What do you do in the offseason to stay in shape? Anybody know any exercises that will help increase velocity? thanks for the feedback

lift weights and run. thats about it, long toss will help build up arm strength. check the strength and conditioning forum, you might find a lot of answers their.

RUN RUN RUN

and lift the weights. Search on google and I gurantee you you can find some quality pitchers workouts.

As for armstrength, one thing and one thing only, lots of longtoss.

There are numerous things a pitcher can do to keep in shape and improve their velocity during the offseason. One is to run like someone already stated. I believe that sprints are the best, but to build up lungs, a mile a day dosen't hurt you. As for weights, legs only, some upper body, but very light, nothing really hard. Lots of middle and lower body. Do sit-ups, 200 a day, or so, some push-ups, do some things with tubes, I know a lot of colleges use this technique, its good for your arms and rotator cuff. Also, pitch a lot, keep your arm in shape, don't wait til two weeks before the season to start pitching. ML pitchers start in November, it's just how it goes, even if your young, you have to keep that arm, rotator cuff, in shape, or else you'll get hurt when you go to college and play a full season. Go to this site for some good workouts- LetsTalkPitching , that should help a little bit...Hope that helped.

I would delete the "pitch a lot" part from that advice. Some showcase pitching is OK, but the Nov-Jan time is a good time to let the shoulder and elbow rest and heal. Then start climbing the mountain again in early Feb with an eye towards games starting in mid-March.

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Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
I would delete the "pitch a lot" part from that advice. Some showcase pitching is OK, but the Nov-Jan time is a good time to let the shoulder and elbow rest and heal. Then start climbing the mountain again in early Feb with an eye towards games starting in mid-March.

I believe you should pitch for months before the season to build up your shoulder and elbow, 2 months off is plenty, trust me.

Definatly dont pitch alot. You need to work on mechanics, throw a bulpen once a week and throw TONS OF LONGTOSS. RUN RUN AND RUN also

JesuitBaseball has it pretty good:
Run
Throw
Run
Lift
Bands
Run

You also might try jump-roping, its a good full-body work out.

You should pitch a lot. I don't mean everyday but i mean year round. Once or twice a week throughout the year. Long toss on the rest days. Lots of core and leg work

pitching a lot is not what you would want to do.I found out the hard way

or what you could do is just play pretty much year round like me and then your arm is always staying strong lol