When I was young, I would work out so hard for hours. And then I would go back at night, and then I would do hot yoga, and I would do all these things.

What I should have been doing is literally just throwing to hitters all the time. And just practicing executing.

Oh, I want to throw it up on your sternum? Boom. Now I’m going to dot down and away? Boom. Now I’m going to throw it to your ankle in, a changeup? OK. Now I’m going to throw a sweeper off that?

That is what is going to make you money, and make you play for a long period of time.

Yes, you could train and be a guy that throws 100 with a nasty breaking ball. The odds of you being that guy is very slim if you aren’t already that guy. Understand that.

So, the better you can get at executing pitches, the better you are going to be, and the more confidence you’re going to have. And then the more the game will slow down when it’s a situation that has never come up.

If you just work out really hard and think that doing all these things is going to benefit you, it’s not necessarily going to help you.

Of course, it will keep you in shape. Of course, it will let you do the things you need to do. But that should not be the main focus on pitching.

Pitching is more like chess, not lifting the house.

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Brooks Hall was drafted in 2009 in the fourth round out of high school, and has spent 13 years pitching professionally with the Brewers, Diamondbacks, Mets, as well as in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Australia and Taiwan and currently in the Mexican League.

He has joined with Seth Blair, a nine-year pro pitcher and first-rounder from Arizona State, to teach pitching remotely through their training program, Soul Throwers.

“We take our own approach when it comes to finding the path for you. We start with a full body assessment and then determine your body’s capacity. We find ways to go back to the basics and find a way to turn the brain off and just play. We have more of a holistic approach compared to the industry. Our favorite thing is to throw gas and win on the mound and mold players to do the same thing.

“We’ve helped hundreds of players gain velocity, get rid of anxiety, create confidence they never thought they would have, look at baseball in a different lens, and much much more. We are trying to help people gain perspective on what they are trying to accomplish. We are just helping shape real humans that want to keep playing baseball.”
– SoulThrowers.com