Optimizing Your Pitching Staff: Comprehensive Workout for Improved Pitcher Performance

with Marissa Young,
Duke University Head Coach;
2020-2021 ACC Champions;
over 100 wins through four seasons (2018-2021) at Duke;
former University of North Carolina Assistant Coach;
3x All-American as a player at the University of Michigan; named the 2002 Big Ten Pitcher of the Year and 2003 Big Ten Player of the Year

Functional warm-ups have become a focus, as coaches and players are learning to maximize reps while properly warming up without wasting time and energy. Using charts and data, Duke head coach Marissa Young walks you through an overview of the workouts used in her program that lead to better performance. She uses intervention strategies to ensure that each player receives proper workloads and volume to perform their very best during the season.

Key Components and Warm-Up

Coach Young begins by identifying the key components that are involved with her pitcher workouts. She covers volume management strategies, plus circuit work that her pitchers use on a regular basis.

Next, Young goes through her pitching staff's plyo warm-up. Within the warm-up, athletes will complete exercises such as a reverse overhead throw, scap activation, pivot drill and more as they aim to prime their bodies for the rest of the workout.

Comprehensive Workout

Once athletes are warmed up, it's time to get into the heart of the workout. Coach Young takes her pitchers through:

• A plyo ball series
• A med ball series
• Various drills
• Pitching-specific movements

All of these segments are aimed at improving performance come game day. Within each drill, Young targets different movements that promote mobility and strength, conditioning each athlete for different workloads.

This video will give you the perfect in-season and off-season routines to optimize workouts by targeting specific tasks that build proper mechanics while reducing injury. Coach Young's methods will help any coach or player looking to improve mechanics and incorporate pitching-specific conditioning.

44 minutes. 2021.