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Thought I'd tackle this category and put the first ever post in it.
Just rec'd the video of my 16 yr old pitching in a college showcase for a number of college scouts and even a couple of pro scouts looking for a diamond in the rough. I'm putting the video link of him here. I think it's about 20 pitches from over his right shoulder. They give us this video to put onto his scouting profile for college coaches.
Some of you will enjoy it. It's short. Basically just a 22 pitch bullpen session with a bunch of scouts taking notes and holding a radar in their hands. This is an event for kids 16-20. There are college freshmen and sophs here, who are hoping to transfer to a 4-yr college. We don't do too many of these cuz they are expensive, but he was invited to participate for free by a local college coach, and the video was given to him for free, so we did it.
First two pitches are fastballs and both are low and pretty bad.
Basically, trying to get used to throwing on that fake mound.
Next 5 pitches are curves and are pretty good. Throws the curve 68-72 mph, depending on the arm angle. You'll see him showing the various arm angles to get a different break on the ball. He throws his curve with tremendous control and confidence and if he gets a scholarship for baseball it'll be due to the effectiveness of this pitch.
Next 4 pitches are splitter/changeups. Gets a lot of K's with this pitch. Moves around a lot and isn't predictable.
Next 4 pitches are 2 seam fastballs and he was really ON with these four pitches. Probably 79-82 mph in this video.
Next 4 are knuckleball changeups. He's experimenting with this pitch and they were decent in this video. It moves a lot so he can get away with hanging them up a little high.
Final 4 are sliders. Just began throwing it two months ago, so he's still learning. Might even look more like a cutter, but some of them really move well. You'll see in the video, he's consistently throwing it to the outer corner of the plate. A good spot for it. These are probably 75 mph right now. You'll see he's still not always following all the way through on this. I think this will be a good pitch for him in the future.
He's still just 6 ft tall and 165 lbs. Probably will hit 6'2" or 6'3" this school year. Hoping he can get to 185 by the time he graduates high school in a couple of years. I've taught him everything he knows. Hope you all like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBBGaT3Bg_0
Just rec'd the video of my 16 yr old pitching in a college showcase for a number of college scouts and even a couple of pro scouts looking for a diamond in the rough. I'm putting the video link of him here. I think it's about 20 pitches from over his right shoulder. They give us this video to put onto his scouting profile for college coaches.
Some of you will enjoy it. It's short. Basically just a 22 pitch bullpen session with a bunch of scouts taking notes and holding a radar in their hands. This is an event for kids 16-20. There are college freshmen and sophs here, who are hoping to transfer to a 4-yr college. We don't do too many of these cuz they are expensive, but he was invited to participate for free by a local college coach, and the video was given to him for free, so we did it.
First two pitches are fastballs and both are low and pretty bad.
Basically, trying to get used to throwing on that fake mound.
Next 5 pitches are curves and are pretty good. Throws the curve 68-72 mph, depending on the arm angle. You'll see him showing the various arm angles to get a different break on the ball. He throws his curve with tremendous control and confidence and if he gets a scholarship for baseball it'll be due to the effectiveness of this pitch.
Next 4 pitches are splitter/changeups. Gets a lot of K's with this pitch. Moves around a lot and isn't predictable.
Next 4 pitches are 2 seam fastballs and he was really ON with these four pitches. Probably 79-82 mph in this video.
Next 4 are knuckleball changeups. He's experimenting with this pitch and they were decent in this video. It moves a lot so he can get away with hanging them up a little high.
Final 4 are sliders. Just began throwing it two months ago, so he's still learning. Might even look more like a cutter, but some of them really move well. You'll see in the video, he's consistently throwing it to the outer corner of the plate. A good spot for it. These are probably 75 mph right now. You'll see he's still not always following all the way through on this. I think this will be a good pitch for him in the future.
He's still just 6 ft tall and 165 lbs. Probably will hit 6'2" or 6'3" this school year. Hoping he can get to 185 by the time he graduates high school in a couple of years. I've taught him everything he knows. Hope you all like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBBGaT3Bg_0
