WebBall.com - Pitcher Training

This page primarily features our recommendations for Pitcher Exercise Programs. Also check out Training Balls and the Radar Guide. For other useful aids, portable mounds are under "Field Equipment", other targets under Cages & Nets. For advice on pitcher training check out Pitching Videos and Pitching Books.

Pete Wilkinson who runs an elite training facility and team near Seattle reports he uses and recommends Crossover Symmetry "not only for pitchers, but for all my players. The tubing protocol helps stabilize and balance out the whole shoulder capsule region. Our players like it because it's so easy to use, and they can feel a difference in strength and resilience. They are looking forward to having it all summer. We'll use the equipment both in the indoor facility and outdoors in real life for our summer ball pitchers in 2007. I'm VERY satisfied with the product." - Pete Wilkinson, Coach, Instructor, frequent WebBall contributor.

Advanced Rotator Cuff & Scapular Strengthening System

Crossover Symmetry is the most advance approach to upper body rotator cuff and scapular strengthening we've seen. The CS system can be used for a dynamic warm up, rehabilitation, injury prevention and performance enhancement. Crossover Cords can be attached to either chain link fence and any door in your home or on the road - you can train indoors just about anywhere.

Currently in use by 10 MLB organizations and over 100 college baseball teams.

Each CS Indoor/Outdoor package includes either 2 or 3 pairs of Crossover Cords and attachments, plus interactive DVDs for standard and advanced programs, a full-color step-by-step illustrated workout chart, and a training booklet.

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Healthy Arm, Healthy Mind

Discover your own personal process to realizing the art of performance.

Alan Jaeger is part pitching/conditioning instructor with an emphasis on the healthy arm. But he's also a spiritual mentor focused on teaching his students how to find the right focus and stay in the zone. He refers to it as 'finding your process'.

Certainly his own 'process' has met with great success. Among his pupils are a number of players who are now household names, including Barry Zito and Joel Zumaya. He also has a following among leading instructors and many more pitching coaches in both pro and college ranks.

The Jaeger Sports training program for pitchers includes his 'Thrive on Throwing' DVD, his 'Getting Focused, Staying Focused' book and his J-Bands.

Cold therapy of any kind is intended for relief of temporary pain due to muscle pulls, etc. during the game or strenuous practice. Always follow cold therapy with a brisk walk to restore body temp. If pain persists, consult a coach or instructor for advice on mechanics. If pain does not go away, you may want to consult a doctor or sports medicine specialist. When cold therapy is called for, WebBall is extremely impressed with both the quality of manufacturer and the effectiveness provided by ColdOne. We've tested them and used them, and we recommend them highly.

Nothing better than a ColdOne

This complete line of reusable, cold therapy compression support products has been redesigned in 2008 with new wraps for neck, new options in shoulder therapy, and a unique new 3-in-1 wrap.

The outer insulation and inner breathable linen allow the cool to penetrate quickly to the right spots - efficiently and effectively. Created over years of technical refinement, material selection, and testing - and it shows.

In addition to the 8-piece Cold One Athletic Trainer Kit featured here, there are specially designed items and options for every part of the body that needs cold therapy.

ColdOne Trainers Kit

$369.95
Join Team Players, pay $332.96

S/H $12.00 to US48, ships from Oregon, allow 7-10 days for delivery.
Note: Product color now Black/Grey as shown. Some stock in Blue may still ship.

How we use the Glove Radar... One of the dangers in any measuring device is the temptation to compare players to each other. What we have done that works best is have a bullpen coach as the catcher and he keeps the absolute numbers to himself, but what he will announce is the differential between pitches thrown by the same player - to find the best fastball, or change-up or curve. So, for example, if the fastball is not consistent, or looses mph too quickly in a short session, we'll try to identify the problem. And we'll work towards getting a change-up that is imperceptible in delivery mechanics but arrives at the plate 10-12 mph slower. And we'll work on hard curves (only 4-7 mph less than fastball) as well as slower breaking balls. It is next to impossible to spot these difference without the Glove Radar. - Adam Todd, WebBall

Turn any ballglove into a radar speed gun.

The Glove Radar responds to the approaching ball just before it reaches the glove. It's not an impact sensor or timer, but a true short-range microwave Doppler radar, like the radar speed guns used in sports and law enforcement, but with much lower power - and much lower cost! Helps develop players' throwing ability by providing accurate velocity feedback from 20-120 mph!

Glove Radar

Now $62.77
Join Team Players, pay $56.49

S/H $8.00 TO U.S. Allow 5-10 days. Certified for use and sale in the U.S., Canada, and Common Market Europe and Australia only. US orders ship from Cincinnati, Ohio, all others from Vancouver, Canada.

The Ultimate Pitcher's Catcher's Plate is one of the easier, more effective tools I've used as a coach...in early season training and in the bullpen. In fact our team brought it to away games, too. It requires little explanation, the targets create their own focus automatically. - Richard Todd. WebBall

Baseball is a game of inches

And the most critical inches may be those on either edge of home plate!
Here's an essential training aid for working with both your catchers and pitchers on getting calls and locating pitches on the edges of the plate. The brightly colored extensions create an all important visual target during training. The Ultimate Pitcher's and Catcher's Plate received major recognition at the 2005 ABCA Convention. In use at Colleges and by Pros in Spring Training. And by WebBall.

Ultimate Plate

$39.95
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S/H $12.00

Practice throwing inside pitches w/o risking teammates

You never throw a pitch that counts without a batter in the box, so why practice that way?

The Designated Hitter is a batter stand-in made of durable, space-age polymers. Placed in the batter’s box during pitching practice, it's a safe alternative to live stand-ins, allowing pitchers to practice all pitches in a more game-like setting, especially those inside, jamming pitches. The DH stands as a left-hand or right-hand batter, can crowd the plate, and won't tip over if hit. You'll have better prepared pitchers, who throw more strikes with confidence. Great for helping young pitchers eliminate the fear of throwing to a live batter; helps older pitchers work on pitches with movement.

For details and size choices

Designated Hitter a "Best of Show" at 2007 American Baseball Coaches Association Convention in Orlando, Florida.

Designated Hitter for Youth -

$249.95
Join Team Players, pay $224.96

S/H $45.00 to US48 by UPS. Ships out in 1-2 days from OK allow 5-7 for delivery.

Athletic Pitcher - Combat Pitcher

WebBall has always been a fan of the programs developed by Ron Wolforth of Pitching Central the Texas Baseball Ranch. Now we bring together products and packages created by Oates Specialties specifically for use with these program. Robert Oates has done a tremendous amount of research with Ron to put together the right products. WebBall has evaluated these items in person and can vouch for their value and quality.

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