what workouts can u do to improve pitching velocity?

Question

any suggestions? including dumbells?

Answer 1

DO NOT RANDOMLY START LONG TOSS TRAINING.
If you want something on the end of shoulder that does more than just hang.

Throwing, and all movement, starts in your core muscle group.
Your ab, back and pelvis are the center of all motion and your platform for balance. Start strengthening with this core group and extend to exercises that also work your legs - every throw starts from your legs, they need to strong and flexible. Proper throwing motion and range of motion are also extremely important, throwing comes from elastic energy not contraction energy.
Work on the 29 muscles in your core group first. Before I tell you to practice long toss - this is very important to your health, so do not listen to some moron telling you to practice throwing the ball as far as you can. The intent of long toss is to stretch your throwing muscles not to throw a ball as far as you can. Practice from center field picking up a ground ball in front of you on the run with your momentum going toward home, and make your throws at about 90% velocity. The ball should never go above 8 or 9 feet in the air and should land somewhere around the mound. You are not trying to learn to throw the ball to home plate, you are stretching using a full range of motion. This will cause your core to stretch as you pull the ball further back to throw and choosing a lower target gives you a longer throwing motion or release point. This is not to prove how hard you can throw so resist the temptation to test it. Doing the wrong training will inury your rotator. If you really want to improve and do it healthy, find a physical therapist who specializes in sports medicine or sports injuries. Take him a copy of what I just wrote, ask him to validate it and tell him you want to throw harder and he will design a workout regimine based on your body and strength.

And last, your timing and mechanics must be good and you will need a pitching coach to help.

Answer 2

You have to run a lot every day, so you get flexibility and improve the displacement of the leg to long steps, also do gym exercises, not just in the arms but also in all the upper body muscles.

But remember, the legs are as important as the upper body.

Answer 3

You need to improve your strength and flexibility without straining your rotator cuff. On days when your not pitching try doing chinups, lunges, situps with dumbells on your chest, shadow boxing, and throwing a football. Quarterbacks don't seem to have as many problems with their shoulders as pitchers, so throwing a football is a safer way to throw on off days. Be sure to give your arm one day off per week to rest.

Answer 4

Lots and lots of long toss. Try to throw the ball high and far. Make sure you stress all of the motions, that way you stretch and work all of the muscles out.

Answer 5

work on your legs, most of your velocity comes from you pushing off of the mound!