10:30 mark. "You don't want to leak...." Too late

[@danbuckles2745]

God if I had this in the 60's when I was younger I would have gone pro.

[@ignaciocompilation5069]

6:59

[@Benny.13]

Is that but sweat or did he pee his pants?!

[@Cashpickett]

Ha ha lol😂

[@RCPHOTOGRAPHIC]

Sorry but how big is your glove that looks small as crap

[@iceicebuddy]

If I pissed myself, I'd change my shorts before filming a video..

[@ramirezus51]

man that target is $250 😥

[@BrianZenda-d2i]

Bodie pee his pants

[@dfboiler]

rolling the hip like that creates a fake feeling of power, he does a lot of work to get you out of the bad positioning he got you in

[@rxjess]

did he pee him self

[@jeffreysmith5175]

Sweat. It looks warm outside in this video. When you have big inner thighs that's what happens.

[@Jack-nl3yl]

ik this is completely off topic of the video but i think bro in the hat peed on mimself

[@jzzlkizzle1]

DID HE PEE HIMSELF

[@Dmo_Xv]

Can you try to explain this little bit better

[@TheRoadLessChosen]

😂😂 watch it a couple of times to get all the nuggets.

[@6Wise]

I watched this and can now throw 200 mph..lol

[@willkittwk]

That stupid fake mound is for little league games at softball field with no mounds.

[@drbonesshow1]

These guys need to learn some physics.

[@Alexbaseball8]

Did you pee your pants?

[@aidansutton5962]

Did u pee ur pants???