By Mike Ranson
University of Delaware
Preparing your guys for the grind of the college baseball season is something all of us go through year in and year out. At the Division I level, getting your kids ready for a 56 game regular season schedule and hopefully a post season tournament birth takes both time and dedication from you, as well as your pitching staff. I am a firm believer in throwing, in some way, as much as possible. I feel kids break down earlier due to a few things (emphasis on velocity, poor base mechanics, …
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With only one more week to go in the college baseball regular season things are heating up both in the air and on the mound. This previous week had some pitching staffs really making it tough on opposing hitters. The Missouri Valley Conference had two staffs in Evansville and Illinois State that put up great numbers with the Purple Aces allowing four earned runs in four games and the Redbirds giving up just 2 runs in three games. But, this week’s pick for National Pitching Staff of the Week comes from the Atlantic Coast Conference …
By Jon Dudycha
Colorado Christian College
What do we look for when we go out and recruit our Athletes? This is a question all of us coaches ask ourselves each time we sit down with a pad of paper and a pen in our hand. The Recruiting Game The mental side of pitching begins at the high school level with what kind of person he is and what kind of family background he has. I’m the pitching coach at Augsburg, which is a division III NCAA college. Realistically we don’t have the luxury of going after top …
As we approach the last two weeks of the college baseball regular season we are nearing the announcement of our 2012 InsidePitching.com National Pitching Staff of the Year. This award is based on the regular season performance by not just one individual, but the collective effort of an entire pitching staff. Criteria include wins, saves, earned run average, strikeouts, walks, and hits allowed among others. Last years winner of our inaugural award was the Virginia Cavilers and pitching coach Karl Kuhn. This year’s collection of schools is once again stellar and has dominated on the …
