Pitching Tips
Video Podcast with Butch Thompson
, Assistant Baseball Coach
Auburn University
Coach Butch Thompson of Auburn University has a few pitching tips to help raise the tempo of the game and to help your pitchers learn to focus. (in conjunction with Alabama Baseball Coaches Association)
Pushing The Tempo - Pitchers need to be able to field the baseball and Coach Thompson is determined to get the pitchers tempo faster than game speed and to insure they are fielding baseballs.
More Pitching Tips - Some tips include matching your change up to your fast ball, and as an aside....who really determines what a really great pitch is?
Developing Focus - A pitcher must be focused and getting focused after walking the first batter of a game is 4 pitches to late.