Pitching Instruction - The Robby Row Show

Splitter Grip Breakdown

Let's talk about my SPLITTER grip today. When this pitch is on it's my best secondary pitch.. when it's not.. I don't even throw it lol.

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Spike Curveball Grip

Today we'll take a look at my recently discovered spike curveball grip along with plenty of video and pitch data metrics.

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How I Approach Pitch Design

Robby Rowland talks about everything that goes into his Pitch Design days including using a Rapsodo and high speed camera

How To Find The Killer Instinct Before You Pitch

In this Q&A segment Robby Rowland answers the question, "How Do I Find The Killer Instinct Before I Pitch In A Game?"

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How Do I Avoid Throwing Balls In The Dirt?

In this Q&A segment Robby Rowland answers the question, "What Do I Need To Do To Not Throw Balls In The Dirt?"

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Robby Row’s Starting Pitcher Throwing Routines

Robby Rowland takes you inside his routine on a typical Start Day that consists of what he does for throwing heading into an outing

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Deep Dive into Robby Row’s Outings

Robby Rowland breaks down game footage from his personal outings to talk about pitch sequencing, pitch execution, reading hitters, and much more!

The Velocity Enhancing Move

After years of observation this particular series of moves are the single most important aspects of throwing velocity that the games best do extremely well

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Personal Identification System | Accelerators + Drivers

I will simply be sharing a recent theory of mine in regards to self identifying what you need to do in order to optimize your pitching mechanics

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Band Pulls Drill Progression

This is a simple drill but highly effective in working towards optimizing the hand path after separation.

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Mechanical Analysis Preview

This will serve as a preview of everything that is included when signing up for my Pitching Mechanics Analysis Service. Book yours today!

The Importance of The Foot + Ankle in Pitching Mechanics

I believe any type of screening of a delivery should start with the drive foot. Why? What's connected to the earth when we leg lift?

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Becoming Efficient With Your Pitching Mechanics

Everyone wants to improve their pitching mechanics. We live in a generation of private pitching instruction at a young age. So let's talk about the process.

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Efficient Hip Drive Mechanics

Talking about a mechanical breakdown in which the pitcher will raise his hips during his drive instead of sinking down with the slope

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Slider Grip Breakdown

Today I'm going to be breaking down my Slider. I'll be elaborating on the specific grip I use when throwing the slider as well as some cues.

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Efficient Drive Leg Mechanics

We will go over the major components of the drive leg during the pitching mechanics and how to efficiently maximize velocity

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Hip Rotation + Hip/Shoulder Separation

Breaking down hip rotation within the pitching delivery and how I believe optimizing hip rotation is a key to unlocking authentic hip shoulder separation

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Drill Progression For Feeling Hip/Shoulder Separation

drill progression that could help with providing the specific feeling we want as throwers to maximize hip shoulder separation

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Mechanics of The Glove Arm + Front Side

Breaking down the efficient use of the glove side within the pitching mechanics.

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Arm Drag + Late Hand Raise

Today we'll take a look at a common deficiency within the Pitching delivery in what I would call "Arm Drag" and why it's important to identify.

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Effortless Velocity + Pitching Mechanics To Throw Harder

Will be breaking down the concept of Effortless Velocity and how to best go about obtaining it through efficient pitching mechanics

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Hip Internal Rotation + Heel Disconnection

Breaking down the pitchiing mechanics of a highly effective pitcher and how the internal rotation of the hip dictates heel disconnection

Early Arm Raise + The Loss in Pitching Velocity

We're going to take a look at a breakdown in the pitching mechanics that I see a lot of youth pitchers struggle with due to past coaching.

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Forward Momentum + Drive Phase Acceleration

Talking about acceleration into drive phase with the implementation of forward momentum during the initial move of the delivery

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Quarterback Drop Step Drill

Here's a simple drill progression that I will program for guys that need to create some freedom in their throwing mechanics.

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Drive Leg Unauthentic Stability

Breaking down the concept of "authentic" and "unauthentic" drive leg stability and how that applies to pitching velocity.

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Finding The Right Implementation For The Right Athlete

Previewing a Mechanical Analysis Client and the unique case in which the athlete isn’t able to unlock movement capacity in his delivery

Lead Leg Block Breakdown

Breaking down the lead leg block within the pitching mechanics and how I personally believe that an efficient lead leg block occurs naturally

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Throwing Session All By Myself

February 7 throwing session all by myself featuring long toss and pulldowns

Why Pitchers Should Hip Hinge

Talking about the importance of the Hip Hinge within the Pitching Delivery

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Changeup Grip Breakdown

Today I will breakdown my Changeup and show you exactly how I grip the pitch.

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Identifying Your Ideal Mechanics

Talking about finding your ideal pitching mechanics and the responsibility of doing so to better your development

Cutter Grip Breakdown

In this edition of Robby Rowland's pitch breakdowns we'll be taking a look at the Cutter and breaking down the pitch grip as well as the data behind it.

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Connection Ball Drill

Today I'll discuss one of the many throwing drills I like to use with a Connection Ball

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Velocity Gains But How?

