“It don’t matter how hard you throw if you can’t throw strikes!” Raise your hand if you’ve heard this? Your hand is above your head if you’ve ever spent a considerable amount of time around a baseball field. It’s an age old saying that has been holding back the development of amateur pitchers for years. My response to this question would simply be “what if I can do both?” Command and velocity are not antonyms, and they definitely do not have to be enemies. Why are they so often used as such? One major reason? Because of a community of parents and coaches acting like a 14U travel ball tournament game is game 7 of the World Series. But thats a point for another day, the point here is to prove that an athlete can strive to possess both elite stuff and elite command. Elite command is the result of muscle...
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