“The Yips” are a sudden inability to throw the ball accurately. Most view the cause of Ankiel's as unexplainable. Despite many other players being inflicted in the 20 years since, little or nothing has been done to fix the yips in baseball. There still is no known effective treatment and little is understood about how they develop. Often a player inflicted will be stigmatized as mentally weak, ostracized by teammates who do not want to “catch” the yips, and most likely cut from the roster.

Tempo can be a valuable (and easily quantifiable) piece of the high velocity puzzle. But what is tempo? How do we quantify it? How do you compare to the best pitchers in the world? And is a faster/slower tempo always better? Let's discuss.

While muscle, connective tissue and nervous system recovery take time, this rate of recovery can be improved to a point. That’s what this post is all about – reviewing what works, and what doesn't, when it comes to your recovery.

The drift is a shifting of the center of mass forwards, away from the rubber, preceding the active drive phase of the back leg. Despite being what the majority of high level throwers do to initiate forward motion, this is counter to what traditional pitching teaches with “balance points”.