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So You Want to
Know More About Towels?
I want to thank one
of our most dedicated BioForce Family members and
readers, Bob from Massachusetts. He’s always making
sure I am clear with my tips.
He responded to my
recent tip about just owning your pitching delivery
and doing a lot of towels drills.
Bob wrote. “Ever have
any concern that 700 reps per week of towel drill
would put strain on an arm? For us East coasters
(and DVD buyers) perhaps you could explain the
“towel drill” in greater detail?”
Before I get to the
answer to that, I want to add a little spice and fun
to these tips…I’d love to get your feedback if you
like this and if we should continue with the idea.
I would like to add
in a baseball trivia question to my tips. A trivia
question like this…
Who was the Hall of
Fame pitcher that won at least 1 game in 26 straight
seasons?
I’ll either post the
answer in our next tip….or on our website somewhere.
I’d love to hear your feedback on this….Bob….I’ll be
waiting for your input.
Back to the tip for
the week.
Am I concerned about
700 reps a week. The answer is yes and no. Yes if
the pitcher hasn’t prepared himself physically to
pitch and doesn’t build up to that high of an amount
slowly. I also don’t suggest doing that many
in-season.
I suggest pitchers do
towel drills 5 to 6 days a week…again in the off
season. I also want to stress they should do them
with the highest quality. What I mean is not just
trying to rattle off a ton for the sake of doing a
ton. I’d rather see a pitcher do 20 quality drills
than 50 poor ones.
What are the towel
drills? Well, it’s simply replacing the ball with a
small towel. A towel that has about 12 inches on at
least one end. Grip it with the middle finger on
your throwing hand wrapped around it, or two fingers
if you a smaller player. You can use the drills in
our Explosive pitcher DVD. It’s great for the torque
drill, it’s great for arm-swings drill for timing.
Why not try it with the stretch and wind-up.
Bottom line, it helps
you get a lot of reps in with less strain. Some of
our kids even use it before pitching. It helps them
get loose and ready for the bull-pen work.
I hope that helps
explain it a little better.
Remember,
Keep training like a
champion today!
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