This week

Today's Topics:

Around the MLB

• Joe wants to know...what goes on in the heads of the pitchers throwing no-hitters?  How do they do it???
• Lincecum..the take-home messages from Tim's hip diagnosis.
• Chris Heston...what he does well and what could make him even better.

This week's topic:

• The glove arm...again...and the one thing you don't want to do.

This week

Today's Topics:

Around the MLB

• Joe wants to know...the All-Star pitchers who are starters going in for one inning like closers...is that strange for them?
• Bumgarner..why he is...as they say...so "nasty".
• Secondary positions for pitchers...food for thought.
• Outfield...infield...catcher!  Does it take away from the pitcher's arm?  Things to consider.

This week's topic:

• Aroldis Chapman...how he does what he does!

This week

Today's Topics:

• Around the MLB
• Returning to Play: Matt Cain and Jake Peavy...what they should do (or not do)...when they return to the hill this week. 

My Special Report

• Breaking the Rules:  the crisis in youth pitching...

• due to the vast number of complaints I have received about youth coaches breaking pitch count rules, game count rules, and recovery rules, I have decided to clear-up some confusion and create a new starting point for you, as parents and coaches, so we can begin to take on this issue and affect a positive change.

This week

Today's Topics:

• Matt Cain...should we be concerned?
• Jose Fernandez...what the Marlins are doing right...and the take home message for healthy pitchers
• This week's tip: Understanding the shoulder and acceleration and one simple error at the beginning of the motion that could be slowing it down.

This week

Today's Topics:

• Tanaka's trifecta: UCL tear, wrist tendonitis, and forearm strain...what can he expect in returning to play?
• The six-man rotation: my thoughts
• Icing: the new information
• Pitching velocity: all you need to know
• This week's tip: Understanding the change of speeds within the pitching motion and how being in the wrong gear at the wrong time can take MPH from your acceleration.

This week

Today's Topics:

• Forearm strain

• Ulnar neuritis

• Stephen Strasberg's ankle issuea special segment designed to dispel common myths that some coaches still believe to be true

• The effect an "unrecovered" arm has on velocity production from the inside-out