YBE 154: A (Slightly) Different Take On Pitching with Jim Brower

We've had Ron Wolforth, Kyle Boddy, Travis Kerber, Zak Doan and other pitching guests share a lot of valuable information. Hearing multiple perspectives on how to teach pitching—as long as none of them contradict each other (there are some absolutes after all)—can help fill in gaps or shed light on certain things that can help you teach your kids better. In this episode, Jim Brower of Brower Baseball shares his philosophy on training youth pitchers and how to get started in Part 1 of a two-part interview.

Plus Rob answers the Question of the Week (33:10) about practice plan help for head coaches who don't have any helpers.

In this 40-minute episode, you'll learn:

• how failure management became a part of Jim's coaching style (9:06)
• why youth baseball skill development is in need of help (13:30)
• two trends Jim is seeing in the youth baseball landscape (15:11)
• the problem with a hyper-focus on velocity gains (17:34)
• whether youth pitchers in the off-season should take time off or continue to train (20:26)
• how to increase athleticism (24:00)
• how to increase velocity (25:56)
• what a throwing program looks like (28:31)
• whether accuracy should be part of the focus when training non-max velocity (30:55)

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Resources and links mentioned in this episode

• YBE 142: Creating Positive Experiences with Deven Morgan
• YBE 141: Training Youth Pitchers, The Driveline Way with Deven Morgan

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