Fred Corral's 'Big 3': Addressing Command, Reading the Delivery and Utilizing Your Best Stuff

with Fred Corral,
University of Missouri Assistant Coach (Pitching) / Recruiting Coordinator;
has coached numerous MLB players, including Garrett Richards, Luke Hochevar, Matt Riley, Adam Bernero, Michael Neu, and more

Developing efficient pitchers who can command the strike zone and stay healthy is a foundation for championship seasons. Fred Corral provides a blueprint to help coaches do just that while using common sense and simplicity. Filled with easy-to-follow analogies and teaching points, this presentation will have your pitchers throwing strikes this season.

Approach and Daily Routines

In a lecture style setting, Coach Corral starts off with a general overview of his "Big 3" and encourages you and your players to think about how you became passionate about pitching. He emphasizes that pitching can be "simpler than we're making it now" and explains why this step is a key to developing mastery.

In order to develop healthy pitchers, Corral teaches the importance of daily routines. His program uses routines to build healthy arms within a "target rich environment" that will help develop command simultaneously. A grading system is explained so you can easily communicate with your pitchers during workouts regarding their effort levels and focus.

Pitching Components

A detailed explanation of the "Five Phases of Balance" and the importance of mid-point balance help coaches read deliveries. Videos of pitchers from different age levels are used to show the common movements and mistakes. Direction and drive are key components of the delivery and are explained simply by Coach Corral.

Visualization can help your players with their mental and physical skills. Corral details its importance and how to implement it into your program. He concludes with tips on how to help your pitchers be more deceptive by adjusting position on the rubber and teaches why this move is helpful.

For over 20 years, Coach Corral has been a renowned teacher of the art of pitching. His reputation has always been to keep things simple and to use common sense. In this video, he does both to help you and your pitchers win the battle versus the best hitters on your schedule this season.

77 minutes. 2021.