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Happy Monday! Our season’s are starting and so are our Zooms. We started last night with Lance Glasoe from Washington walking us through how he starts the season and the role that volume plays.

The season is here!

So let’s Go!

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• 3 Ways To Look At Your Pitcher’s Volume

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Last night’s zoom with Lance Glasoe was tremendous! All Zoom Members get the recording, but it’s not too late - join NOW and you’ll not only get last night’s recording but be able to join next Sunday’s Zoom:

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3 Ways To Look At Your Pitcher’s Volume

Last night Lance Glasoe (U. Washington) was on our Pitching Zoom and shared His Focus During the First Month of the Season. He talked almost 90 minutes on everything from Volume Planning to Pitcher Development to Recruiting. It was tremendous!

Become a Zoom Member and you can hear the entire Zoom for yourself, but in the meantime, I’m highlighting 3 things that stuck with me:

1. Plan It Out - While this might not sound that earth-shattering, Lance’s planning starts with the end of the season and works backwards. Based on the type of team you have and how far you see them going, you want to build up your pitcher’s volume to withstand the demands to handle the projected length of your season. A pitch only counts toward the volume total when the pitcher gets back to 43’ and at 70% intensity or greater.

2. The Biggest Bulk Is In the Games - One point he made that really stuck with me is that pitchers get their biggest volume on the weekend. These in-game pitches need to be counted in their weekly volume count. While this won’t impact the first month of the season, it definitely comes into play once February hits. Depending on the types of pitchers you have, their in-game volume will really vary. A 15-18 out pitcher (your P1) can easily throw 200-250 pitches in a weekend so be sure to take that into account when building out your weekly volume plan. Make sure they’re ready for this amount without over-throwing them in the lead-up so they aren’t too fatigued to be at their best come the weekend.

3. Lead with The Goods - To make this next point easier, let’s imagine a pitcher throws 100 pitchers in a game. 70 of them will be Good. 20 will be Better, and 10 will be Best. In other words, 70% Goods, 20% Better and 10% Best. The key is to lead with the Goods, followed by the Better or Best.

   Pitchers get into trouble when they Lead with a Best pitch and then follow it with a Good. This Good might be the same pitch to the same location, but it doesn’t move as much or hit the same precise location. Either way, a Good that follows a Best will get hit. It’s a simple way to think about pitch-calling as well…if you start off the at-bat with your pitchers Best pitch, you’ve boxed yourself into a corner that will be hard to get out of.

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Thanks for reading this week’s Curveball Chronicles. I hope you gained some insight, some encouragement, some knowledge or some grace.

Go make this a Great week!

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