Baseball Pitching Exercises to Throw Harder

Flat ground work is one of the best pitching exercises and it should be done between any bullpen/mound work. The amount of pitches you throw during flat ground work should depend on the amount of pitches you throw in bull pens. I'd say if your bullpens consist of 30-35 pitches, then 15 or 20 for a little flat ground work would be a good idea (particularly this time of year as you prepare for the start of the season). And I might add, don't forget to do some long toss as part of your workout routine.

And lastly, players play in their game very much like they practice. So, when you're doing bullpens or even flat-ground work, do it like you would in a game. That is, try to have the same kind of tempo and purpose in a large part of your workout, mixing your pitches up so your mind, body and arm is used the feeling of doing so.

A large part of pitching is feeling great. To feel great 100% of the time I recommend you follow the baseball pitching warm up guide.

Hopefully, you've got a good pitching coach that you can communicate well with. He should be able to see what you're doing and what you probably should be working on most at any particular point. I find that pitching coaches are great at noticing things that you would miss if you were doing it yourself.

While pitching coaches are great with mechanics and exercices, they should not be your motivator to do baseball pitching exercises. You should be your own greatest motivatior!

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What you should focus on really depends on where your strengths and weaknesses are. Consistency, or "command", is probably the hardest part for High School pitchers where age and maturity is a large factor. And there is not a whole lot you can do about that except to be patient and work hard and as you mature that will all pay off. Remember that there is always someone working harder than you and until you work harder than them you will not be the best.

So, with that said, I'd say if you have any problems in keeping the ball down, that should be a big part of what you should work on first. Even Major Leaguers have trouble going deep with a low pitch. If you've got two, three or four pitches, work on keeping them all down. You'll want to do some work on developing consistency for hitting your spots. And again, you will want to develop your command of your various pitches to place them in such locations.