Robby Rowland discusses the interesting dynamic that is simply throwing harder and really how he is now throwing harder than he was before

Starting Pitcher Routines

Here you will find all the content you’ll ever need to get an idea of how a Starting Pitcher goes about his weekly routine

My Weighted Baseballs Routine

I’m going to take you through my weighted baseball routine and how I utilize these to establish authentic throwing mechanics

Skater Jump To Throw Drill

Today I'll breakdown a drill that could be used if the athlete is struggling with really feeling efficient ground connection

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Curtsy Lunge Throwing Drill

Today I'll breakdown a simple drill that you can incorporate to feel more activation and engagement from your drive leg

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Drive Leg Constraint Drill

Today I'll breakdown a constraint drill that could potentially help a pitcher transfer more ground force energy without any leaks to produce more velocity

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Movement Capacity w/ Dr. Josh Heenan

Today Dr. Heenan and I will look at some really important dynamics to consider when evaluating the pitching mechanics.

Warmup Throw Routine Indoors

Struggle with knowing what to do when you’re stuck having to warmup and throw indoors? Here’s a preview of how I warmup while i’m indoors

Mic’d Up Throwing Session w/ The Fam

Let me take you inside to give you an exclusive look at what a long toss throwing session with my family looks like!

Throwing Session w/ Kevin Munson

A Full one hour long throwing session with my good friend Kevin Munson both wearing microphones and talking all things pitching

Everything I Have on Velocity

Here is a full page dedicated solely to pitching velocity. My findings on velocity, how I obtain velocity, and efficient ways to go about velocity.

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Late Acceleration + Optimizing The Delivery

Today I want to talk about what I mean when I say “late acceleration” or even just the terminology I use often in optimizing the pitching delivery.

1/2 Kneeling Hip/Shoulder Separation Drill

Today we'll talk about one of the more mainstream topics within the pitching industry in hip shoulder separation and ways to go about maximizing your capacity and owning that range.

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Vary Throws Using A Football

Let's change the way we think about developing "pitchers" and start developing "throwers" that are athletic enough to vary throw types and accomplish the same goal.

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Back Pedal Throws

Today I'll present a drill that I like to do when working on force application and hip rotation usually done when I'm in my pulldown phase of my throwing session.

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Reverse Lunge Throw

The Reverse Lunge Throwing Drill is great to provide feedback to the athlete of force application into the ground on the back side. Let's break it down..

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Changing My Arm Action Allowed Me To Throw 10 MPH Harder

Ever since I did the Blog on "Long Arm" or "Short Arm" i've been getting tons of Arm Path questions so today I wanted to break it down into further detail and highlight my personal journey going from 85-95.

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Weighted Balls + Authentic Throwing Mechanics

Over the course of the past decade weighted ball training has become all the big hype within the Baseball Development industry. While some hype is good, some can be bad. Today I want to give my personal opinions and feedback.

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Preset Hand Separation – Arm On Time Feedback

Today I want to talk about a good drill that I will use when I know that I'm struggling with rushing down the mound and not giving my arm enough time

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Long Arm vs Short Arm + Connection

A general misconception that i've heard a lot lately is that throwers should ALL throw a certain way and today I want to dive a bit deeper into this concept by doing a breakdown on Tampa Bay Pitcher Nick Anderson

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Counter Balance Breakdown

For most of you who have followed me for some time you know that i'm a huge advocate for what's called "Counter Balances" and today i'll break it down

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Creating Freedom w/ Long Toss

Despite the negative rep that Long Toss gets I can't be more of an advocate for it for multiple reasons that I will cover in this blog.

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Pulldowns + Translating Velo To The Mound

Diving into the concept of Pulldowns or Run n Gun throws as well as the common breakdown of why pulldown throws can't translate to the mound

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Hand Rhythm Throws

The reason I put so much emphasis on Athleticism is because you need to build a strong foundation within your development and athleticism is the foundation for any elite thrower

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Commanding The Ball + Locating Pitches

I see too many guys that want certain qualities in their game but don’t put the efficient work in that’s going to improve on what they actually want to achieve.

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No Throwing Partner – No Problem

If you're somebody that often uses the excuse that you don't have anyone to throw with then this video is for you because there's always a way to get better even if you have to do it all by yourself!

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Single Leg Box Drills

The positions that we get our body into during our pitching delivery matter. Lets take a look at one of my favorite drills to teach a powerful lower half pattern.

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Lead Leg Elevated/Back of Mound Drill

Today we'll take a look at a preset lead leg elevated drill that I like to incorporate for a couple different reasons that we'll breakdown in detail during this blog post.

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Step Back Drill – Robby Row’s Pitching Drills

I talk a lot about "staying connected to the ground" for Pitchers to effectively utilize their lower half in their delivery and this drill provides that feeling that we're searching for

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The Yips

Here you will find all of my content on The Yips including a segment discussing my journey towards curing this dang thing.

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Correcting An Inefficient Arm Action

Today we'll take a look at how I personally attack an athlete (pitcher) that has an arm path deficiency which is common among youth athletes.

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Arm Path Drills – Robby Row’s Pitching Drills

Today I will break down specific drills that I use to segment my arm path and get it more biomechanically efficient

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Active Trail Leg Hip Flexion Breakdown

Today we’re going to break down the trail leg and how we can spot an efficient pattern by the way it moves.

Instill Efficient Throwing Patterns

How can we instill better throwing mechanics? We have all of these baseball tools these days but how do we know which ones to use? Lets talk about it.

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